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Genius Annotation

This song is the sixth track of Black Sabbath’s 3rd studio album Master of Reality from 1971. The lyrics are about how we live in a world where people do evil instead of love. These people are greedy and are selling their souls for earthly things. All this won’t matter when they die. The title refers to Satan, him being the ruler of our corrupt and evil world.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

What did Black Sabbath say about "Lord of This World"?
Genius Answer

It’s actually called ‘Awkward’—it’s a song about Bill [Ward, drummer]!

Ozzy Osbourne

That was our one and only Satan song, it’s about Old Nick.

Geezer Butler

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