{"id":2727,"date":"2017-05-28T18:36:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T01:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2023-10-16T10:55:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T18:55:43","slug":"hand-of-doom-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/hand-of-doom-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand of Doom \u2013 Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a song by the band Black Sabbath that I\u2019ve always enjoyed because it had a cool jam, but I never really paid attention to the lyrics; honestly, until recently. This song is called \u201cHand of Doom\u201d from the Black Sabbath Paranoid album.<\/p>\n

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I write this note, in particular on this Memorial Day, for two reasons. First, heavy metal bands, for the most part are terribly misunderstood. For example, Ozzy Osbourne is NOT the devil, nor anti-Christ or Lucifer. In fact, Ozzy is a nice family orientated person who deeply cares about people and society. Gene Simmons is another \u2018fake news\u2019 fabrication. This guy, Gene, who was supposedly the \u201cDevil\u201d but is anything but. It turns out that Gene is actually an educated family man as evidenced in his reality show Gene\u2019s Family Jewels.<\/p>\n

Secondly, this particular song entitled \u2018Hand of Doom\u2019 and its lyrics are completely anti-drug. Read them for yourself! The lyrics tell a story of sad destruction and an awful death if you use drugs. Hand of Doom is a story about terrible drug addiction in our armed forces and the song identifies the consequences of continuing this behavior.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, back to the topic of Hand of Doom, it\u2019s a disturbing (yet honest) reflection on the times during those years of late-60\u2019s and early-70\u2019s. The Wikipedia description is perfect below:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hand_of_Doom_(Black_Sabbath_song)<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe song was conceived after the band had observed a growing number of\u00a0US soldiers<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/em>arriving in\u00a0England<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/em>in the late 1960s from the\u00a0Vietnam War<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/em>with severe drug addictions.<\/em>[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/em>\u00a0<\/em>It’s about them taking drugs to forget the atrocities of war, only to see it catch up on them and slowly destroy them from the inside.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Share this song if you feel compelled:\u00a0 https:\/\/youtu.be\/p1Y9oOusoQs<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hand of Doom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Sabbath<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Whatcha gonna do?
\nTime’s caught up with you
\nNow you wait your turn
\nYou know there’s no return<\/p>\n

Take your written rules
\nYou join the other fools
\nTurn to something new
\nNow it’s killing you<\/p>\n

First it was the bomb
\nVietnam napalm
\nDisillusioning
\nYou push the needle in<\/p>\n

From life you escape
\nReality’s that way
\nColours in your mind
\nSatisfy your time<\/p>\n

Oh you, you know you must be blind
\nTo do something like this
\nTo take the sleep that you don’t know
\nYou’re giving death a kiss, oh, little fool now<\/p>\n

Your mind is full of pleasure
\nYour body’s looking ill
\nTo you it’s shallow leisure
\nSo drop the acid pill,<\/p>\n

Don’t stop to think now<\/p>\n

You’re having a good time baby
\nBut that won’t last
\nYour mind’s all full of things
\nYou’re living too fast<\/p>\n

Go out enjoy yourself
\nDon’t bottle it in
\nYou need\u2026<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

Kevin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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