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Black Sabbath – Zero the Hero (1983) | Track profile | Dork

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Black Sabbath
Born Again (Deluxe Edition)
Zero the Hero

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Zero the Hero

Release date: 6th August 1983

From Born Again (Deluxe Edition)

Track 5

7:36

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"Zero the Hero" is a track by Black Sabbath, from the album Born Again (Deluxe Edition), released 6th August 1983. The track is 7:36 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Black Sabbath.

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Lyrics

Zero the Hero

Accept the fact that you're second rate, life is easy for you
It's all served up on a gold plated plate
And we don't even have to talk to you
Your face is normal, that's the way you're bred
And that's the way you're going to stay
Your head is firmly nailed to your TV channel
But someone else's finger's on the control panel

What you gonna be, what you gonna be brother
Zero the Hero
Don't you wanna be, don't you wanna be brother
Zero the Hero
When you gonna be, when you gonna be brother
Zero the Hero
Impossibility impissibolity mother
Really a Hero

You sit there watch it all burn down
It's easy and breezy for you
You play your life to a different sound
No edge no edge you got no knife have you
Your life is a six-lane highway to nowhere
You're going so fast you're never ever gonna get down there
Where the heroes sit by the river
With a magic in their music as they eat raw liver

What you gonna be, what you gonna be brother
Zero the Hero
Don't you wanna be, don't you wanna be brother
Zero the Hero
When you gonna be, when you gonna be brother
Zero the Hero
Impossibility impissibility mother
Really a Hero

You stand there captain we all look, you really are mediocre
You are the champion in the Acme form book
But I think you're just a joker
Your facedown life ain't so much of a pity
But the luv-a-duckin' way you're walkin' around the city
With your balls and your head full of nothing
It's easy for you sucker but you really need stuffing

What you gonna be, what you gonna be brother
Zero the Hero
Don't you wanna be, don't you wanna be brother
Zero the Hero
When you gonna be, when you gonna be brother
Zero the Hero
Impossibility impissibility mother
Really a Hero

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Track details

From Born Again (Deluxe Edition)

7:361983

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Album

Born Again (Deluxe Edition)

7th August 1983

Track number

5

Release year

1983

1Trashed
4:15
2Stonehenge
1:58
3Disturbing the Priest
5:49
4The Dark
0:45

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7:36

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—Zero the Hero

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ian Gillan, Tony Iommi
Producer: Robin Black
Engineer: Robin Black
Drums: Bill Ward
Guitar: Tony Iommi
Vocals: Ian Gillan
Bass Guitar: Geezer Butler
Percussion: Bill Ward
Technician: Peter Restey