Safe and sound ( You're always there for music and me) Under. Keep on track ( Do the dance, do the dance) Flags out, sit back. 'I’ve seen so many different interpretations of that song, few of them accurate,' the bassist assesses. Speed of sound ( The way you move is a mystery) Time's up, kick start. The Civil Wars) (from 'The Hunger Games' soundtrack) I remember tears streaming down your face When I said, 'Ill never let you go. He maintains the idea that Jesus was a savior, but let's his more cynical side take over once Jesus' avowed resurrection finally takes place. 'Safe & Sound' lyrics Taylor Swift Lyrics 'Safe & Sound' (feat. It appears we see two sides of Butler's experience with religion represented here and, with that in mind, the lyrical intention makes a lot more sense. But instead of forgiving his persecutors, in our song 'Iron Man' seeks revenge.' 'Iron Man”'was based on Jesus Christ, the notion that he was a hero one minute and persecuted the next. 'Electric Funeral' was about the threat of nuclear war. Offering examples, he explains, “'War Pigs' was an anti-war song and 'Hand of Doom' was about drug addiction. Then I’d take over,' Butler says, continuing, 'There was nothing Satanic about my lyrics on Paranoid most were still grounded in reality.' 'Initially, Ozzy would put a scratch vocal line on top of the music, which involved him making up any old lyrics on the spot. So there's a slice of context for you before learning how Jesus figures into the lyrics of 'Iron Man.' What 'Iron Man' + Other Paranoid Songs Are About He then notes he now considers religion to be 'inherited brainwashing.'ĭuring his youth, however, he was a bit of an obsessive, spending his 'pocket money' on a multitude of religious items, adding 'rosaries, crosses, medals, prayer books, pictures of Jesus' and 'anything my pennies would stretch to.'īutler even had a desire to be an altar boy, befeled at first by a long waiting list and later at the age of 11, but when the opportunity finally did arise, he didn't, accidentally oversleeping and missing his audition.

Butler, who also confirmed with Rolling Stone that he now considers himself retired, writes in Into the Void about his upbringing, 'I was raised a strict Catholic and enjoyed the rituals of Mass, Communion, confession and Benediction, as well as that intoxicating smell of incense and everyone dressing up in their Sunday best.'

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