Snowblind – English Lyrics

• By: Black Sabbath
• Album: Vol. 4

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw power of English rock history with 'Snowblind'. This track is a perfect example of how vivid, descriptive language and slang are used to convey intense emotional and physical states, making it a fascinating study in the expressive capacity of the English language within the heavy metal genre.

[English]

作曲 : Bill Ward/Terence "Geezer" Butler/Ozzy Osbourne/Tony Iommi

What you get and what you see

Things that don't come easily

Feeling happy in my pain

Icicles within my brain

Something blowing in my hair

Winter's ice, it soon was dead

There to freeze my very soul

Makes me happy makes me cold

My eyes are blind but I can see

The snowflakes glisten on the tree

The sun no longer sets me free

I feel the snowflakes freezing me

Let the winter sunshine on

Let me feel the frost of dawn

Fill my dreams with flakes of snow

Soon I'll feel the chilling glow

Don't you think I know what I'm doing

Don't tell me that it's doing me wrong

You're the one who's really a loser

This is where I feel I belong

Crystal world with winter flowers

Turn my days to frozen hours

Lying snowblind in the sun

Will my ice age ever come

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
snowblind /ˈsnoʊˌblaɪnd/ C2	adjective - temporarily blinded by the reflection of sunlight on snow
icicles /ˈaɪsɪkəlz/ B2	noun - hanging pieces of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
glisten /ˈɡlɪsən/ C1	verb - to shine with a sparkling light
frost /frɒst/ B2	noun - a deposit of small white ice crystals
chilling /ˈtʃɪlɪŋ/ B2	adjective - causing coldness or fear
frozen /ˈfroʊzən/ A2	adjective - turned into ice
loser /ˈluːzər/ A2	noun - a person who is defeated or unsuccessful
crystal /ˈkrɪstəl/ B2	adjective - clear like glass
dawn /dɔːn/ B2	noun - the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise
flakes /fleɪks/ B1	noun - small, light, thin pieces of snow
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual part of a human being
freeze /friːz/ A2	verb - to turn into ice
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort
belong /bɪˈlɔːŋ/ A2	verb - to be in the right place
sunshine /ˈsʌnˌʃaɪn/ A2	noun - the direct rays of the sun

Key Grammar Structures

• What you get and what you see

  ➔ Noun Clauses as subjects

  ➔ The phrases starting with "What" function as noun clauses, acting as the subject of the sentence.

• Things that don't come easily

  ➔ Relative Clauses (Defining)

  ➔ The clause "that don't come easily" modifies the noun "Things".

• Winter's ice, it soon was dead

  ➔ Left dislocation / Topic fronting

  ➔ The subject "Winter's ice" is moved to the front for emphasis, followed by the pronoun "it".

• My eyes are blind but I can see

  ➔ Contrastive Conjunctions

  ➔ The conjunction "but" connects two contrasting independent clauses.

• Let the winter sunshine on

  ➔ Imperative structure with phrasal verb

  ➔ The imperative "Let" is followed by the phrasal verb "sunshine on".

• Soon I'll feel the chilling glow

  ➔ Future Simple (Prediction)

  ➔ The structure "I'll feel" uses the future simple to express a predicted state.

• Don't you think I know what I'm doing

  ➔ Negative Interrogative

  ➔ The question starts with "Don't you" to express a rhetorical challenge.

• Lying snowblind in the sun

  ➔ Participial Phrase

  ➔ "Lying" is a present participle used to describe the subject's state.