Black Rain

I love this album. It really doesn't have a bad song on the album.

This song is specifically about the current war in Iraq and is critical about it being a war for oil.

Why are the children all marching, Into the desert to die?

This refers to all the Coalition (and i guess Iraqi) soldiers who are being killed in the deserts of Iraq.

'Black Rain' refers to the oil that is contained in Iraq that the 'children' are dieing for their countries for.

The album cover shows Ozzy standing in front of the burning oil smoke stacks which have then polluted the atmosphere. The oil then rains down and contaminates the earth. There is a scene in the film Jarhead which shows this; you know the one where they're walking in the desert and the oil is raining on them.

So to sum up, this is Ozzy's critique of the war in Iraq killing young men and women for oil.

This song is about war, and the horrors of it

I completely agree. Black Rain is amazing. Album as well as song. As posted several times before, it is about war and the destruction it brings.

A flag draped over a coffin...

Mistake in lyrics.

This songs about the war, but I still like it. It has a very old school sabbath feel to it. This man can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned.

It's an Anti-War message regarding the actions of the US and UK in the Middle East.

yeah all the comments about sum up what this song is about, especially to my family. can't wait for the b.s. to be over

How many victims have fallen? How many more have to die? People dying in masses. Angel of Death standing by

Do you read the lyrics from other sites before hand? yo u should get a conglomerate comparative from several sites before posting here.

The Black rain is falling Contaminating the ground the human race is dying The dead are scattered around.

What is the price of a bullet? Another hole in the head. A flag draped over a coffin. Another soldier is dead.

How many victims have fallen? How many more have to die? People dying in masses. Angel of death standing by

We've got our marching orders, Defenders of the homeland, Our pride. We've crossed through many borders. Military suicides.

War, killing sons and daughters, Another failed attack, there is no turning back. Blood, running down LIKE water. 'You think you've got away, Until the judgment day comes

Politicians confuse me. I watch the body count rise. Why are the children all marching,

Into the desert to die?

The human psyche is twisted, The madness rising again. Another aim by a bully. I watch them dying in vain.

We've got our marching orders, Defenders of the homeland; our pride. We've crossed through many borders. Military suicides.

War, sends our sons to slaughter. Another failed attack, there is no turning back Blood, running down like water You think youv'e got away Until the judgment day comes

Are you ready??

Black rain, black rain. Black rain, black rain.

War, killing sons and daughters. Another failed attack, there is no turning back. Blood, running down like water. 'You think you''e got away Until the judgment day You think you got away, Until the judgment day comes.