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At last alone, his fire's dying
Burned another day
Now to pretend
and make up an ending
somewhere far away
He reached for a book all bound in leather
something that he knows he's never read
and the first page says beware you've found the answer
the next one says I wish that you were dead!
Don't go on, put it back
You're reading from the Bible Black!
What's this word I see
Who are you and who are me
Maybe I just stumbled in the dark
I must have been out cold
but the way the story's told
They found me lying naked in the rain..yeah
Let me go I've seen religion
But the light has left me blind
Take me back
I must have the Bible Black!
Well here I go again
From the start to the end
I wish I could remember what I've done
Now here's another spell
it could take me straight to hell
and I feel I'm getting closer to my home
Let me go I've found addiction
and it makes me feel alive
Take me back
I must have the Bible Black!
He locks himself away and tastes the silence
Hungry for another bite of wrong
and just the words "oh Lord please take me with you"
Took him to a place we don't belong
Let him go!
he can't come back
he's reading from the Bible Black!
So if your fire's dying
and what's the use of trying?
I may have know another place that you can go
It's hiding in the pages
but you may not come back
you're reading from the Bible Blaaaack!!!
Burned another day
Now to pretend
and make up an ending
somewhere far away
something that he knows he's never read
and the first page says beware you've found the answer
the next one says I wish that you were dead!
You're reading from the Bible Black!
Who are you and who are me
Maybe I just stumbled in the dark
but the way the story's told
They found me lying naked in the rain..yeah
But the light has left me blind
Take me back
I must have the Bible Black!
From the start to the end
I wish I could remember what I've done
it could take me straight to hell
and I feel I'm getting closer to my home
and it makes me feel alive
Take me back
I must have the Bible Black!
Hungry for another bite of wrong
and just the words "oh Lord please take me with you"
Took him to a place we don't belong
he can't come back
he's reading from the Bible Black!
and what's the use of trying?
I may have know another place that you can go
but you may not come back
you're reading from the Bible Blaaaack!!!
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From wikipedia: "According to Dio, the song deals with a man who is addicted to a book which wreaks havoc on him." Possibly based on the guy from the visual novel and anime series of the same name? i'm not so sure anyone from H&H will have heard of it but that's the only other Bible Black I've heard of.
probably the song has nothing to do with religion or occultism at all and the whole story is just a metaphor. i think the bible black is a metaphor for drugs. first he even talks about addiction in the song, second the first verses tell about a depressed guy who finds a way to escape his misery but then he got lost in it.
Wrong, here there is reference to hypnotic regression:
Wrong, here there is reference to hypnotic regression:
"Well here I go again From the start to the end I wish I could remember what I've done"
"Well here I go again From the start to the end I wish I could remember what I've done"
it might as well mean that the guy is doing his drug-thing over and over again. "i wish i could remember what i've done" leaves two options: first, he couldn't remember what happened during his last trip second, he's already so addicted that he isn't really aware of the reason why he's taking drugs, he's just doing it.
it might as well mean that the guy is doing his drug-thing over and over again. "i wish i could remember what i've done" leaves two options: first, he couldn't remember what happened during his last trip second, he's already so addicted that he isn't really aware of the reason why he's taking drugs, he's just doing it.
anyway, it was just a guess, since Dio used to write lyrics quite often that way. telling a dark, twisted tale which contains some political or social message.
anyway, it was just a guess, since Dio used to write lyrics quite often that way. telling a dark, twisted tale which contains some political or social message.
Wrong again, here there is transcendental meditation:
Wrong again, here there is transcendental meditation:
"He locks himself away and tastes the silence Hungry for another bite of wrong and just the words "oh Lord please take me with you" Took him to a place we don't belong"
"He locks himself away and tastes the silence Hungry for another bite of wrong and just the words "oh Lord please take me with you" Took him to a place we don't belong"
the first part still works with the drug-thing. the second "and just the words..." might mean that he regrets his habit, he's crying for redemption but God rejects him.
the first part still works with the drug-thing. the second "and just the words..." might mean that he regrets his habit, he's crying for redemption but God rejects him.
There are drugs here:
There are drugs here:
"Let me go I've found addiction and it makes me feel alive Take me back I must have the Bible Black!"
"Let me go I've found addiction and it makes me feel alive Take me back I must have the Bible Black!"
But this may be rather a reference to the shamanic use of drugs. Remember Jim Morrison on the Film: "The Doors", well that kind of thing.
But this may be rather a reference to the shamanic use of drugs. Remember Jim Morrison on the Film: "The Doors", well that kind of thing.
"Let me go I've seen religion But the light has left me blind Take me back I must have the Bible Black!"
"Let me go I've seen religion But the light has left me blind Take me back I must have the Bible Black!"
There is no connection to drugs on this verse at all, on the contrary is about Religion. The person from this...
There is no connection to drugs on this verse at all, on the contrary is about Religion. The person from this song wants to try "the Dark Side".
I think at the basic level its about someone very holy, very good, being corrupted by evil and ruining himself to the point of no return. The music video shows an angel finding the Bible Black and it drags him down and even though he attempts to make it back into heaven, he can't leave the book behind and he becomes a demon. This is such a heavy song that reaks of the kind of evil only Black Sabbath can create. I don't care that they're with Dio, they'll always be Black Sabbath. Black Sabbith IS heavy metal!
@bebop900 Which would refer to Satan, who, in the bible, was an angel (something very holy) who tried to be as powerfull as god and was sent to Hell as consequence to these actions.
@bebop900 Which would refer to Satan, who, in the bible, was an angel (something very holy) who tried to be as powerfull as god and was sent to Hell as consequence to these actions.
This song is about a depressed Christian who gets involved on several features from the Occult and Satanism, losing his Soul at the end of the song. This lyrics and concept resemble the one from "Too Late" (Dehumanizer Album, Black Sabbath).
I love the fact that people are so anal that they got to be right.
Part of it is to do with religion and drug use, but it isn't to do with the light or dark side, i personally think its to do with the character trying all the things that been denied to him, due to religion. And since the holier then thou group don't like it, its seems thats hes gone over to the dark side and can't come back because he doesn't want to
Awesome verse riff !
I think this song is actually criticism towards the heavy metal bands who promote satanism, most of which unwittingly enable devil worship to drive more of the youth, who have abandoned spirituality to turn towards the dark side, that fate which most of said bands also suffered. The "bible black" represents the satanic bible, and so satanism.
I used to think it was about this guy who finds the satanic bible and goes crazy. But now, I think it's about drug abuse. The bible black being the drug and this poor soul becomes devoted to it. It's basically a song about drug issues disguised in religious lyrics. This religion fools this weak minded soul just like a drug does. Y'know what? Now that I'm thinking about it, it's about neither. It's just about obsession in general. Who knows, really. Dio wanted you to make up your own mind what it meant. So, I could be right, I'm most likely wrong, but we'll never know. It's not like we can ask Ronnie what the fuck he was talking about.
@tities I like your thinking here. For some back story, Ronnie and Geezer both dabbled in the occult and had very bad experiences with it. Geezer also was heavily into drugs, and had a very bad experience with that too. I wouldn't be surprised if their history helped with the lyrics. Someone is addicted to something: drugs, the occult, maybe both; and yeah it does wreak havoc on him. Reminds me of "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath. Geezer said it's a warning about the occult based on a real experience he had with Ozzy.
@tities I like your thinking here. For some back story, Ronnie and Geezer both dabbled in the occult and had very bad experiences with it. Geezer also was heavily into drugs, and had a very bad experience with that too. I wouldn't be surprised if their history helped with the lyrics. Someone is addicted to something: drugs, the occult, maybe both; and yeah it does wreak havoc on him. Reminds me of "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath. Geezer said it's a warning about the occult based on a real experience he had with Ozzy.