“Always the eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, working or eating, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or in bed — no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.” — George Orwell. 1984
Rocket engines burning fuel so fast
Up into the night sky they blast
Through the universe the engines whine
Could it be the end of man and time.
Back on Earth the flame of life burns low
Everywhere is misery and woe
Pollution kills the air, the land and sea
Man prepares to meet his destiny.
Rocket engines burning fuel so fast
Up into the black sky so vast
Burning metal through the atmosphere
Earth remains in worry, hate and fear
With the hateful battles raging on
Rockets flying to the glowing sun.
Through the empires of eternal void
Freedom from the final suicide.
Freedom fighters sent out to the sun
Escape from brainwashed minds and pollution.
Leave the earth to all its sin and hate
Find another world where freedom waits.
Past the stars in fields of ancient void
Through the shields of darkness where they find
Love upon a land a world unknown
Where the sons of freedom make their home.
Leave the earth to Satan and his slaves
Leave them to their future in their graves
Make a home where love is there to stay
Peace and happiness in every day.
Black Sabbath’s “Hand Of Doom” was banned from radio stations in the 70s because the song talks about a junky and how he dies. This is a true rock masterpiece. One of my favorites songs of all times.
Black Sabbath live british T.V. broadcast 1970 1 week prior to the release of Paranoid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsK630FuTxk
album version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpAi0Srfqtk
rare unreleased version
lyrics
Hand of Doom
What you gonna do
Time’s caught up with you
Now you wait your turn
You know there’s no return
Change your empty rules
You join the other fools
Turn to something new
Now it’s killing you
First it was the bomb, Vietnam napalm
Disillusioning, you push the needle in
From life you escape, reality’s black drape
Colours in your mind satisfy your time
Oh you, you know you must be blind
To do something like this
To take the sweet that you don’t know
You’re giving Death a kiss
Poor little fool now
Your mind is full of pleasure
Your body’s looking ill
To you it’s shallow leisure
So drop the acid pill
Don’t stop to think now
You’re having a good time baby
But that won’t last
Your mind’s all full of things
You’re living too fast
Go out, enjoy yourself
Don’t bottle it in
You need someone to help you
Stick the needle in, yeah
Now you know the scene
Your skin starts turning green
Your eyes no longer seeing life’s reality
Push the needle in
Face death’s sickly grin
Holes are in your skin
Caused by deadly pin
Head starts spinning ’round
You fall down to the ground
Feel your body heave
Death hand starts to weave
It’s too late to turn
You don’t want to learn
Price of life is high
Now you’re gonna die
—
traduzione
La Mano del Destino
Che cosa farai?
Il tempo ti ha imprigionato
Ora aspetti il tuo turno
Sai che non c’è ritorno
Cambia le tue regole vuote
Ti unisci agli altri pazzi
Diventa qualcosa di nuovo
Adesso ti sta uccidendo
Prima è stata la bomba, il napalm* del Vietnam
Disilluso, infili l’ago dentro
Scappi dalla vita, il manto nero della realtà
Colori nella tua mente soddisfa il tuo tempo
Oh, tu, sai che devi essere cieco
Per fare una cosa come questa.
Per prendere la dolcezza che non conosci
Stai dando un bacio alla Morte
povero pazzo ora
La tua mente è piena di piacere
Il tuo corpo sembra malato
Per te è ozio di poco conto
Sganciati della pillola di acido
Non smettere di pensare ora
Ti stai divertendo piccola
Ma non durerá
La tua mente è tutta piena di cose
Stai vivendo troppo in fretta
Vai fuori, divertiti
Non imbottigliare il tuo corpo
Hai bisogno di qualcuno che ti aiuti
a infilare l’ago dentro
Ora conosci la scena
la tua pelle comincia a diventare verde
I tuoi occhi non vendono più la realtà della vita
Infila l’ago dentro, fronteggi la morte e la sua smorfia nauseante
buchi nella tua pelle, causati da aghi mortali
La testa inizia a girare
tu cadi per terra
Senti il tuo corpo che si sforza
La mano della morte inizia a sventolare
E’ troppo tardi per cambiare
Tu non vuoi imparare
Il prezzo della vita é alto,
Ora stai morendo
*napalm = miscela esplosiva utilizzata nella guerra del Vietnam
Black Sabbath – A National Acrobat (from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTRAXYafSyM
I am the world that hides
The universal secret of all time
Destruction of the empty spaces
Is my one and only crime
I’ve lived a thousand times
I found out what it means to be believed
The thoughts and images
The unborn child that never was conceived
When little worlds collide
I’m trapped inside my embryonic cell
And flashing memories
Are cast into the never-ending well
The name that scorns the face
The child that never sees the cause of man
The deathly darkness that
Belies the fate of those who never ran
Well I know its hard for you
To know the reason why
And I know you’ll understand
More when it’s time to die
Don’t believe the life you have
Will be the only one
You have to let your body sleep
To let your soul live on
I want you to listen
I’m trying to get through
Love has given life to you
And now it’s your concern
Unseen eye of inner life
Will make your soul return
Still I look but not to touch
The seeds of life are sown
Curtain of the future falls
The secret stays unknown
Just remember love is life
And hate is living death
Treat your life for what it’s worth
And live for every breath
Looking back I’ve lived and learned
But now I’m wondering
Here I wait and only guess
What this next life will bring
What is this that stands before me?
Figure in black which points at me
Turn around quick, and start to run
Find out I’m the chosen one
Oh nooo!
Big black shape with eyes of fire
Telling people their desire
Satan’s sitting there, he’s smiling
Watches those flames get higher and higher
Oh no, no, please God help me!
