Electric Funeral
Black Sabbath * Track #5 On Paranoid
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Electric Funeral by Black Sabbath
Release Date
Performed by
Black SabbathProduced by
Rodger BainWrited by
Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler & Bill Ward & Ozzy OsbourneAbout
This song is about a nuclear holocaust, a topic the band would often return to.
[For most of the bands of our time] it was all the ‘flowers in your hair’ and we wanted to sing and play about the other side of life. When we recorded “Electric Funeral,” Bill would play it differently every bloody tim...
Electric Funeral Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Reflex in the sky warn you you're gonna die
Storm coming, you better hide from the atomic tide
Flashes in the sky turns houses into sties
Turns people into clay, radiation, minds decay
[Verse 2]
Robot minds of robot slaves, lead them to atomic graves
Plastic flowers, melting sun, fading moon falls upon
Dying world of radiation, victims of mad frustration
Burning globe of obscene fire like electric funeral pyre
[Bridge]
Buildings crashing down to earth's cracking ground
Rivers turn to wood, ice melt into blood
Earth lies in deathbed, clouds cry for the dead
Terrifying rain is a burning pain
Electric Funeral, Electric Funeral
Electric Funeral, Electric Funeral
[Verse 3]
And so, in the sky shines the electric eye
Supernatural king takes Earth under his wing
Heaven's golden chorus sings, Hell's angels flap their wings
Evil souls fall to Hell, ever trapped in burning cells
[Instrumental Outro]
Electric Funeral Q&A
Who wrote Electric Funeral's ?
Electric Funeral was written by Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler & Bill Ward & Ozzy Osbourne.
Who produced Electric Funeral's ?
Electric Funeral was produced by Rodger Bain.
When did Black Sabbath release Electric Funeral?
Black Sabbath released Electric Funeral on Fri Sep 18 1970.
What did Black Sabbath say about "Electric Funeral"?
“Electric Funeral” was about the atomic war that was imminent back then. The Cold War was at its height. Everybody thought they were gonna get blown to bits any second. So it was just all about real life and what was going on.
—Geezer Butler, Blabber Mouth