Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes-Live

Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes-LiveCross Purposes-Live

Released: June 1995
1.Time Machine (5:07)
2.Children Of The Grave (5:23)
3.I Witness (5:04)
4.Mob Rules (4:12) (*)
5.Into The Void (6:38)
6.Anno Mundi (6:17) (*)
7.Black Sabbath (8:11)
8.Neon Knights (5:35) (*)
9.Psychophobia (3:03)
10.The Wizard (4:42)
11.Cross Of Thorns (4:42)
12.Symptom Of The Universe (5:58)
13.Ronindelli Drum Solo (1:32)
14.Headless Cross (5:34)
15.Paranoid (5:13)
16.Iron Man (3:26)
17.Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (6:10)
Tracks marked with (*) are not included on CD!




The introduction is a riff collage consisting of
DEATH MASK, ANNO MUNDI, BLACK SABBATH (three note part)
and BLACK SABBATH (ending).
All followed by a short segment of SUPERTZAR which is
immediately stepped on by the band starting up TIME MACHINE.
Indexed as part of TIME MACHINE


TIME MACHINE
Woah what are ya gonna do?
When there's a part of you
That needs to run with the wind?
And the fire of burning yesterday
Can only light the way
To lead you from
(The) garden of the dark
Stay out of shadows
Now - looks like the change is on
Tomorrow's never gone
Today just never come
Go on and jump, yeah
Into the hurricane
You will forget the pain
It's only there
To exorcise your mind
Looking at the world
When you've open up your eyes
You've got to see promises they've made
They're only lies not what it seems
Your silence screams
Living in a time machine
You can choose just who you are
Somewhere you've never been
Somewhere you've never seen
Living in a time machine
T.M.: Geezer Butler
Oh what are you gonna do
When every part of you
Just needs to run with the wind?
And the fire of burnin' yesterdays
Can only light the way
To lead you from
The garden of the dark
Looking for the world
When you've opened up your eyes
You'll see you've got invisible chains
They're only lies
Not what it seems
I hear your silent screams
Living in a time machine
Nobody cares just where you go
Taken where you've never been
Make it to somewhere you don't know
Living in a time machine
You can choose just who you are
Someone you've never been
Someone you've never seen
Living in a time machine
Living in a time machine
Woah yeah
Living in a time machine
Woah


CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE
Oh!
Revolution in their minds, the children start to march
Against the world in which they have to live
All the hate that's in their heart
(They're) tired of being pushed around and told just what to do
They'll fight the world until they've won
and love comes flowing through. Yeah!
Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall today
Will the sun rise up tomorrow bringing peace in any way?
Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear?
Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear?
T.M.: Let's see those hands come on
People in the back come on let's see it
Show me the side
Sing with me
Woah-ect.
Yeah
So you children of the world listen to what I say
If you want a better place to live then spread the word today
Show the world that love is still alive you must be brave,
Or you children of the world are children of the grave. Yea!
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Welcome to the Black Sabbath tour of nineteen ninety four.
We have a new album out right now called Cross Purposes.
That's what this is all about. You know this one? Great.
We're gonna play the first track from the first side of this new album.
It's called I Witness.


I WITNESS
Across the desert of the burning dark
A darkness which illuminates you
There's a place you've always wanted to be
Whose pleasures always did escape you
It's always been so out of reach
Nothing so near ever felt so far
And now it's here within your grasp
A never ending burning says it all
As you drive into the darkness
In front the future behind you history yeah
Caught alone in the dark night
Do ya think that the way it's supposed to be. No
Don't believe your eyes
Cause all they see is lies oh yeah
You better run from the holy man
The eyes that will are set upon you
Listen not to verse and prayer
Songs that thrill our voices how they tempt you
The inner flame has fear of death
Never has light ever seem so dark
Pilgrims of sabbocrasy hear the hounds of heaven as they bark
As you drive in to the darkness
In front the future behind you history Woah oh
Caught alone in the dark night
Do you think that's the way it's supposed to be, it's supposed to be
Don't believe your eyes cause all they see is lies. Come on.
I witness time and a place that never dies
Still frozen in time
This darkness the only place that I can hide
I witness a dream. Just a dream.
As you drive in to the darkness
In front the future behind you history Woah oh
Caught alone in the dark night
Do you think that's the way it's supposed to be, it's supposed to be
Ya don't believe your eyes cause all they see is lies
I witness time and a place that never dies
Still frozen in time yeah
This darkness the only place that I can hide
I witness a dream. Just a dream
I witness a time and a place that never dies
Still frozen in time, yeah.
This darkness the only place that I can hide
I witness a dream yeah woah just a dream


MOB RULES
Thank you very much yeah
How ya doing? Ya alright?
Yeah, Hammersmith the center of the universe, heh heh heh.
Now when we tried to put this set together we felt that every part of Black
Sabbath's
history should be included. Ya know what I'm saying?
It's a kind of impossible job with the amount of songs that's available to us
but this next track is one song that we felt had a fuckin good place in this
set.
Children of the eighties you're going to love this one, take a listen.
Ah come on
Close the city and tell the people that something's coming to call
Death and darkness are rushing forward to take a bite from the wall
It's nothing to say
You're breaking away come on
When you listen to fools

The mob rules yes
The mob rules...
Kill the spirit and you'll be blinded, the end is always the same
Play with fire and, you burn your fingers and lose your hold of the flame, oh
It's over it's done
The end has begun
If you listen to fool yo
The mob rules...
There nothing to say
You're breaking away
If you listen to fools
Break the circle and stop the movement, the wheel is thrown to the ground
Just remember it might stop rolling and chase you right back around yeah
Oh yeah oh yeah turn you right back around.
Woah. You're all fools
Yeah the mob rules yeah yeah
The mob rules oh yeah
The mob rules
The mob rules yeah
Thank you


INTO THE VOID
Alright. Sing with us come on.
Rocket engines burning fuel so fast,
Up into the night sky they blast,
Through the universe the engines whine,
Could it be the end of man and time?
Back on earth the flame of life burns low,
Ev'rywhere is misery and woe,
Pollution kills the air, the land and sea,
Man prepares to meet his destiny. Yeah. Woah yeah.
Come on. Rocket engines burning fuel so fast,
Up into the black sky so vast,
Burning metal through the atmosphere,
Earth remains in worry, hate and fear
With the hateful battles raging on,
Rockets flying to the glowing sun
Through the empires of eternal void
Freedom from the final suicide yeah suicide.
Alright. Freedom fighters sent out to the sun,
Escape from brainwashed minds and pollution
Leave the earth to all its sin and hate,
Find another world where freedom waits. Yeah
Past the stars in fields of ancient void,
Through the shields of darkness where they find,
Love upon a land a world unknown
Where the sons of freedom make their home
Leave the earth to Satan and his slave
Leave them to their future in their graves
Make a home where love is there to stay
Peace and happiness in every way yeah. Woah yeah.


ANNO MUNDI
Can ya see me? Are ya near me? Can ya hear me cryin' out for life?
Can ya tell me, where's the glory? Ride the days and sail the night.
When it's over, you find the answer running in the whispering rain.
Anno mundi can ya wonder truth or thunder, life or blame?
Do ya see a vision of a perfect place?
Does it make you laugh, put a smile on your face?
Do you need a mirror? Do you see it well?
Does the hand of God still toll the bell?
There are people laughin'. They're all laughin' at you.
If only you could see what you're sayin' was true.
Still gen'rals fighting, making war on the world
Don't they know, don't they know no no no-oh. Yeah
As the winds of the night blow cold
Your eyes are burnin' yeah
The sands of our time grow old.
Anno mundi yeah
Do you follow the path that so many tread?
Are you among the blind, so easily lead?
Do you join the war?
Do you fight for the cause?
Depend on another to fight it alone?
As the winds of the night blows cold,
Your eyes are burnin', woah.
The sands of our time grow old.
Woah woah.
Can ya see me now?
Woah.
Can ya hear me now?
Oh. Can ya tell me where's the glory?
Ride the days and sail the nights.
When it's over find the answer running in the rain
Truth or thunder, life or blame.
There's a hope that's growin' and a vision too
All those angry hearts now reach out for you.
Do you look to the dawn?
See a new day begun.
No longer the fool the vision is done.
As the winds of the night blow cold
Your eyes are burnin' yeah
As the sands of our time grow old.
Your eyes are burnin' woah
Winds of the night blow cold
Thank you
Woah


BLACK SABBATH
What is this that stands before me? Ah
Figure in black that points at me, ah
Turn 'round quick and start to run,
Find out I'm the chosen one
No, no, yow!
Show me the sign yeah woah no no
I see the eyes, no.
Big black shape with eyes of fire, ya
Telling people their desire-yeah
Satan sitting there he's smiling, heh heh heh heh ha ha ha
Watch those flames get higher and higher
No, No please God help me!
Oh no! Here it comes yeah
I feel the pain yeah ah oh
Listen - yeah
This is the end, my friend!
Satan's come around the bend,
People running 'cos they're scared no
People better go and beware
No! No-oh!


NEON KNIGHTS
Thank you very much, another great track, uh?
Do you remember an album called Heaven and Hell? Heh heh heh.
Yeah great this is a fucking good track from that very album, take a listen.
Oh no! Here it comes again
I can't remember when we came so close to love before
Hold on, good things never last
Nothing's in the past, it always seems to come again
Again and again, again and again, and again
Cry out to legions of the brave
Time again to save us from the jackals of the street, oh
Ride out, protectors of the realm
Captain's at the helm, a sail across the sea of light
Circles and rings, dragons and kings
Weaving a charm and a spell
Blessed by the night, holy and right
Called by the toll of the bell
Bloody angels fast descending
Moving on a never-ending light oh yeah
Phantom figures free forever
Out of shadows shining ever-bright
Come on woah
Neon Knights! yeah
Neon Knights! yeah
Cry out to legions of the brave
Time again to save us from the jackals of the street
Ride out, protectors of the realm
Captain's at the helm, sail across the sea of light
Again and again, again and again and again
Neon Knights!
Neon Knights!
Neon Knights!
Your turn
Yeah alright
Sing with me
Neon Knights yoah CROWD: Neon Knights
Yeah
One more
CROWD: Neon Knights
Woah yeah
Ah yeah
Alright
Woah yeah
Neon Knights!


PSYCHOPHOBIA
Mortal eyes, looking through a veil of dreams,
Hypnotised, an ever living soul with wings,
Think you're god don't you wish you had control?
Think you're loved but there's no one there at all...
My colours all run dry, and now I see the world in black and white.
It's too late now, it's time to kiss the rainbow goodbye.
Poison tears running down a palsied face,
Satan nears, descending on the human race,
Think you're god, don't you wish you had control?
Think you're loved, but there's no one there at all...
My colours all run dry, and now I see the world in black and white.
It's too late now, it's time to kiss the rainbow goodbye.
Listen to the wind, hear the gospel blow.
Tell me that you don't hear what I'm hearing and I will let you go.
Look up to the sky, put your trust in me.
Tell me that you don't see what I'm seeing and I will set you free.
Oh alright.
Look into the flame, see the embers glow.
Tell me that don't see what I'm seeing and I will let you go.
Taste the holy blood, runnin' from my veins.
Tell me that you don't see what I'm seeing and I will take away your pain.
Yes I will now, oh yes I will.
Oh yeah it's time to kiss the rainbow goodbye. Yeah why bye bye thank you.


THE WIZARD
Sing with us come on. Misty morning, clouds in the sky,
Without warning a wizard walks by,
Casting his shadows, weaving his spell,
Funny clothes, tinkling bell
Never talking,
Just keeps walking,
Spreading his magic, woah yeah
Evil power disappears
Demons worry when the wizard is near
He turns tears into joy,
Ev'ryone's happy when the wizard walks by
Never talk'n,
Just keeps walk'n,
Spreadin' (his) magic woah yeah
Sun is shining; clouds go by,
All the people left a happy sighs,
He has passed by, giving his sign,
Left all the people a feeling so fine
Never talk'n,
Just keeps walk'n,
Spreadin' (his) magic woah yeah

Thank you very much.
It is a pleasure to be able to play that song for you tonight.
It hasn't been played for twenty five years.
We gonna return once more to the new album that we have,
Cross Purposes, with a track called Cross Of Thorns.


CROSS OF THORNS
(Ahhh, Ahhh)
(Ahhh, Ahhh)
Don't come closer, cos it ain't safe here.
Just turn around now, I walk away.
I gotta tell ya, there are no rules here.
Sometimes I wonder, what goes on there, behind those eyes.
When a promise is broken, and no one trusts you
And young ones crying with their heads in their hands.
When you talk about saving the souls of the faithful,
You can't help thinking you've got blood on your hands
From a cross of thorns,
Cross of thorns.
Tongues of fire always talking, wasted words that ring in my ears.
We're still waiting, losing patience with all the lies of four hundred years.
I gotta tell ya there are no rules here.
Sometimes I wonder, what goes on there, behind those eyes.
When a promise is broken, and no one trusts you
And young ones crying with their heads in their hands.
When you talk about saving the souls of the faithful,
You can't help thinking you've got blood on your hands.
We gave you yesterday and now you want today.
Oh from the hands of death we take our daily bread.
Now all we do is choke, and the words that we once spoke fade away, yeah
Oh, fade away.
Look at what you've done, yeah, woah, it's a cross of thorns,
Cross of thorns.
Take away oh yeah this cross of thorns.
Look at what you've done, woah yeah.
Ah yeah.
It's a cross of thorns.
Cross of thorns.
When a promise is broken and noone trusts you.
You've got blood on your hands from a cross of thorns.
Cross of thorns.
Thank you for listening.


SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE
Take me through the centuries to super sonic years
Electrifying enemy is drowning in his tears
All I have to give you is a love that never dies
(The) Symptom of the universe a love that never dies
Woah
Mother moon she's calling me back to her silver womb
Father of creation takes me from my stolen tomb
Seventh hundredth unicorn is waiting in the sky
A symptom of the universe a love that never dies
Woah, come on sing, woah
Take my hand my child of love and step inside my tear
Swim the magic ocean I've been crying all these years
With our love we'll ride away to eternal sky
A symptom of the universe a love that never dies
Woah
Let's take it the whole way shall we
You gonna sing? Let's try it.
Woman child of love's creation come and step inside my dream
In your eyes I see no sadness you are all that loving means
Take my hand we'll go riding to the sunshine from above, yeah
We'll find happiness together and the summer skies of love, yeah


Rondelnelli Drum solo


HEADLESS CROSS
T.M.:That's yeah, Bobby Rondinelli on drums
This is from the Headless Cross, yeah
See some hands
Look through the people and on through the mist
To the hill of the headless cross,
Where all witches meet, on a night such as this
And the power of darkness is host
They come face to face, eye to eye, soul to soul,
With an angel that fell from the sky.
Borne on the air, are the screams and the wails
Of the masses appointed to die.
Listen to the feet as they pound the land to a tune of thunder, woah
Watch as the legions ride again to a fate of death or torture,
Oh no, no, no, at the headless cross, at the headless cross.
From the first evil night, when a black flash of light
Cut the crucifix half to the ground, yeah.
There's been no escape from the power of Satan.
On a nation so brave and so proud
Listen to the feet as they pound the land to a tune of thunder, woah.
Watch as the legions ride again to a fate of death or torture,
Oh no, no, no, at the headless cross, at the headless cross, yeah.
From the first evil night, when a black flash of light
Cut the crucifix half to the ground, yeah.
There's been no escape from the power of Satan.
On a nation so brave and so proud
Listen to the feet as they pound the land to a tune of thunder, woah.
Watch as the legions ride again to a fate of death or torture,
Oh no, no, no, at the headless cross, at the headless cross.
(Headless Cross), at the Headless Cross
Ooh where will you run to?
At the Headless Cross.
Look to the Headless Cross oh yeah
Thank you


PARANOID
Alright, come on.
Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time, yeah
All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy,
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify
Can you help me occupy my brain?
Alright, let's hear some voices, yeah
I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find,
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind
Yeah people in the back come on
Woah yeah
Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I can not feel and love to me is so unreal, woah, so unreal yeah
And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life, I wish I could but it's too late, woah yeah
Woah heaven and hell come on
Alright. Thank you Hammersmith, you've been fantastic tonight
Thanks a lot, woah
Thank you


IRON MAN
Yeah, let's see. People in the back you seem far away. No way, we can see ya.
We can hear ya, come on, come on, come on. Let's see it. Yeah, now listen.
I AM IRON MAN!
Sing with us, come on. (YOH-ect.) yeah
Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all
Or if he moves will he fall?
(Woah-)
Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head?
We'll just pass him there,
Why should we even care?
Woah let's hear those voices
(Woah- come on woah-)
He was turned to steel
in the great magnetic field
Where he traveled time
for the future of mankind
Nobody wants him;
He just stares at the world,
Planning his vengeance
that he will soon unfold
Alright, I am


SABBATH, BLOODY SABBATH
Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
You see right through distorted eyes, you know you have to learn,
The execution of your mind, you really have to turn.
The race is run, the book is read, the end begins to show.
The truth is out, the lies are old, but you don't want to know.
Nobody will ever let you know,
When you ask the reasons why.
They just tell you that you're on your own,
Fill your head full of lies, yeah.
The people who have crippled you, you wanna see them burn.
The gates of life have closed on you, you know there's no return.
You're wishing that the hand of doom would take your mind away.
And you don't care if you don't see again the light of day.
Nobody will ever let you know,
When you ask the reasons why.
They just tell you that you're on your own,
Fill your head full of lies.
You bastard!
Where can you run to? What more can you do?
No more tomorrows; life is killing you.
Dreams turn into nightmares, heaven turns into hell.
Burns out confusion, nothing more to tell.
Oh.
Oh yeah
Ev'rything around you, what's it coming to?
God knows as your dog knows; (bog/god) (blast/blessed) all of you.
Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath, nothing more to do.
Living just for dying, dying just for you
Yeah.
Thank you very much. Thank you Hammersmith.
Bobby Rondinelli, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Geoff Nicholls and myself Tony
Martin
wish you all the best, you take care, we'll see ya again ok.









Transcription by Shawn Glick and Chris Slenker 1998.

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