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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Vocals
Bill Ward
Bill Ward
Drums
Geezer Butler
Geezer Butler
Bass Guitar
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
Vocals
Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bill Ward
Bill Ward
Songwriter
Geezer Butler
Geezer Butler
Songwriter
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
Songwriter
Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi
Songwriter
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Producer
Bill Ward
Bill Ward
Producer
Geezer Butler
Geezer Butler
Producer
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
Producer
Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi
Producer
Roger Bain
Roger Bain
Producer
Andy Pearce
Andy Pearce
Mastering Engineer
Mike Butcher
Mike Butcher
Producer
Matt Wortham
Matt Wortham
Mastering Engineer
Robin Black
Robin Black
Engineer
Dave Harris
Dave Harris
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I hide myself inside the shadows of shame
The silent symphonies were playing their game
My body echoed to the dreams of my soul
It started something that I could not control
Where can I run to now? The joke is on me
No sympathising, God, it's insanity, yeah
[Chorus]
Why don't you just get out of my life? Yeah
Why don't you just get out of my life now?
Why doesn't everybody leave me alone now?
Why doesn't everybody leave me alone? Yeah
[Verse 2]
Obsessed with fantasy, possessed with my schemes
I mixed reality with pseudo-god dreams
The ghost of violence was something I'd seen
I sold my soul to be the human obscene
How could this poison be the dream of my soul?
How did my fantasies take complete control? Yeah
[Chorus]
Why don't you just get out of my life? Yeah
Why don't you just get out of my life now?
Why doesn't everybody leave me alone? Yeah
Why doesn't everybody leave me alone? Yeah
[Verse 3]
Well, I feel something's taking me, I don't know where
It's like a trip inside a separate mind
The ghost of tomorrow from my favorite dream
Is telling me to leave it all behind
[PreChorus]
Feel it slipping away
Slipping in tomorrow
Got to get to happiness
Want no more of sorrow
[Chorus]
How I lied, went to hide
How I tried to get away from you now
Am I right if I fight?
That I might just get away from you now
Sting me
[Verse 4]
Well, I feel something's giving me the chance to return
It's giving me the chance of saving my soul
Pictures of demigods are fading away
I'm going backwards but I'm in control
[PreChorus]
Feel it slipping away
Slipping in tomorrow
Getting back to sanity
Providence of sorrow
[Chorus]
Was it wise to disguise
How I tried to get away from you now?
Is there a way that I can pay
Or is it true I have to stay with you now?
[Chorus]
How I lied, went to hide
How I tried to get away from you now
Am I right in my fight?
That I might just get away from you now
Suck me
[Verse 5]
I'm really digging schizophrenia, the best of the Earth
I'll chase my soul in the fires of hell
Peace of mind eluded me, but now it's all mine
I simply try, but he wants me to fail
[PreChorus]
Feel it slipping away
Slipping in tomorrow
Now I've found my happiness
Providence of sorrow
[Chorus]
No more lies, I got wise
I despise the way I worshipped you, yeah
Now I'm free, let me see
That now instead, I won't be led by you now
Free
[Outro]
No
Oh
Oh, oh
Oh
Ah, ha, ha
Written by: Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi

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