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After All (The Dead) Lyrics
What do you say to the dead
Will you forgive me for living
Can't believe the things that they said
Wonderful day for a killing
It's killing me
What do they do with your soul
Is it just lying there busted
When did you lose all control
Is there someone to be trusted
With my mind
Oh there's insufficient evidence
Of what just might come after
But sometimes out of nowhere
There's demented sounds of laughter
Are we all haunted by
The ghost - imagination
It just can't be
I've seen them there
Howling at the moon
Is it just me
Or does somebody else believe this
Well I'm not alone
And I'm not afraid
There's just one way to see
After all etc.
What do you say to the dead
Is there a place where it's burning
It says in a book I once read
Yes there's a chance of returning
Turn to me
The fundamental principles
Say nothing of forever
But those are voices that I hear
Or I'm just not so clever
It can't be me
I know somebody else believes this
Well I'm not alone
I'm not afraid
Just one way to see
After all etc.
Will you forgive me for living
Can't believe the things that they said
Wonderful day for a killing
It's killing me
Is it just lying there busted
When did you lose all control
Is there someone to be trusted
With my mind
Of what just might come after
But sometimes out of nowhere
There's demented sounds of laughter
The ghost - imagination
It just can't be
I've seen them there
Howling at the moon
Or does somebody else believe this
Well I'm not alone
And I'm not afraid
There's just one way to see
Is there a place where it's burning
It says in a book I once read
Yes there's a chance of returning
Turn to me
Say nothing of forever
But those are voices that I hear
Or I'm just not so clever
I know somebody else believes this
Well I'm not alone
I'm not afraid
Just one way to see
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Doubts about the afterlife. The only way to find out, After All, is death. But what if there is no afterlife... "Just one way to see"
Dio said the song was about what you would want to say to a dead person if they were standing in front of you. Questions about the afterlife and all that.
Yeah, it has something to do with the afterlife.
Awesome song. "It says in a book I once read Yes there's a chance of returning Turn to me" This kinda says that only by turning to religion you can have an afterlife.
It means there is life after Black Sabbath...at least there was for Dio (Platinum), and Ozzy (multi-platinum)! No life after Sabbath for Iomni (Seventh Star, Tyr) or Geezer (Plastic Planet) though, there albums did not ge platinum, they went straight to the bargain bin.