IMHO, Song is about love's different manifestations, while telling the epic journey of some cosmic traveller, based on a crazy dream that Geezer had. Symptom of the Universe = Love.
Verse 1 - Facing an enemy, defeating that enemy and offering a dignified death in defeat, while seeing the enemy's struggle for life for his own loves (was written in his eyes)
Verse 2 - Returning home to his mate to procreate. This act of love redeems him from his violence (stolen tomb). "Seventh Advent Unicorn" is an omen of the future, the segue
Verse 3 - The Child of Love is the offspring. She either is a pain in the arse to raise, or has to endure the sadness of the protagonist's past to help heal the protagonist.
Note that between v3 and v4 the music transitions and is no longer heavy....so all tense struggle to go from dissonance to assonance (or resolution) manifests into verse 4...
Verse 4 - The Child is grown, has learned from the past, and is a version better suited to pass on a better version of the symptom of the universe.
Thoughts? It's a pretty revolutionary song for it's time. Black Sabbath forever (all variations), RIP DIO!
IMHO, Song is about love's different manifestations, while telling the epic journey of some cosmic traveller, based on a crazy dream that Geezer had. Symptom of the Universe = Love.
Verse 1 - Facing an enemy, defeating that enemy and offering a dignified death in defeat, while seeing the enemy's struggle for life for his own loves (was written in his eyes) Verse 2 - Returning home to his mate to procreate. This act of love redeems him from his violence (stolen tomb). "Seventh Advent Unicorn" is an omen of the future, the segue Verse 3 - The Child of Love is the offspring. She either is a pain in the arse to raise, or has to endure the sadness of the protagonist's past to help heal the protagonist.
Note that between v3 and v4 the music transitions and is no longer heavy....so all tense struggle to go from dissonance to assonance (or resolution) manifests into verse 4...
Verse 4 - The Child is grown, has learned from the past, and is a version better suited to pass on a better version of the symptom of the universe.
Thoughts? It's a pretty revolutionary song for it's time. Black Sabbath forever (all variations), RIP DIO!