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Black Sabbath – Cross of Thorns [Cross Purposes Live] (1995) | Track profile | Dork

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Cross of Thorns [Cross Purposes Live]

Release date: 4th April 1995

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"Cross of Thorns [Cross Purposes Live]" is a track by Black Sabbath, from the album Cross Purposes Live, released 4th April 1995. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Black Sabbath.

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Cross of Thorns [Cross Purposes Live]

Don't come closer, because it ain't safe here

Just turn around now and walk away

I've gotta tell you, there are no rules here

Sometimes I wonder, what goes on there

Behind those eyes

[Hook]

When a promise is broken, and no one trusts you

Young ones crying with there heads in their hands

When you talk about saving, the souls of the faithful

You can't help thinking you've got blood on your

Hands

From a cross of thorns

Tongues of fire always talking, wasted words that

Ring in my ears

We're still waiting, losing patience. Will all the lies

Of, 400 years

I've got to tell you, there are no rules here

Sometimes I wonder

What goes on there, behind those eyes

[Hook]

When a promise is broken, and no one trusts you

Young ones crying with there heads in their hands

When you talk about saving, the souls of the faithful

You can't help thinking you've got blood on your

Hands from a cross of thorns

We gave you yesterdays, and now you want to-day

Oh, from the hands of death we take our daily bread

Now all we do is choke, and the words that you once

Spoke, fade away

Look at what you've done, oh, it's a cross of thorns

Take away, this cross of thorns, look at what you've

Done

It's a cross of thorns, cross of thorns

When a promise is broken, and no one trusts you

You've got blood on your hands, from a cross of

Thorns

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1995

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Cross Purposes Live

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1995

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