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Píseň: After All (The Dead)

Interpret:
Black Sabbath
Album:
The Dio Years
What do you say to the dead 
Will you forgive me for living 
Can't believe the things that they said 
Wonderful day for a killing 
It's killing me 
What do they do with your soul 
Is it just lying there busted 
When did you lose all control 
Is there someone to be trusted 
With my mind 
Oh there's insufficient evidence 
Of what just might come after 
But sometimes out of nowhere 
There's demented sounds of laughter 
Are we all haunted by 
The ghost - imagination 
It just can't be 
I've seen them there 
Howling at the moon 
Is it just me 
Or does somebody else believe this 
Well I'm not alone 
And I'm not afraid 
There's just one way to see 
After all etc. 
What do you say to the dead 
Is there a place where it's burning 
It says in a book I once read 
Yes there's a chance of returning 
Turn to me 
The fundamental principles 
Say nothing of forever 
But those are voices that I hear 
Or I'm just not so clever 
It can't be me 
I know somebody else believes this 
Well I'm not alone 
I'm not afraid 
Just one way to see 
After all etc.