Walpurgis Lyrics
Bodies burning in red ashes
On the hill the church in ruin
Is the scene of evil doings
Watch them eating dead rats' innards
I guess it's the same wherever you may go
Oh, Lord, yeah
Carry banners which denounce the Lord
See me rocking in my grave
See them anoint my head with dead rat's blood
See them stick the stake through me, oh
Don't hold me back 'cause I've just gotta go
They've got a hold of my soul now
Lords got my brain instinct with blood obscene
Look in my eyes I'm there enough, yeah
On the scene, a priest appears
Sinners falling at his knees
Satan sends out funeral pyre
Casts the priest into the fire
Watch them eating dead rats' innards
I guess it's the same wherever you may go
Oh, Lord, yeah
Great song. Almost as good as War Pigs :-P Obviously this song is about satanists, but the question is, what about satanists? I think the guy telling the story was captured by the satanists and they are sacrificing him. A priest comes and tries to save him, but the priest, and the man, die.
This was actually the original version of War Pigs, I think. They changed the lyrics eventually to protest against the war.
Yeah, it is. That's why I made the comment about it almost being as good as War Pigs. It's the same music but with different, much darker words. And they probably also changed the lyrics so people wouldn't think they were completely psychotic.
People can be dumb at times. As soon as you mention Satan or 666 in a song, they automatically say it is supporting satanism, even if it says something like "Satan sucks and he'll ruin your life," sort of like this song is.
why is this song under sabbath? i mean i know it was meant for them but it was never released as sabbath. it was only on a ozzy album
Walpurgis was recorded by Black Sabbath, so it's their song. "Walpurgis" was more or less a demo that the band later adapted into "War Pigs". Ozzy dug out one of his old Sabbath tapes and released it in his best-of compilation The Ozzman Cometh making clear it was an old Black Sabbath track.
i like the video where he mixes both walpurgis and war pigs lyrics
This is the original version of War Pigs. The record company forced them to change it to War Pigs and change the lyrics because there were rumours around at the time that Black Sabbath were Satanists (not true). This was partly the record company's fault for putting an inverted cross on the cover sleeve of their first album without asking them and making everyone think that they were Satanists.
Where can you find this song?
there is an ok version on youtube. its just audio, though.
If you understand Christianity or more like Churchianity the way Ozzy does which is basically from a gnostic Christian point of view who were the original Christians, this is about the Church itself who are the fallacy, the lie, and killed off the gnostic sun worshipping magic mushroom eating pagans that wrote those ancient tales of astronomy, astrology, and shamanism in the bible.
To me it's about the church and how evil they really are beneath their illusion of goodness.