Best lyrics per album (one song each for first 8 lp's)

[sabbathite]

So what do you think are the finest lyrics on each album. One song each lp....though I know there are multiple tracks that have great lyrics,.... let's try to not have 'ties' on your list...maybe a second list for best "runner-up" lyrics per lp. Here's mine:

FIRST CHOICE
Wicked World (though I know it wasn't on UK release)
Hand of Doom
Into The Void
Under The Sun
Killing Yourself To Live
Megalomania
You Won't Change Me
Jhonny Blade

RUNNER-UP
Black Sabbath
War Pigs
Children of the Grave
Cornucopia
Looking For Today
The Writ
All Moving Parts
Over To You

note: hard leaving off the list Electric Funeral/After Forever/ Lord of this World/ Hard Road

[Totentanz]

Nice lists, the only one you've named that I really don't like much lyrically is Johnny Blade. It sounds too small-scale and a bit forced to me (in terms of content, not delivery) - poor lyrics let down a good tune. Incidentally, Dirty Women is SUCH a good tune I forgive the terrible lyrics every time!

My choices are:
N.I.B.
Hand Of Doom
Children Of The Grave
Under The Sun
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Symptom Of The Universe
You Won't Change Me
Never Say Die

I feel that's an 'obvious' list, so my alternative list features those lyrics I love for other less tangible reasons:

Behind The Wall Of Sleep
Electric Funeral
Lord Of This World
Cornucopia
Who Are You?
Thrill Of It All
All Moving Parts Stand Still
Air Dance

[Josef_K]

Hmm... lets see...

Behind the Wall of Sleep
Planet Caravan
Lord of this World
Cornucopia
A National Acrobat
Megalomania
Gypsy
Over to You

Runner-up
N.I.B.
Paranoid
Children of the Grave
Wheels of Confusion
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
The Writ
She's Gone
Never Say Die

I feel sorry for "Who Are You?", those lyrics beat lots of these, but neither SBS nor A National Acrobat :D favorite lyric overall from GZR would probably be Planet Caravan, Behind the Wall of Sleep or A National Acrobat, depending on my mood (mostly Planet Caravan though).

[Chris Webster]

Sleeping Village-Soft breeze blowing in the trees, peace of mind, feel at ease.

Electric Funeral (I'm a funeral director/embalmer) Buring glow of obscene fire, like electric funeral pyre.

Children of the Grave-They'll fight the world until they've won and love comes flowing through, yeah!

Tomorrow's Dream-When sadness fills my days, it's time to turn away. And then tomorrow's dreams become reality to me.

Looking for Today-Cause your only looking for today. (that's me, I'm the grasshopper and not the ant)

The Writ-see my signature thing at the bottom

Rock 'n' Roll Doctor-I gotta see him, see him today, he's gonna blow me away.

A Hard Road-there are a few great lines in this song: Life becomes the singer and the song, sing along; Why make the hard road?
Why can't we be friends? No need to hurry, we'll meet in the end; Nightime falling victim to the dawn, shadows mourn (shadows mourn-fucking brilliantly abstract); Forget all your sorrow, don't live in the past and look to the future `cause life goes to fast, you know

Xtra-Psyco Man-The lust of Death's possession will overtake his psycho mind

Selling My Soul-My mind feels heavy, my body feels weak (aint that the truth!!)

~Chris

[Ochlocracy]

Debut - N.I.B.
Paranoid - War Pigs.
Master of Reality - Children of the Grave.
Vol. 4 - Supernaut, Under the Sun, Everyday Comes and Goes (Tie).
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, A National Acrobat (Tie).
Sabotage - Hole in the Sky, Megalomania, The Writ (Tie).
Technical Ecstasy - You Wont Change Me.
Never Say Die! - Never Say Die.

[headlessmatt1983]

BS-N.I.B.
Par-War Pigs
Master-After Forever
Vol. 4-Snowblind
Sabbath Bloody-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Sabotage-Megalomania
Technical Ecstasy-All Moving Parts
Never Say Die-Junior's Eyes

[KazolOrajia]

s/t-N.I.B.
Paranoid-Planet Caravan
MoR-Into the Void
SBS-A National Acrobat
Sabotage-Symptom of the Universe
NSD-Junior's Eyes

Vol 4 and SBS don't really have any stand-out songs for me lyrically.

[Monster Boy]

I had a thread like this once, but I made it more specifically about a single best line from each album. As such, I think that made it a bit too much work or something. Anyways it got a few replies:

http://www.black-sabbath.com/vb/show...-Sabbath-Album

Each album then:

N.I.B.
Paranoid
Sweet Leaf
Supernaut
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Hole in the Sky
hmmmm
Never Say Die