The Writ

A song about past managment that Sabbath was under.

these lyrics are a lot more accurate(though i will admit that on some lines both of these will fit.. but over all these are a lot more accturate):

The way I feel is the way I act I wish I'd walked before I started to run to you Just to you What kind of people do you think we are Another joker who's a rock 'n' roll star for you Just for you The fateful image of another man The endless ocean of emotion I swam for you Yeah for you Your sun troopers layin' down on the floor I wish they'd put an end to my private war with you Yeah with you

Are you metal, Are you man You've changed a lot since you began Yeah began Ladies digging gold from you Will they still dig dying true Yea your through

You bought and sold me with your lying word The voices in the dark that you never heard came through Yeah Cain too Your fallen phalic, a dismembered God A poisoned father who has poisoned his son, that's you Yeah that's you I'm begging please don't let it get any worse The anger I once had has turned to a curse on you Yeah curse you All of the promises that never came true You're gonna get what is coming to you that's due Ah that's soon

Are you Satan, Are you man You've changed a lot since it began It began Vultures sucking gold from you Will they still suck now you're through

Cats, Rats

The search is on so you just better run And find yourself another way Rob the dead they don't feel a thing Keep the living for another day

Rat, Rat

You are nonentity, you have no destiny You are a figment of a thing unknown A mantle picture of a stolen soul A fornication of your golden throne

A smiling face it means the world to me, yeah So tired of sadness and of misery, yeah My life it started some time ago Where it will end I don't know I thought I was so good I thought I was far I feel my world's being torn apart

But everything is gonna work out fine, yeah If it don't I think I'll lose my mind, yeah

I know, I know, I know, Yeah yeah I know Listen to me while I sing this song You might just think the words are wrong Too many people advising me but they don't know what my eyes seen

But everything is gonna work out fine, yeah If it don't I feel I'll blow my mind, yeah

Just a little fact about the "hidden track" at the end of this song. For those that don't know... Some versions of Sabotage contain a short hidden track entitled "Blow on a Jug" at the end of "The Writ", recorded at very low volume.

Being upstaged in a highly unexpected manner reportedly inspired Black Sabbath‘s oddball (and mercifully brief) hidden track ‘Blow on a Jug,’ which can be found at the end of the song ‘The Writ’ on their 1975 album ‘Sabotage.’ According to black-sabbath.com, lead singer Ozzy Osbourne was perplexed when at a 1970 festival Free, Traffic and Sabbath were all outshined by none other than Mungo Jerry of ‘In the Summertime‘ fame, who yes, featured a jug player. “He was playing f—ing jugs and he stole the day! So it just shows you it doesn’t matter what anybody thinks…after Mungo Jerry we didn’t have a hope. Blowing on f–ing jugs!”

Read More: Black Sabbath, ‘Blow on a Jug’ – Best Hidden Tracks | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/black-sabbath-best-hidden-tracks/?trackback=tsmclip

Finally some real Sabbath fans.. You guys got it right. There a lot of jerkoff's out there. Meglomaniacs forever

Possibly the best Sabbath track from their most underrated album. Melodic, very heavy with one of the most vicious lyrics ever penned.

One of Sabbath's best. Thanks to you guys and this website for helping me figure what they were writing about, I think I'm gonna like this site.

Yes, Sabbra is right, the song is about the past management, more specificly how they used the band. Their eyes were focused on the glory and the cash. Great song!

but everything's gonna work out fine... Top 10 of Sabbath song? I'd say so. I'd also have to agree with the other sabbheads about this songs meaning.

I'm pretty sure I hear a harpsichord toward the end of the song.

I guess it's about someone who calls Ozzy as "Vegetable" :)

Definitely about Patrick Meehan former sabbath managment who robbed the band blind. You bought and sold me with your lying words. The band had an on going court case with former management during the recording of the Sabotage album. They found out that after 5 very successful albums and touring the world for 5 years they were essentially broke, the management company owned their houses and cars. Good or bad it taught the band to fend for themselves and culminated in the best Sabbath album in my opinion