Bad year iron money lyrics
This ''Black SAbbath'' song reminds me of these Revelations told as by the beginning of this song told as ''I'am Iron Man'', dough told first to rise in long ago in what ''The Ion-Shape said: Be Still there is no Iron-Face'' to be afraid in him, but hundreds of years later it was passed on in another form to John Patmos being in ''The Spirit'' possession of God to write down his dream visions as ''warnings'' what's to come on the land to be written down that became the 27th book in the Bible as Revelation. Anyway, all I am certain of is that Black Sabbath’s Iron Man is a powerful song that resonates with many people, it has done so for decades and will probably speak to future generations. Either way, the music and lyrics gel perfectly as one.
Or perhaps the music is reinforced by the lyrics? I did read somewhere that when Ozzy Osbourne first heard Tommy Iommi play the main riff of this song, Ozzy said it reminded him of a big man of steel walking about (or something like that), then Geezer Butler took that idea and put lyrics to it. These weighty themes are reinforced by the powerfully dark rhythms and melody of the band. And despite mankind’s desire for goodness and potential to perform good acts, he is selfish, flawed and/or corrupted, therefore, damned to a universe of darkness, disappointments and despair. Some of the lyrics of the song speak of: insanity, ignorance of the masses, death, destruction, the coldness and despair of loneliness, the anger and frustration of not being understood/believed and the good and evil which exists in mankind and the world. The song’s heart and soul resides within its feelings which are expressed in the song’s themes, metaphors and the music itself. After all, I think I once read that even Bob Dylan expressed that he doesn’t fully understand his ideas or how they reach him.įor me personally, to understand and appreciate this great song, the plot and specific details are not important. Perhaps even the song writer himself isn’t fully aware of the totality of the song’s meaning. And all opinions could equally be right – another sign of a great art-work. People on this site have talked about Jesus, The Bible, the burden of learning dark truths, war, loneliness, and many other ideas and interpretations. Because of this, I think there can be no definite explanation to the song’s deeper meaning – a classic characteristic of many great works of art. But, the true greatness of this song is its ambiguity or lack of clarity (perhaps intentionally by the song writer).
On the surface, the meaning is obvious – a man who travels time and returns to earth turned into steel etc. And the lyrics, are bordering on genius, in my opinion – the varying views and interpretations on this site perhaps confirm this.