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Black Sabbath – Virtual Death (1994) | Track profile | Dork

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Black Sabbath
Cross Purposes
Virtual Death

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Virtual Death

Release date: 31st January 1994

From Cross Purposes

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"Virtual Death" is a track by Black Sabbath, from the album Cross Purposes, released 31st January 1994. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Black Sabbath.

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Virtual Death

[Verse 1]

Reach out and take for me fruit of the poison tree

Give me your body and your soul

My youth is fading fast, years melt into the past

This mortal life will take its toll

[Chorus]

I'm sick and tired of losing

You find this so amusing

It's all I have to keep myself in this state I'm in

[Verse 2]

This spark of nature's fire, my only one desire

This world is hanging by a thread

[Chorus]

I'm sick and tired of losing

You find this so amusing

It's all I have to keep myself in this state I'm in

[Bridge]

People always tried to change me

Alter everything I am

So many faces staring in on me

You left me in this state I'm in

Virtual death

[Verse 3]

You may think this existence is just a human weakness

Inside my mind it's near the end

[Refrain]

Virtual death

[Outro]

I'm losing, I'm fading fast

I'm dying, virtual death

I'm floating, I'm fading fast

I'm dying, virtual death

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Track details

From Cross Purposes

1994

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1994

—The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
—What’s the Use?
—Immaculate Deception
—I Witness
—Psychophobia
—Dying for Love
—Cardinal Sin
—Back to Eden
—Virtual Death
—Cross of Thorns
—Evil Eye

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Credits

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Writer: Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Tony Martin (Vocalist)
Producer: Black Sabbath, Leif Mases