Black Sabbath - Behind the Wall of Sleep

3rd track from the debut album of the English Heavy Metal Band 'Black Sabbath' I think the inspiration for this cut was an H.P. Lovecraft story called 'Beyond the wall of sleep'

[jerryduncan]

When I was 18 Y/O my brother came home on leave from the Navy and brought his new 60 watt/channel Kenwood stereo system and this album (among others) I set it up in my bed room, Shortly after he left I put this album on and my mother (she was about 40 at the time) came knocking on the bedroom door. Of course when I opened the door (with eyes rolling) my mother said: "Leave this door open and turn it up, I love that base". then she turned and walked away. Love my Mom :)
I still think it's Ozzys' best album.

[Φιλιππος-ΡαφαηλΛιουσας]

13/2/20 happy 50 years anniversary metalheads.

[skipmichaels]

50 years old and still nothing compares !

[iTzLiru]

[Verse 1]
Visions cupped within the flower
Deadly petals with strange power
Faces shine a deadly smile
Look upon you at your trial
Chill that numbs from head to toe
Icy sun with frosty glow
Words that glow read to your sorrow
Words that go read, "no tomorrow"

[Bridge]
Feel your spirit rise with the breeze
Feel your body falling to its knees
Take your wall of remorse
Turns your body to a corpse
Turns your body to a corpse
Turns your body to a corpse
Sleeping wall of remorse
Turns your body to a corpse

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]
Now from darkness, there springs light
Wall of sleep is cool and bright
Wall of sleep is lying broken
Sun shines in, you have awoken

[johnf]

IM 137 YEARS OLD AND IT STILL SOUNDS GREAT TO ME

[bradpertner]

Never heard until today. That is one cool jam...

[stuartalexander]

Tony Iommi (guitar) and Bill Ward (drums) just taking this one knocking it out of the park.

[teacherlucas]

I wish I had lived in the 70's to be able to do the coolest thing there was, to buy a record and listen to it on the record player. Internet has ruined even the media today.

[scottblair]

First album I ever heard the rest was history

[kenkovar]

one of sabbaths best!!! ozzies vocals slay as the band join in!!

[atillanunes]

Não tem como, tem que respeitar toda a história do Black Sabbath e sua influência para o metal ...

[holeesheet]

60 years old, been listening to a lot, A LOT, of rock and roll in my life, but I've never heard this album until now!!! Mother fucking blowing me away!!!

[joedermilio]

You can't no better than this I'm 60 years old still I listen to this album Joey South Philly 23rd Jackson

[Nicolasdominguezcuencaecu]

Vengence cupped within the flower
Deadly petals with strange power
Faces shine a deadly smile
Look upon you at your trial
Chill that numbs from head to toe
Icy sun with frosty glow
Words that go read to your sorrow
Words that go read no tommorow
Feel your spirit rise with the breeze
See your body falling to it's knees
Sleeping wall of remorse
Turns your body to a corpse
Turns your body to a corpse
Turns your body to a corpse
Sleeping wall of remorse
Turns your body to a corpse, come on
Come on
Now from darkness there springs light
Wall of sleep is cool and bright
Wall of sleep is lying broken
Sun shines in you have awoken
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, come on, I can't fuckin' hear you
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Mr. Geezer Butler
Thank you

[deckardcain]

2025 and this still rocks hard. Todays music is trash.

[ΝικοςΡαπτης-ξψ]

Shit 51 years later and this LP blows every other rock LP away

[albericovergalito]

Un improbabile valzerino d'apertura cede il passo al call'n'response riff gtr-bass/vocals sempre galleggiante su un'ulteriore trovata ritmica di Ward, ma è ora di svelare che i Sabbath son 5!!! Questo capolavoro non sarebbe tale, senza l'onnipresenza del Silenzio: è lui che dà corpo, pienezza, robustezza al Wall of Sound del gruppo che lento e minaccioso come il temporale al rintocco di campana a morto dell'intro, incede inesorabilmente sul "pulse" del brano...E' il miracolo dell'intuizione e della realizzazione del magico equilibrio della sospensione di un sound durissimo e inaudito nel 70 su un silenzio pullulante della vita di tutte le note non suonate... Irripetibile Dark

[joshuabriggs]

Geezers bass and lyrics are other worldly

[omair]

And the audacity of them to choose Rick Rubin for their final album. Compressed that album into oblivion. Listen to this production

[romanortynskyi]

Hey fellas have you heard the news?
You know that Annie's back in town?
oh... wrong song