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MerahPutih.com - God Is Dead? adalah salah satu karya monumental dari Black Sabbath yang dirilis pada 2013 sebagai single utama dari album 13, yang menandai kembalinya formasi klasik band ini setelah puluhan tahun.
Lagu ini berdurasi hampir 9 menit dan menawarkan komposisi yang kompleks, gelap, dan penuh atmosfer kelam khas Black Sabbath.
Dengan riff berat dan menekan dari Tony Iommi, dentuman bass dari Geezer Butler, serta vokal mendalam Ozzy Osbourne.
Lagu God Is Dead? mengusung pertanyaan eksistensial tentang keberadaan Tuhan di tengah dunia yang kacau dan penuh penderitaan.
Liriknya terinspirasi dari pemikiran filsuf Friedrich Nietzsche, namun dikemas dalam narasi musikal yang membakar, seolah menjadi perenungan spiritual sekaligus pemberontakan emosional.
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Lirik Lagu God Is Dead? - Black Sabbath
Lost in the darkness, I fade from the light
Faith of my father, my brother, my Maker and Savior
Help me make it through the night
Blood on my conscience
And murder in mind
Out of the gloom I rise up from my tomb
Into impending doom
Now my body is my shrine
The blood runs free
The rain turns red
Give me the wine, you keep the bread
The voices echo in my head
Is God alive or is God dead?
Is God dead?
Rivers of evil, run through dying land
Swimming in sorrow, they kill, steal, and borrow
There is no tomorrow
For the sinners will be damned
Ashes to ashes
You cannot exhume a soul
Who do you trust when corruption and lust creed of all the unjust
Leaves you empty and unwhole?
When will this nightmare be over?
Tell me
When can I empty my head?
Will someone tell me the answer?
Is God really dead?
Is God really dead?
To safeguard my philosophy
Until my dying breath
I transfer from reality
Into a living death
I empathize with enemies
Until the timing's right
With God and Satan at my side
From darkness will come light
I watch the rain as it turns red
Give me more wine
I don't need bread
These riddles that live in my head
I don't believe that God is dead
God is dead
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
Wondering if we will meet again on the other side
Do you believe a word what the Good Book said?
Or is it just a holy fairytale and God is dead?
God is dead, God is dead
God is dead, God is dead, right?
But still the voices in my head
Are telling me that God is dead
The blood pours down, the rain turns red
I don't believe that God is dead
God is dead, God is dead
God is dead, God is dead
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