The warning – English Lyrics

• By: Black Sabbath

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heavy, atmospheric world of early heavy metal with Black Sabbath. By exploring 'The Warning,' you can learn how musical tension and dark vocabulary are used to create a sense of cinematic dread, making it a perfect entry point for understanding the storytelling power of rock lyrics.

[English]

[Music]

Now the first day that I met you, I was

looking at the sky when the sun turned

all of blur and the thunder clouds drove

Why the sea begin to shiver and the wind

begins to mo. It must have been a sign

for me to leave you well alone. I was

born without you, baby, but my feelings

were a little bit too strong.

[Music]

You never said you love me and I don't

believe you can cuz I saw you in a dream

and you were with another man. You look

so cool and casual and I tried the same

but now I've got to love you. Tell me

who am I to blame? I was far without

you, baby. But my feelings were a little

bit too strong.

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

Heat. Heat.

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[Applause]

Heat.

Heat.

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Now the whole wide world moving cuz

there's iron in my heart. I just can't

keep from crying because you say we've

got to pass.

Sorrow grips my voice as I stand here

all alone.

And what you slowly take away a love

I've never known. I was born without

you, baby. But my feelings were a little

bit too strong. Just a little bit too

strong. Heat.

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Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

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[Applause]

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Heat.

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Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

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[Applause]

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Heat.

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Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

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Heat.

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[Applause]

Heat.

[Applause]

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Heat.

Heat.

[Applause]

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[Applause]

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[Laughter]

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[Applause]

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Heat. Heat.

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Heat.

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Heat.

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[Applause]

Oh,

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[Applause]

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heat, heat.

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Heat. Heat.

[Applause]

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

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Heat.

Heat.

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Heat.

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Now the whole island

that iron in my heart I just can't keep

on crying cuz you say we've got to watch

sorrows my voice and I stand here all

alone and watch you slowly take Always a

love I've never known. Always fall

without you, baby. But my feelings were

a little bit too strong. Just a little

bit too strong.

[Music]

Key Grammar Structures

• I was looking at the sky when the sun turned all of blur

  ➔ Past Continuous vs. Past Simple

  ➔ The "Past Continuous" (was looking) sets the background action, interrupted by the "Past Simple" (turned).

• It must have been a sign for me to leave you well alone.

  ➔ Modal verb of deduction (past)

  ➔ "Must have been" expresses a strong logical deduction about a past event.

• I was born without you, baby, but my feelings were a little bit too strong.

  ➔ Passive Voice (Past Simple)

  ➔ "Was born" is the standard passive form used to describe the entry into life.

• You never said you love me and I don't believe you can

  ➔ Reported Speech (sequence of tenses)

  ➔ The speaker uses "said" in the past, implying a previous interaction.

• I saw you in a dream and you were with another man.

  ➔ State verb in past tense

  ➔ "Were" acts as a copular/linking verb describing a past state of being.

• Tell me who am I to blame?

  ➔ Wh- questions (embedded/rhetorical structure)

  ➔ The speaker uses a rhetorical question to express frustration.

• And what you slowly take away a love I've never known.

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ "I've never known" links past experience to the present.

• Because you say we've got to part.

  ➔ Modal of obligation (have got to)

  ➔ "Have got to" is an informal way to express "must" or strong necessity.