Lirik Lagu 'God Is Dead?' Black Sabbath, Usung Pertanyaan Eksistensial tentang Keberadaan Tuhan

God Is Dead? adalah salah satu karya monumental dari Black Sabbath yang dirilis pada 2013 sebagai single utama dari album 13, yang menandai kembalinya formasi klasik band ini setelah puluhan tahun.

Lagu ini berdurasi hampir 9 menit dan menawarkan komposisi yang kompleks, gelap, dan penuh atmosfer kelam khas Black Sabbath.

Dengan riff berat dan menekan dari Tony Iommi, dentuman bass dari Geezer Butler, serta vokal mendalam Ozzy Osbourne.

Lagu God Is Dead? mengusung pertanyaan eksistensial tentang keberadaan Tuhan di tengah dunia yang kacau dan penuh penderitaan.

Liriknya terinspirasi dari pemikiran filsuf Friedrich Nietzsche, namun dikemas dalam narasi musikal yang membakar, seolah menjadi perenungan spiritual sekaligus pemberontakan emosional.

Lirik Lagu God Is Dead? - Black Sabbath

Lost in the darkness, I fade from the light

Faith of my father, my brother, my Maker and Savior

Help me make it through the night

Blood on my conscience

And murder in mind

Out of the gloom I rise up from my tomb

Into impending doom

Now my body is my shrine

The blood runs free

The rain turns red

Give me the wine, you keep the bread

The voices echo in my head

Is God alive or is God dead?

Is God dead?

Rivers of evil, run through dying land

Swimming in sorrow, they kill, steal, and borrow

There is no tomorrow

For the sinners will be damned

Ashes to ashes

You cannot exhume a soul

Who do you trust when corruption and lust creed of all the unjust

Leaves you empty and unwhole?

When will this nightmare be over?

Tell me

When can I empty my head?

Will someone tell me the answer?

Is God really dead?

To safeguard my philosophy

Until my dying breath

I transfer from reality

Into a living death

I empathize with enemies

Until the timing's right

With God and Satan at my side

From darkness will come light

I watch the rain as it turns red

Give me more wine

I don't need bread

These riddles that live in my head

I don't believe that God is dead

God is dead

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide

Wondering if we will meet again on the other side

Do you believe a word what the Good Book said?

Or is it just a holy fairytale and God is dead?

God is dead, God is dead

God is dead, God is dead, right?

But still the voices in my head

Are telling me that God is dead

The blood pours down, the rain turns red

I don't believe that God is dead

God is dead, God is dead