In 1974 Ozzy stated that this song is the story of a person who is "confused about everything and didn't know who to trust. You can say that person was sort of like me. I wrote that number at home between bouts of insomnia. I couldn't sleep. I bought this synthesizer and all day and night I would fiddle around with it to keep me busy."
source = Black Sabbath - Doom Let Loose an illustrated history by Martin Popoff
In 1974 Ozzy stated that this song is the story of a person who is "confused about everything and didn't know who to trust. You can say that person was sort of like me. I wrote that number at home between bouts of insomnia. I couldn't sleep. I bought this synthesizer and all day and night I would fiddle around with it to keep me busy."
source = Black Sabbath - Doom Let Loose an illustrated history by Martin Popoff