orld down

Illusion of power - things I feel seem so real
Illusion of power

I can't get the emotional thing straight in my head
Everything I love dies too soon or is already dead
Don't stand too close, I spit and breathe fire
Anything I've got now you cannot desire

You want to be my friend, I promise you nothing
Nothing I can give you, nothing I can do for you
I'm being chased by the sins of my past and it's killing me now
Killing me now

Illusion of power - things I feel seem so real
Illusion of power
Illusion of power - it's already set, signed and sealed
Illusion of power

Fool, you're caught in a complex catacomb of your own inadequcies
And pitiful weaknesses, your soul secretes insecurity
So you live on the reflection side of the mirror
You're terrified of true power, you fear

I can tell you stories of my shaded past
And I can drag you down into the depths of my soul

Illusion of power - things I feel seem so real
Illusion of power
Illusion of power - it's already set, signed and sealed
Illusion of power

Why don't you come closer?
Promise a story, I will tell
I'll save you from your dreams
I'll save you from your dreams

It's illusion
Just an illusion
Illusion
Just an illusion



Get a grip

(Iommi/Powell/Martin/Murray)

I see it on the TV, it's playing on my mind,
Everything I see has got something to do with killing my brother
Just another mind game or maybe it's a sign?
When the child with a gun holds it up to the head of his brother

Well, that ain't nice

Gotta get a grip - gotta get a hold on life
Gotta get a grip - 'cause you're gonna slip

Somebody tell me, where did we lose?
Where's the point that we lost the control to live with each other?
Mister politician searching for a lie
What's the truth? Will the youth find the proof for a revolution?

'Cause that ain't nice

Gotta get a grip - gotta get a hold on life
Gotta get a grip - 'cause you're gonna slip on ice
Gotta get a grip - gotta get a hold on life
Gotta get a grip - 'cause you're gonna slip

Gotta get a hold of the situation
Gotta get you into my life
Gotta get a hold and get it moving
I can't tell you what you need, to know it's up to you

That ain't nice

Gotta get a grip - gotta get a hold on life
Gotta get a grip - 'cause you're gonna slip on ice
Gotta get a grip - gotta get a hold on life
Gotta get a grip - 'cause you're gonna slip.

Gotta get a hold of the situation
Gotta get a hold on life
Gotta get a grip and get it moving
I can't tell you what you need to know, it's up to you

Don't your blood run cold?
Don't the sorrow show? Hold on tight to what you have
See it in your eyes, don't it make you cry?
Get a grip and shake the can

Get a grip, yeah
Get a grip, yeah
Get a grip, yeah
Get a grip, get a grip, get a grip, get a grip
Get a hold
Get a grip on life
Get a grip on life



Can't get close enough

(Iommi/Powell/Martin/Murray)

How many tears must we cry before learning?
Things that we have, they're for real and we're losing
Can't get close enough to you 'cause you're just too far away

Why do you believe that we've got something coming?
You took it all, left me standing here with nothing
Can't get close enough to you 'cause you're just too far away
Too far away, too far away

In your world you must be dreaming if you think you can survive
Taking all and giving nothing - that's a crime
What makes you something special? What about me? I'm here too
You don't care what I'm feeling and that's the truth

Can't get close enough to you 'cause you're just too far away

All I need is understanding and the right to survive
Only you could see the warnings and pass them by
What makes you something special? What about me? I'm here too
You don't care what I'm feeling and that's the truth

Can't get close enough to you 'cause you're just too far away
Too far away
Can't get close enough to you 'cause you're just too far away

How many tears must we cry before learning?
Things that we had, they're for real and we're losing
Can't get close enough to you 'cause you're just too far away
Too far away, too far away, too far away



Shaking off the chains

(Iommi/Powell/Martin/Murray)

Is life everything you want to be?
Does it give you everything that you need?
Does it live up to your reputations?
Are you ready for the celebrations?

This is not for the weak of mind
Are you sure that you're my kind?
Do you want to be part of me?
Are you sure that you can really see?

Are you chained to a life that don't want?
Is it hard for you to find a way out?
Can you live without the love that you need?
Are you sure that what you have is so real?

This is not for the weak of mind
Are you sure that you're my kind?
Do you want to be part of me?
Are you sure that you can really see?

All of your life, they try to take your cover
Turn you into another and make you change your name
When you fall, it's up to you to recover
You can't depend on another to help you with the pain

I'm shaking off the chains
I'm shaking off the chains

This is not for the weak of mind
Are you sure that you're my kind?
Do you want to be part of me?
Are you sure that you can really see?

In the night, you say that you are falling
People always calling, calling out your name
What do you know? A face appears at the window
Tapping on the window, the window of your soul

I'm shaking off the chains - I'm tired of all the pain
I'm shaking off the chains - let me live again
Shaking off the chains
Shaking off the chains



I won't cry for you

(Iommi/Powell/Martin/Murray)

So you lie awake and think about tomorrow
And you try to justify the things you've done
But there's no one here to hear your tears falling
When you turn around you find out that you're the lonely one

And it feels like someone's treading on your shadow
And you always thought that heaven knows for sure
And it feels like you're drowning in your tears

So I won't cry for you, no, I ain't gonna die for you
And I ain't gonna lie for you, no, I ain't gonna cry for you
Ain't gonna cry for you

So you lie awake and think about the sorrow
Does it really still the fears in your mind?
And you try to realise the things you wanted
But you take it all for granted and now it makes you blind

And it feels like someone's treading on your shadow
And you always thought that heaven knows for sure
And it feels like you're drowning in your tears

So I ain't gonna cry for you, no, I ain't gonna die for you
And I ain't gonna lie for you, no, I ain't gonna cry for you
I ain't gonna cry

I ain't gonna cry for you, I ain't gonna cry

So I ain't gonna cry for you, no, I ain't gonna die for you
No, I ain't gonna lie for you, no, I ain't gonna cry for you

Ain't gonna cry - ain't gonna cry for you no more
Ain't gonna die - I ain't gonna die for you no more
Ain't gonna lie - I ain't gonna lie for you no more
Ain't gonna cry - I ain't gonna cry for you no more



Guilty as hell

(Iommi/Powell/Martin/Murray)

Step back and look at you and tell me that is what you want to be?
You realise that what you're see is a replica of me?
Inside my world is pretty grim that even I can't survive in
I wouldn't try 'cause I know you

Deep inside you know - you're guilty as hell
Deep inside you know - you're guilty as hell

You realise that what you're see is just a replica of me? Only me
It makes no difference if you're the only one
It doesn't matter when all is said and done
Gonna feel the same, god will put the blame on you

If I was you, if I was you
I'd wanna see, I'd wanna see inside my head
I'd wanna know if I was fucking dead
I'd wanna know what's going on, someone tell me the truth

There's no fear in a fallen angel
There's no love in a heart made of stone
There's no truth in a heart that is screaming
Deep inside you're as guilty as hell

There's no fear in a fallen angel
There's no love in a heart made of stone
There's no truth in a heart that is screaming
Deep inside you're as guilty as hell



Sick and tired

(Iommi/Powell/Martin/Murray)

Got no time to be on the run
Got no holes in my shoes
You're the reason all my friends have gone
But I won't run from you

So many promises and you broke them all
I'll forgive but I can't forget
You know you're a fake but I just can't take no more
'Cause I'm tired of it

I'm so tired, so tired
Sick and tired of it all
I'm so tired, sick and tired
I'm so tired, sick and tired of it all

You turn the truth then you turn your back
You're a victim of yourself
The hate remains, the hurting still exists
I'm so tired of it all

I'm so tired, sick and tired
So damn tired, sick and tired of it all
I'm so tired, I'm sick and tired of it all



Rusty angels

(Iommi/Powell/Martin/Murray)

They say you came from heaven but I know that's not the truth
'Cause I don't think an angel could look anything like you
Your eyes are made from sapphires and your heart is made from stone
You gotta be the closest thing to hate I've ever known
And if I didn't know better I'd say you had come alone to the party

The light is always shining but you swear that it's gone black
The tide is always turning but you're never looking back
If I didn't know better I'd say times were pretty bad

Because rusty angels - they can't fly
Rusty angels - gonna die
Rusty angels - they can't fly
Rusty angels - gonna die, gonna die

The gifts you bring are fire and your dreams they turned to dust
Your flying days are over and your wings have turned to rust
If I didn't know better I'd say all you had is lost

Because rusty angels - they can't fly
Rusty angels - gonna die
Rusty angels - they can't fly
Rusty angels - gonna die, gonna die

If you swallow just a little pride
You might find a little love inside
Open up and let somebody in
'Cause if you need somebody, you know, it's not a sin

Rusty angels - they can't fly
Rusty angels - gonna die
Rusty angels - they can't fly, no
Rusty angels - gonna die, gonna die

You can't fly, oh no
Gonna die, you can't fly



Forbidden

(Iommi/Powell/Martin/Murray)

If I had to live again I'd change everything
'Cause everything I do, you know that I can't win
You say it isn't right but you say it isn't wrong
How the hell am I supposed to please everyone?

Tell me what it is that I'm supposed to do
I ain't here for everybody but I ain't here for you
You said it isn't right but you said it isn't wrong
I wish somebody could tell me what it is that I've done wrong

Best things in live aren't given, these things ain't for you and me
Every time you shout forbidden makes me wonder what you see
Best things in live aren't given, these things ain't for you and me
Every time you shout forbidden makes me wonder what you see

You know it's gonna get you now
And you know it starts to bring you down

Tell me what it is that I'm supposed to do
I ain't here for everybody but I ain't here for you
It seems I have to fight for all the things I want
Wish somebody could tell me what it is that I've done wrong

Best things in live aren't given, these things ain't for you and me
Every time you shout forbidden makes me wonder what you see
Best things in live aren't given, these things ain't for you and me
Every time you shout forbidden makes me wonder what you see

It's forbidden

Best things in live aren't given, these things ain't for you and me
Every time you shout forbidden makes me wonder what you see
Best things in live aren't given, these things ain't for you and me
Every time you shout forbidden makes me wonder what you see

Makes me wonder what you see



Kiss of death

(Iommi/Powell/Martin/Murray)

This is no ordinary soul that you're destroying
Not just another life that drifts along with the sands of time
We tried to show you on your way but still you cannot see
You're hurting me, you told too many lies and so it ends

You tried to touch me but then I knew your plan
You tried to take my world away, oh no
Now I see it, it's as clear as day
No, you'll never stand a chance, oh no, you'll never stand a chance

You tried to lead me to the land where you keep your lies
But I've seen this road before
There is no reason why I should listen now
No, you'll never stand a chance, oh no, you'll never stand a chance

So many people tried before but still I came through stronger than before
Someone like you could never get through my door no more

Nothing you can do will hurt me, I am indestructible
Nothing you can do will hurt me, I am indestructible

Every lie that you tell you get closer
Closer to the edge of the Cauldron and into the fire
Every life you destroy will return
It will come back and haunt you forever and ever

Nothing you can do will hurt me, I am indestructible
Nothing you can do will hurt me, I am indestructible

This is no ordinary soul that you're destroying
Not just another life that drifts along with the sands of time