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Killing Yourself To Live Lyrics
Well, people look and people stare
Well, I don't think that I even care
You work your life away and what do they give?
You're only killing yourself to live.
Killing yourself to live.
Killing yourself to live.
Just take a look around you what do you see?
Pain, suffering and misery.
It's not the way that the world was (planned/meant).
It's a pity you don't understand.
Killing yourself to live.
Killing yourself to live.
I'm telling you believe in me,
Nobody else will tell you
Open your eyes and see the lies, oh yeah
Smoke it - get high!
You think that I'm crazy and baby I know that it's true
Before that you know it I think that you'll go crazy too
I don't know if I'm up or down,
Whether black is white or blue is brown,
The colors of my life are all different somehow
Little boy blue's a big (gun/girl) now
So you think it's me who's strange,
But you've never had to make the (chain/change)
Never give your trust away,
You'll end up paying 'till your dying day
Well, I don't think that I even care
You work your life away and what do they give?
You're only killing yourself to live.
Killing yourself to live.
Killing yourself to live.
Pain, suffering and misery.
It's not the way that the world was (planned/meant).
It's a pity you don't understand.
Killing yourself to live.
Killing yourself to live.
Nobody else will tell you
Open your eyes and see the lies, oh yeah
Before that you know it I think that you'll go crazy too
Whether black is white or blue is brown,
The colors of my life are all different somehow
Little boy blue's a big (gun/girl) now
But you've never had to make the (chain/change)
Never give your trust away,
You'll end up paying 'till your dying day
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You guys all try to adapt the song to what you think it means.... The song is written by Bill ward about drinking and using drugs in order to obtain sanity.
I think it's about killing yourself, possibly by drugs, because you would rather that than live in this evil world of ours.
I think this song's about straining yourself working your ass off for your whole life, instead of enjoying life.
I agree with Zoso and koenig. To me this song is about how society makes us suffer so that we can survive, but we can't truly live. We all need to stop surviving and start living.
I believe that this song is about living up to your own expectations, living your life the way you want to, not the way that another person, or society asa whole expects you to live.
xl5ron nailed it. it's about having to get wasted just so that you can cope with how brutal reality can be. i mean, they make it obvious with the smoke it/get high thing.
anyways, classic song from an amazing band during their prime.
Cool interpretetations, when I heard "killing yourself to live" I thought of in video games when you're riskin your life to get another life lmao..
easy to explain the lyrics if you have read the 'national acrobat' posts.
briliant young man Geezer, you see the conflict of man!
I'm telling you believe in me,(any mortal young human being) Nobody else will tell you (system -older mens hides the truth) Open your eyes and see the lies, oh yeah
Do It
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if someone ask me what's my favourite song of black sabbth, i'd say it's killing yourself to live, this song means a lot to me
it talks about whan someone don't enjoy life, spend a lot of years working and forget how good life can be
great song from a great cd ! it is about how straining life can be and yes you need to take drugs to find a way out this shit hole !