Into the Void Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
Everywhere is misery and woe
Pollution kills the air, the land and sea
Man prepares to meet his destiny, yeah
[Verse 2]
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
[Bridge]
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
About
“Into the Void” is the eighth track (originally the fourth track on side two) from Black Sabbath’s third studio album from 1971, Master of Reality. This song tells about a man who flees from the earth in a dystopian future. Many refer to this song as a forebear of the stoner metal genre due to its slow combination of heavy psychedelic and metal elements.
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[Ozzy said] “Rocket wuhptupittipuh, what the fuck? I can’t sing this!” he eventually pulled it off and he’s done it more than 300 times since in concert.
We tried recording “Into the Void” in a couple of different studios because Bill [Ward] just couldn’t get it right. Whenever that happened, he would start believing that he wasn’t capable of playing the song. He’d say, ‘To hell with it—I’m not doing this!’ There was one track like that on every album, and “Into the Void” was the most difficult one on Master of Reality.
- 1.Sweet Leaf
- 3.Embryo
- 5.Orchid
- 7.Solitude
- 8.Into the Void
