@@pascaldieterich3831 I'm saying if this had been the version on Paranoid, released with these lyrics instead of as War Pigs. People would've been even more afraid of Black Sabbath than they already were, especially in America.
@@ArcticTemper At meggido by Billy James Leger 2012 inspire by Black Sabbath's Walpurgis and Warpigs songs . In a field a martyr dying, losing his life exposed their lying. Of last days he warned the world, how God's plan will be unfurled. Armageddon is coming hear me all, here at this place evil will fall. Trumpet blasts announce the hour, falling on their knees the wicked cower. The sun is darkened by gods hand, Angels pour judgement out on the land.horsemen gather up in masses, Breathing brimstone,fire, and ashes,. Day of judgement God is calling, like John warned the stars are falling. A shattered world no longer turning,in a lake of fire the sinners burning. Jesus ends Satans reign, a holy war ends sin and pain. A new world a new beginning, only love, there's no more sinning. Oh lord yeah!
[Verse 1] Witches gather at black masses Bodies burning in red ashes On the hill the church in ruins Is the scene of evil doings It's the place for all black sinners Watch them eating dead rat's innards I guess it's the same Wherever you may go Oh, Lord, yeah! [Verse 2] Carry banners which denounce the lord See me rocking in my grave See them anoint my head with dead rat's blood See them stick this stake through me Lord hold me back I just gotta go They got a hold of my soul now Lord can my brain escape what blood I'm seeing Look in my eyes and bear it all, yeah! [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] On the scene, a priest appears Sinners falling at his knees Satan sends out funeral pyre Casts the priest into the fire It's the place for all bad sinners Watch them eating dead rat's innards I guess its the same Wherever you may go Oh, Lord, yeah!
I love the theme and feel of Walpurgis but I have to admit the War Pig lyrics flow much better, these lyrics are darker, more sinister and true to the band's theme but parts sound really forced to work while War Pigs just seems to flow so well to the music imho.... I still prefer Wallurgis.
i love this version but in my opinion i think changing it was for the best. It gave the song meaning, as a commentary on the vietnam war and i think the lyrics flow better.
These are the correct lyrics Witches gather at black masses Bodies burning in red ashes On the hill the church in ruin Is the scene of evil doing It's a place for all bad sinners Watch them eating dead rats' innards I guess it's the same wherever you may go Oh Lord yeah Carry banners which denounce the lord See me rocking in my grave See them anoint my head with dead rat's blood See them stick the stake through me Oh Don't hold me back cause I've just gotta go They've got a hold of my soul now Lord get my brain insync with love and peace Look in my eyes I'm there enough Yeah On the scene a priest appears Sinners falling at his knees Satan sends out funeral pyre Casts the priest into the fire It's the place for all bad sinners Watch them eating dead rats' innards I guess it's the same wherever you may go Oh lord yeah
Dude, these lyrics are so morbid, they some of these orthodox black metal bands (Watain, Deathspell Omega, Fides Inversa, Funeral Mist, Ofermod, Ondskapt) look like kindergarten. This is the type of stuff that rivals bands like Perverted Ceremony, Beherit, and maybe even 13th Moon. But the only difference is Sabbath weren't into that extremely dark stuff and they still manage to write something as morbid as this.
Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days. -Ozzy After Forever.
Yeah but the version it got changed to was just as ínstense with a different topic which was calling out governments waging war/what was happening at Vietnam
@@josecano9210 Instrumentally yes,, lyrically...Nah, shits weak. They rhyme masses with masses foe example, instead of masses with ashes. War pigs is was a safe and unoriginal song. It was the same shit that every other band was saying at the time. War baaad, buy muh album. Not Sabbaths fault, they were at the whim of big corporate.. Same stuff corporations do now, sell an illusion of an idea to the woke people. They play Walpurgis in concert because they know it's the real Mccoy.
@@kylespade5958it ain't weak at all dude. The song still has it's anti war message. It's more heavy on the metaphorical side than the one everyone knows. But like nowadays it wasn't as marketable to the current trend at the time. And like other people said the song kinda evolved as it went along.
Because the bastard corporate. This is the real black sabbath identity. Thats why motorhead never like join the corporate rules. Lemmy always became the underground rocker
@@mr.brenman2132 the lyrics on the album sound like they were written by a sixth grader who just took his first history class on warfare. geezer wrote great lyrics most of the time, war pigs was not one of those instances.
While I knew about War Pigs not being the original version I never expected there to be a recording of Walpurgis. Happy having heard this, and while I don't mind the direction of this song at all, the lyrics sadly don't really rhyme as well as War Pigs.
This version of the Sabbath track looks back on the dark gloom of horror film culture. War Pigs looks forward from Vietnam to the horrors of a world where war is the means for the monopolisation of wealth and power by global elites and multi-billionaires, at the expense of literally everyone else. The final album, 13, tells us that this is exactly what has happened.
This is the dirtiest, nastiest, grittiest, most raw sabbath song. Wish they could have just kept the original lyrics. What else do you expect from a band named Black Sabbath
They were told to change the song to make it more marketable, an anti-authority anti-war theme was much more sellable to stoned out hippies than this. Black Sabbath wasn't really popular back in the day most people then didn't get it; the most common remark was they "were a shitty ripoff of Cream." Good thing they persevered in light of this to inspire later Metal bands..
Wow, my comment is pretty old now. I can’t decide now which he says. I see two other versions that could be it just by listening to it. As far as I’m aware there weren’t lyrics packaged with this release anywhere. But someone could maybe enlighten me if that’s incorrect.
You do realize it's not Satanic fire in Hell, right? God, is an all consuming fire. That lake thereof is his righteousness. The rebels perish in it. My people perish for lack of knowledge. For God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance and have everlasting life. God, lit upon a bush but behold it was not consumed. The finger of God wrote as a flame of fire the words upon the stones. Before them at day as a pillar of smoke, by night, a pillar of fire. For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everything life. You are born eternal, you loose it in Sheol/Hell you will not burn forever. You will "perish". God, stood in the furnace with his worshipers, as the men who cast them in died of the heat. Not a sun in the cosmos burns lest his glory stokes the wick. Ye, be warned. Mark the cross on the necks of all these you put in Lucifer's service. Having learned the truth, Ozzy, was strengthened a man of faith. The great lier is a trickster and is doomed along with all who die in eternity. Amen, verily, forsooth... ect, ect..
[Verse 1] Witches gather at black masses Bodies burning in red ashes On the hill the church in ruins Is the scene of evil doings It's the place for all black sinners Watch them eating dead rat's innards I guess it's the same Wherever you may go Oh, Lord, yeah! [Verse 2] Carry banners which denounce the lord See me rocking in my grave See them anoint my head with dead rat's blood See them stick this stake through me Lord hold me back I just gotta go They got a hold of my soul now Lord can my brain escape what blood I'm seeing Look in my eyes and bear it all, yeah! [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] On the scene, a priest appears Sinners falling at his knees Satan sends out funeral pyre Casts the priest into the fire It's the place for all bad sinners Watch them eating dead rat's innards I guess its the same Wherever you may go Oh, Lord, yeah!
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NOW i can understand wtf was ozzy singing in paris 1970
Even in that version he introduces lyrics not heard here haha - but they originate from this earlier version.
Oh so that's who was in Paris
There different lyrics then in paris
@@HighTechPioneerlmfao
People would have absolutely FREAKED if this came out in 1970!
wtf are you talking about. it did come out in '70
@@pascaldieterich3831 I'm saying if this had been the version on Paranoid, released with these lyrics instead of as War Pigs. People would've been even more afraid of Black Sabbath than they already were, especially in America.
This is brutal even by today's standards! Real heavy metal!
@Sean Mellert its the album cover to a band called The Obsessed- i think the album is lunar womb
Chris Sorelle correct
I love this version!! These lyrics are so evil and awesome..BLACK SABBATH forever rules..
One of the best metal songs ever written. A masterpiece.
Also this is raw. No overdubbing. This is what you would hear live.
The best. Both versions are my favorite song. I wrote a poem inspired by it in 2012.
@@FarkJoeBPost that shit fam
@@ArcticTemper At meggido by Billy James Leger 2012 inspire by Black Sabbath's Walpurgis and Warpigs songs .
In a field a martyr dying, losing his life exposed their lying. Of last days he warned the world, how God's plan will be unfurled. Armageddon is coming hear me all, here at this place evil will fall. Trumpet blasts announce the hour, falling on their knees the wicked cower. The sun is darkened by gods hand, Angels pour judgement out on the land.horsemen gather up in masses, Breathing brimstone,fire, and ashes,. Day of judgement God is calling, like John warned the stars are falling. A shattered world no longer turning,in a lake of fire the sinners burning. Jesus ends Satans reign, a holy war ends sin and pain. A new world a new beginning, only love, there's no more sinning. Oh lord yeah!
[Verse 1]
Witches gather at black masses
Bodies burning in red ashes
On the hill the church in ruins
Is the scene of evil doings
It's the place for all black sinners
Watch them eating dead rat's innards
I guess it's the same
Wherever you may go
Oh, Lord, yeah!
[Verse 2]
Carry banners which denounce the lord
See me rocking in my grave
See them anoint my head with dead rat's blood
See them stick this stake through me
Lord hold me back I just gotta go
They got a hold of my soul now
Lord can my brain escape what blood I'm seeing
Look in my eyes and bear it all, yeah!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
On the scene, a priest appears
Sinners falling at his knees
Satan sends out funeral pyre
Casts the priest into the fire
It's the place for all bad sinners
Watch them eating dead rat's innards
I guess its the same
Wherever you may go
Oh, Lord, yeah!
It’s in the description
Alternate reality where sabbath wasn’t so concerned about their image
Tons of covers out there, wonder why no doom or black metal band has yet to cover this song with its original lyrics. Lots of raw anger here.
Iron claw, probably the first band to take direct heavy metal doom influence from sabbath, performed this in 1970 with the og walpurgis lyrics.
@@BSIII Never heard, good?
@@walkingwounded3824 Never heard their version, but probably, since Irow Claw is awesome.
@@MURDR63 Wow, 5 months later thanks, never heard of them at all! Will check out.👍✌
@@MURDR63 Just heard it. Pretty damn good! I had never heard as I said, new rabbit hole! lol
Walpurgisnacht 2023 love you Dad
I love the theme and feel of Walpurgis but I have to admit the War Pig lyrics flow much better, these lyrics are darker, more sinister and true to the band's theme but parts sound really forced to work while War Pigs just seems to flow so well to the music imho.... I still prefer Wallurgis.
My favorite version of the song! :)
These lyrics are so fucking Black Metal. I love them.
i love this version but in my opinion i think changing it was for the best. It gave the song meaning, as a commentary on the vietnam war and i think the lyrics flow better.
What's wrong with eating dead rat's innards? It flows like like a Keats poem 😅
These are the correct lyrics
Witches gather at black masses
Bodies burning in red ashes
On the hill the church in ruin
Is the scene of evil doing
It's a place for all bad sinners
Watch them eating dead rats' innards
I guess it's the same wherever you may go
Oh Lord yeah
Carry banners which denounce the lord
See me rocking in my grave
See them anoint my head with dead rat's blood
See them stick the stake through me
Oh
Don't hold me back cause I've just gotta go
They've got a hold of my soul now
Lord get my brain insync with love and peace
Look in my eyes I'm there enough
Yeah
On the scene a priest appears
Sinners falling at his knees
Satan sends out funeral pyre
Casts the priest into the fire
It's the place for all bad sinners
Watch them eating dead rats' innards
I guess it's the same wherever you may go
Oh lord yeah
I really love the solo part from 6:50 onwards, its like "yes, it's a messed up, dark world, but that's just how it is"
Dude, these lyrics are so morbid, they some of these orthodox black metal bands (Watain, Deathspell Omega, Fides Inversa, Funeral Mist, Ofermod, Ondskapt) look like kindergarten. This is the type of stuff that rivals bands like Perverted Ceremony, Beherit, and maybe even 13th Moon. But the only difference is Sabbath weren't into that extremely dark stuff and they still manage to write something as morbid as this.
Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways
And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days.
-Ozzy After Forever.
John Geezer wrote this, along with most of sabbath’s lyrics
Would kill to see video of this session...1970 was the year...Paris show, Peel Sessions...Sabbath stamping their authority on the decade!!!
I have seen the video, there is also a partial video of Walplurgis out there somewhere also.
ua-cam.com/video/ZNBRRotLunQ/v-deo.html
There is a whole video of sabbath live in Paris 1970 . I saw it on you tube .
@@anthonybarnes2355 the Paris show was recorded at the theater 140 Pop Shop Brussels Belgium October 3rd 1970.
The original as it was intended. Before big corporate had them change it to sell to the flower power kids.
Yeah but the version it got changed to was just as ínstense with a different topic which was calling out governments waging war/what was happening at Vietnam
@@josecano9210 Instrumentally yes,, lyrically...Nah, shits weak. They rhyme masses with masses foe example, instead of masses with ashes. War pigs is was a safe and unoriginal song. It was the same shit that every other band was saying at the time. War baaad, buy muh album. Not Sabbaths fault, they were at the whim of big corporate.. Same stuff corporations do now, sell an illusion of an idea to the woke people. They play Walpurgis in concert because they know it's the real Mccoy.
@@kylespade5958 true but any message is gonna eventually get turned into a commodity and sold for profit thats inevitable in our garbage society
@@kylespade5958it ain't weak at all dude. The song still has it's anti war message. It's more heavy on the metaphorical side than the one everyone knows. But like nowadays it wasn't as marketable to the current trend at the time. And like other people said the song kinda evolved as it went along.
Why the hell did they change the lyrics this so much brutal I love it!
Because the bastard corporate. This is the real black sabbath identity. Thats why motorhead never like join the corporate rules. Lemmy always became the underground rocker
@@imhendriyantonasution3345 The lyrics on the album are superior.
@@mr.brenman2132 the lyrics on the album sound like they were written by a sixth grader who just took his first history class on warfare. geezer wrote great lyrics most of the time, war pigs was not one of those instances.
Lord can my brain escape what blood I'm seeing
Look in my eyes and bear it all, yeah!
Much more powerful than the War Pigs version - no wonder they changed it back then!
notice the tail end is the way they perform it live,where as on the paranoid album the producer uses a speed up process.
The producer added that and the sirens without talking with the band first, ozzy loved it
While I knew about War Pigs not being the original version I never expected there to be a recording of Walpurgis. Happy having heard this, and while I don't mind the direction of this song at all, the lyrics sadly don't really rhyme as well as War Pigs.
Bill Ward at his best!
He's a monster! Fav drummer for me..
Symptom of the Universe is where Bill Ward shines
Ozzy would male up lyrics when played live. That's why Hand of Doom is totally different
Fucking a right man.
My black soul for Real ☮️👽
Way better than the version that shows up on the actual album
Deacon Carter you like the solo in this one better than the album version ?
Pre-dated Varg's chruch burnings by a couple of decades then?
This version of the Sabbath track looks back on the dark gloom of horror film culture. War Pigs looks forward from Vietnam to the horrors of a world where war is the means for the monopolisation of wealth and power by global elites and multi-billionaires, at the expense of literally everyone else. The final album, 13, tells us that this is exactly what has happened.
Sick beginning!
I guess it's the same
As war pigs, just no siren
I've always hated the lyrics to War Pigs, holy shit everything is so clear now
Guess your the only one that does
Eddie is right..lyrics to war pigs looks like it was written by a 5 year old..
This is the dirtiest, nastiest, grittiest, most raw sabbath song. Wish they could have just kept the original lyrics. What else do you expect from a band named Black Sabbath
My mom bought me the first Sabbath album in 1974 thinking it was something to do with the scripture little did she know.....
Be cool if someone covered this, or at least found a way to mix it so that it sounded like a radio version of War Pigs and less scratchy or hazy.
Far out man !
metal as fuck🤘
On Genius the unknown line is listed as: "Lord can my brain escape what blood I'm seeing." Stop mumbling, Ozzy.
I understood it perfectly.
@@21Piloteer Ozzyish is my second language.
Wish they kept these lyrics, it's so much better like this vs a war protest song
the line you were not sure about is ( lord can my brain escape what blood i'm seeing)
Better than War Pigs !
This is original black sabbath than warpigs
Ozzy sounds older here that he does on the 2022 stuff!
Alright, who's here on Halloween? Come on now?
If I'm here every single day, does it count ?
The real day is April 30th--my birthday
Fuckin great !
Interesting how the “War Pigs” version has an anti war message instead of a doomed the Devil is coming theme.
They were told to change the song to make it more marketable, an anti-authority anti-war theme was much more sellable to stoned out hippies than this. Black Sabbath wasn't really popular back in the day most people then didn't get it; the most common remark was they "were a shitty ripoff of Cream." Good thing they persevered in light of this to inspire later Metal bands..
they could've called this song "dead rats"
ken Chamberlain with rat salad on the upcoming album it would only make sense to kill the rats first
Dead rats on the brain..lol
You have been Doomed!!!!
GR8
Wa tener pesadillas🙂
Music is moving backwards man smh
Iommi...
2:22
In case you are wondering, the lyrics that are "unsure" are "Look at my brain, it's sick of God I'm seeing".
Insync isnt it?
Wow, my comment is pretty old now. I can’t decide now which he says. I see two other versions that could be it just by listening to it. As far as I’m aware there weren’t lyrics packaged with this release anywhere. But someone could maybe enlighten me if that’s incorrect.
Lord can my brain escape what blood I’m seeing.
Dead rats on the brain..lol
Bloody hell the lyrics are cursed
like the verses;but that (whererver you may go) can go LOL
You do realize it's not Satanic fire in Hell, right? God, is an all consuming fire. That lake thereof is his righteousness. The rebels perish in it. My people perish for lack of knowledge. For God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance and have everlasting life. God, lit upon a bush but behold it was not consumed. The finger of God wrote as a flame of fire the words upon the stones. Before them at day as a pillar of smoke, by night, a pillar of fire. For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everything life. You are born eternal, you loose it in Sheol/Hell you will not burn forever. You will "perish". God, stood in the furnace with his worshipers, as the men who cast them in died of the heat. Not a sun in the cosmos burns lest his glory stokes the wick. Ye, be warned. Mark the cross on the necks of all these you put in Lucifer's service. Having learned the truth, Ozzy, was strengthened a man of faith. The great lier is a trickster and is doomed along with all who die in eternity. Amen, verily, forsooth... ect, ect..
Too bad the only recording there is to remaster was so grainy.
This version is so much better.
[Verse 1]
Witches gather at black masses
Bodies burning in red ashes
On the hill the church in ruins
Is the scene of evil doings
It's the place for all black sinners
Watch them eating dead rat's innards
I guess it's the same
Wherever you may go
Oh, Lord, yeah!
[Verse 2]
Carry banners which denounce the lord
See me rocking in my grave
See them anoint my head with dead rat's blood
See them stick this stake through me
Lord hold me back I just gotta go
They got a hold of my soul now
Lord can my brain escape what blood I'm seeing
Look in my eyes and bear it all, yeah!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
On the scene, a priest appears
Sinners falling at his knees
Satan sends out funeral pyre
Casts the priest into the fire
It's the place for all bad sinners
Watch them eating dead rat's innards
I guess its the same
Wherever you may go
Oh, Lord, yeah!
Would kill to see video of this session...1970 was the year...Paris show, Peel Sessions...Sabbath stamping their authority on the decade!!!