I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
It's in the life that we lead
Set up for money and greed
As if it isn't enough
We have to use it all up
Success
Excess
The truth is inconvenient
All in your head, the reasons, let us forget
You kept your pride in this land
How could you think nothing's wrong
You won't be smiling for long
When it's all gone, gone, we can never go back
Gone into the end, at my spend
Watching the rain come down
Turn your head away, ignore the fear
Watching the ice crash down
How 'bout a justice exposure
How could you screw us all over
Rape, steal, and murder
Got us the almighty dollar
The almighty dollar
Poison the air that we breathe
Change your industrial need
Destroy the soul that you steal, the radiation is real
Beat fate, too late, you built and fueled the fire
You killed my faith, my whole earth desecrate
Deceived the whole human race
I know you think nothing's wrong
We won't be breathing for long
When it's all gone, gone
We can never go back
Gone into the end, at my spend
Watching the rain come down
Turn your head away, ignore the fear
Watching the ice crash down
How 'bout a justice exposure
How could you fuck us all over
Rape, steal, and murder
Got us the almighty dollar
Dead human disaster
The point of no return
No thing like ever after
Is it too late to learn
Gone into the end, at my spend
Watching the rain come down
Turn your head away, ignore the fear
Watching the ice crash down
How 'bout it's just an exposure
How could you fuck us all over
Rape, steal, and murder, got us the almighty dollar
The almighty dollar
Set up for money and greed
As if it isn't enough
We have to use it all up
Success
Excess
The truth is inconvenient
All in your head, the reasons, let us forget
You kept your pride in this land
How could you think nothing's wrong
You won't be smiling for long
When it's all gone, gone, we can never go back
Gone into the end, at my spend
Watching the rain come down
Turn your head away, ignore the fear
Watching the ice crash down
How 'bout a justice exposure
How could you screw us all over
Rape, steal, and murder
Got us the almighty dollar
The almighty dollar
Poison the air that we breathe
Change your industrial need
Destroy the soul that you steal, the radiation is real
Beat fate, too late, you built and fueled the fire
You killed my faith, my whole earth desecrate
Deceived the whole human race
I know you think nothing's wrong
We won't be breathing for long
When it's all gone, gone
We can never go back
Gone into the end, at my spend
Watching the rain come down
Turn your head away, ignore the fear
Watching the ice crash down
How 'bout a justice exposure
How could you fuck us all over
Rape, steal, and murder
Got us the almighty dollar
Dead human disaster
The point of no return
No thing like ever after
Is it too late to learn
Gone into the end, at my spend
Watching the rain come down
Turn your head away, ignore the fear
Watching the ice crash down
How 'bout it's just an exposure
How could you fuck us all over
Rape, steal, and murder, got us the almighty dollar
The almighty dollar
Lyrics submitted by sens_freak_18
The Almighty Dollar Lyrics as written by Kevin Churko John Osbourne
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OMG Ozzy still rocks, and some killer riffs out of Zakk Wylde. This whole album seems to be about ozzy reflecting on how screwed up the world is and this is his take on money and what ppl will do for it.
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this song rocks on so many levels. I love money, but I also hate it to. this album is one of Ozzy and the band's best work!
Not sure where the above lyrics came from, but here are the correct lyrics from thje official Ozzy site:
It's in the lives that we lead Setup for money and greed A little isn't enough we have to use it all up Success - Excess, the truth is inconvenient
Oh hang your head Pilaged and left us for dead You kept us blind and mislead
How could you think nothing's wrong You won't be smiling for long When it's All gone Gone We can never go back
Burn into the air and atmosphere Watching the rain come down Turn your head away ignore the fear Watching the ice crash down
Our father's justice get's closer How could you screw us all over Rape, steal and murder God bless the almighty dollar The almighty dollar
Poison the air that we breathe Chained to industrial need Destroy the souls that you steal - the radiation is real Debate - too late You've built our funeral pyre
You kill my faith Mother earth, desecrate Deceive the whole human race
I know you think nothing's wrong We won't be breating for long When it's All gone Gone We can never go back
Burn into the air and atmosphere Watching the rain come down Turn your head away ignore the fear Watching the ice crash down
Our father's justice get's closer How could you fuck us all over Rape, steal and murder God bless the almighty dollar
Death, doom and disaster The point of no return No earthly life ever after Is it too late to learn?
Burn into the air and atmosphere Watching the rain come
Our father's justice get's closer How could you fuck us all over Rape, steal and murder God bless the almighty dollar The almighty dollar
this song describes the entire worlds problems. starting with the main thing: Money. it starts wars and conflicts, and polutes our earth. however we dont take anything else into value because (note of sarcasm in the song) "Rape, steal and murder God bless the almighty dollar".. what Ozzy is sayin is that we work so hard for the great dollar which is so good in this world yet causes destruction and dismay upon everything. but we dong care: "Death, doom and disaster The point of no return No earthly life ever after Is it too late to learn?", "Burn into the air and atmosphere Watching the rain come"
then there is the two parts that show how we wont care until we see that there is nothing left but money, but what would we use it for if nothing is left? "You kill my faith Mother earth, desecrate Deceive the whole human race
I know you think nothing's wrong We won't be breating for long When it's All gone Gone We can never go back"
Money, and yeah drugs. Ozzy fan for my life. the second lyrics are correct