The opening track of 13 is an apocalyptic song about how technology can spell the end of how human life is interpreted. The song question things like cloning, ‘is it necessary?’ Well, for Geezer Butler, this is the beginning of the end.
[Verse 1]
Is this the end of the beginning?
Or the beginning of the end?
Losing control or are you winning?
Is your life real or just pretend?
Reanimation of the sequence
Rewinds the future to the past
To find the source of the solution
The system has to be recast
[Verse 2]
Release your mind
Fast forward to the secrets of your soul
Your life's on overload
Delete or save
The units that make you an entity
That's your identity
If you don't know which way to go
You might be lost and confused
A second chance no time to lose
Regeneration of your cyber sonic soul
Transforming time and space beyond control
Rise up, resist, and be the master of your fate
Don't look badly for today, tomorrow is too late
[Guitar Solo 1]
[Verse 3]
You don't wanna be a robot ghost
Occupied inside the human host
Analyzed and cloned relentlessly
Synthesized until they set you free
Alright, okay, alright
'Til they set you free
Alright, okay
'Til they set you free
[Guitar Solo 2]
[Outro]
I don't wanna see you, yeah
I don't wanna see you, yeah
End of the Beginning was written by Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler & Ozzy Osbourne.
End of the Beginning was produced by Rick Rubin.
Black Sabbath released End of the Beginning on Mon Jun 10 2013.
Well, that one was about being cloned. It seems like eventually, people are going to clone The Beatles and stuff like that. I mean, it’s already happening now with a 2Pac at Coachella, using holograms. But eventually, I think they’ll start cloning people like The Beatles and sending them out on endl...