Black Sabbath the End of the End Page #3

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if Bill could've

joined us

on the shows

or even the last

two shows, you know,

would've been great,

but he wouldn't do that.

Bill wouldn't.

If Bill was going to do it,

he'd want to do the whole lot.

And... Which we'd

have been okay with,

but it just didn't happen.

This next song

is about a substance

we used to play around with.

It's called Snowblind.

Let me see your hands,

come on!

Come on!

Everybody!

What you get and what you see

Things that don't come easily

Feeling happy in my pain

Icicles within my brain

Cocaine

Come on!

Let me see those hands,

come on.

Something blowing in my head

Winds of ice

that soon will spread

Down to freeze my very soul

Makes me happy

makes me cold

Cocaine

Let me see

every pair of hands,

come on.

My eyes are blind

but I can see

The snowflakes

glisten on the tree

The sun

no longer sets me free

I feel the snowflakes

freezing me

I love you all, man.

Well, yeah,

we did have

a little indulging.

We did burn the candle

at both ends, as you say.

What about the candle now?

It's gone out now.

Come on!

That was

the great thing about it,

was we had a laugh,

you know.

Now, because

we travel the way we do,

we don't get a chance

to even talk to

each other half the time

because it's...

You know,

you're on the plane,

and everybody

keeps their self

to themselves,

and then we get there,

and we get in different cars,

and go to the hotel.

And then at the hotel,

we don't really socialize

much like we used to.

Not because we don't get on,

it's just that

the way it's gone,

you know, years ago,

we ought to go down

to the bar, and everybody drank,

but of course, the others,

you know, don't drink now.

Come on!

Go crazy for me,

come on!

Don't you think I know

what I'm doing

Lying snowblind in the sun

Will my ice age ever come?

Cocaine

Next month,

I'll ask for you

to plan the travel.

Ozzy's f***ing begged for

about three or four hours

to have a f***ing drink.

I mean, I was stoned

or zonked every day

for a long time,

on beer, or booze, or...

And I don't want to do

that any more.

First when I quit

with cigarettes,

I didn't do the patch.

I tried the patch,

but that was

making it worse, like,

when I took the patch out,

I rewarded myself

with a cigarette.

But it's when you

make your mind up,

when you want

to quit anything,

you've got to,

you have to be the one to say,

"I'm going to beat this."

I was just fed up

of everything.

Everything that I did bad

was alcohol and drug-fuelled,

so, touch wood, since then,

I've haven't done anything bad.

I love you all. Thank you.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Are you having fun?

I nearly said,

"Shall we come back

and do it again?"

We're not.

So, okay,

here's a song called

War Pigs.

Let me see those hands!

If you want to

sing along with me,

please do.

Come on!

I want to see you.

Everybody,

clap your hands,

come on.

Generals gathered

in their masses

Just like witches

at black masses

Evil minds

that plot destruction

Sorcerer of

death's construction

In the fields

the bodies burning

As the war machine

keeps turning.

Death and hatred to mankind

Poisoning their

brainwashed minds

Oh lord yeah!

Oh lord yeah!

Thank you!

Let me see them,

come on, all of you!

Politicians hide

themselves away

They only started the war

Why should

they go out to fight?

They leave

that role to the poor

Yeah

Time will tell

on their power minds

Making war just for fun

Treating people

just like pawns in chess

Wait till their

judgement day comes

Yeah

Everybody, let me

see those hands,

come on.

Now in darkness,

world stops turning

Ashes where

the bodies burning

No more war pigs

have the power

Hand of God

has struck the hour

Day of judgement

God is calling

On their knees

the war pigs crawling

Begging mercy for their sins

Satan, laughing

spreads his wings

Oh lord, yeah

Let me see 'em!

I think playing live is, well,

that's where it's at, really.

It's the best

experience of all.

Apart from

watching the Villa win.

You do a record,

you're doing it

with each other,

but when you're out

and just playing

to an audience,

I mean, it's so different.

You feel that energy

from the audience,

and I think

it helps you

play better, really.

We go in there

with a mission to get

that audience going nuts,

if we can,

sometimes you pull it off,

sometimes it don't work.

Once you cross

the invisible line,

it's sh*t or bust.

Everybody!

I love you! Come on!

Well, they've always

been a great crowd

for us in Birmingham.

I've gotta be honest,

all the crowds

have been very supportive,

and really behind us

everywhere.

We get a whole age range

from, like, little kids

to people as old as me.

That's what shows

how well we've been doing.

I mean,

the kids in the audience

weren't even born

when we wrote that song.

It's a great feeling

when you're up there,

and they're singing

along with you.

It's great.

Come on!

Thank you. You can sing

your hearts out here.

Thanks, though.

-What are we going to do now?

-Wicked World.

Yeah.

I'm doing it now.

It feels funny now,

it's been far too long...

I know.

The world today

is such a wicked thing

Fighting going on

between the human race

People give good wishes

to all their friends

While people just across

the sea are counting the dead

A politician's job

they say is very high

Most of the songs

that we wrote,

the best songs

come out of nowhere.

Starting from music

coming with a riff.

I come up with the melody,

Geezer writes the lyrics.

He writes the

best lyrics under the sun

for this kind of music.

There's nobody to touch him.

The best lyricist

that I've ever worked with.

All the lyrics come from

what we experience.

But for me it's cathartic

because it's something

that's built up in me,

and the best way to get it,

what I'm feeling about,

is through the music.

They still

stand up, I think,

'cause they were

all about social stuff

that was going on back then,

and same things

are still going on now.

I mean, War Pigs

is anti-war,

and then there's

a lot of songs

about climate change,

and drug addiction,

mental illness...

All kinds of things

we wrote about back then

are still relevant today.

A woman goes to work

every day after day

She just goes to work

just to earn her pay

Child sitting crying

by a life that's harder

He doesn't even know

who is his father

It's been like

a million years

since we've

played that,

you know.

It was, yeah.

That was a long time ago.

F***, you know,

about 49 years.

Long time ago that was.

Can you believe, f***ing,

we've been around 50 years?

We shouldn't be living,

at the pace it's gone.

-I know.

-Everything has gone fast.

Yeah, yes, indeed it has.

-We'll all be dead soon.

-No.

-What?

-We'll be dead soon.

You know,

what happened to all them

f***ing '80s bands?

They had f***ing herds

of the f***ers.

-Yeah...

-They have all

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