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"Crucify the Dead" Lyrics Slash (feat. Ozzy Osbourne)
The Prince of Darkness said yes to Slash's offer of collaboration and the rest is history. Said Slash of Ozzy, “Ozzy was a lot of fun. It was a real honour – he’s so busy with his stuff – and he took the time to stop and really focus on writing the lyrics for this song.
"We recorded the vocals up at Ozzy’s house, and it was funny because I’m sitting here and Ozzy’s here and we’re sitting at the control board and he’s got his microphone, and he’s working on the lyrics and he’s singing them, trying to work out how they should go. It’s such a recognisable voice!
"It was just a trip to hear Ozzy working out the parts for a piece of music that I wrote. Somebody I’d been listening to since I was a kid, all of a sudden right there. He put together a very poignant set of lyrics about a particular subject matter that a lot of us can relate to..."
What does that last line mean?
Given the imagery the lyrics refer to in terms of Guns and Roses and thorns etc there has been some speculation that the song is a reference to the fractured relationship between Axl Rose and Slash. It could even be a response to GNR's Sorry which some considered to be Axl referring to Slash. It's pure speculation of course!
"Crucify the Dead" Lyrics
The fire started long ago
The flames burned out, still embers glow
So charred and black
There's nothing left to burn, to burn
We had the same dream
Lived life to extreme
A loaded gun jammed by a rose
The thorns are not around your head
Your ego cursed you till you bled
You cannot crucify the dead
To me you're dead, yeah
The future is unset in stone
Decisions past leave you alone
Betrayed us all with your own selfish greed, your greed, yeah
New soldiers now say
That your beggars collect
Re-crucified and paid by you
The thorns are not around your head
Your ego cursed you till you bled
You cannot crucify the dead
To me you're dead, yeah
We were like brothers with the world in our hands
You always have too much to say
Someday you look back and you wonder why
You let it all slip away, yeah
Crucify the dead
Crucify the dead
The thorns are not around your head
Your ego cursed you till you bled
You cannot crucify the dead
To me you're dead, yeah
Check out the lyrics to the first single off Slash's album, By the Sword or the popular Starlight.
"Crucify the Dead" Lyrics
The fire started long ago
The flames burned out, still embers glow
So charred and black
There's nothing left to burn, to burn
We had the same dream
Lived life to extreme
A loaded gun jammed by a rose
The thorns are not around your head
Your ego cursed you till you bled
You cannot crucify the dead
To me you're dead, yeah
The future is unset in stone
Decisions past leave you alone
Betrayed us all with your own selfish greed, your greed, yeah
New soldiers now say
That your beggars collect
Re-crucified and paid by you
The thorns are not around your head
Your ego cursed you till you bled
You cannot crucify the dead
To me you're dead, yeah
We were like brothers with the world in our hands
You always have too much to say
Someday you look back and you wonder why
You let it all slip away, yeah
Crucify the dead
Crucify the dead
The thorns are not around your head
Your ego cursed you till you bled
You cannot crucify the dead
To me you're dead, yeah
Check out the lyrics to the first single off Slash's album, By the Sword or the popular Starlight.
Wow, this couldn't be more clear attack at Axl Rose, I mean come on.
ReplyDeleteRose jammed in a Gun
New soldiers...
Jesus, did Slash really had nothing to do with the lyrics, if not then Ozzy apparently also thinks that Axl is a douche
I find it confusing, Ozzy said to Slash something like "One day you GN'R guys are gonna look back and be like...why did we fuck it up"
ReplyDeleteThen he writes this, Slash musta had something to do with this oen song, unless it could be Ozzy about someone he feels like that about :S
I totally agree. Even if Ozzie wrote the lyrics, the reference was obvious and by allowing them to stay Slash condones their meaning.
ReplyDeleteThis is presumably slash's intent - to get people talking.
ja sam mala andrea i volim maka
ReplyDeleteIf it was written by Ozzy, it may refer to Tony Iommi, who he is currently suing... may be they did actually both contribute to the lyrics...???
ReplyDeleteThe line "Re-crucified and paid by you" isn't quite correct. I'm not sure that evenI have it right either..but I hear.
ReplyDelete"Recruited, bought and paid by you"
Which makes more sense context wise.
Also, the line "The future is unset in stone" is wrong.
ReplyDeleteThe correct lyric is "The future isn't set in stone"
What we have here is a song about pain guilt and resentment no matter how you hash it out these lyrics are actually a painful
ReplyDelete*your ego cut you till you bled
ReplyDeletegot the slash pack with classic rock
lyrics included
A la grannn definitivamente es un ataque directo a AXL actualmente estoy leyendo la biografia de Slash vere que dice mas al respecto pero esta letra lo dice todo y de hecho coincide con los comentarios que se han escuchado sobre la separación de Guns. Si bien es cierto que Ozzy la escribio de plano el sabe pues... no creo que se refiera a BS
ReplyDeleteI love the lyrics. It is a blueprint of the former relationship and breakup with my, ex. Except we were not "brothers". She was a fucking liar, and
ReplyDelete"Someday you look back and you wonder why
You let it all slip away, yeah"
You are right mate it is "Recruited, bought and paid by you" and the song is definitely about axl
ReplyDeleteMy soul cries everytime I remember this shit. They were so fucking awesome! But now eager is all that's left. I think that this song is too "definitely about axl".
ReplyDeleteno guys this aint about axl or any gnr .....
ReplyDeletemy opinion is that he is blaming jesus christ
The fire started long ago
The flames burned out, still embers glow
So charred and black
There's nothing left to burn, to burn
just read it
like fight btw Good and evil has been from a long time .... now its not visible for man kind
but still thre is evil and thre is good
they both fight in small scale
so he says "the flames burnt out but still embers glow"
"We had the same dream
Lived life to extreme
A loaded gun jammed by a rose"
if you have read bible then the satan offers jesus christ the whole land of earth only if he had bowed to him i guess thats what he means..
"The thorns are knots around your head
Your ego cursed you till you bled
You cannot crucify the dead
To me you're dead, yeah"
this is purely about jesus christ
because he didnt listen to the devil
he got to suffer
and jesus always went against the devil in his own way hence he says about his ego
and because devil had offerd a chance to be his brother now he says that to me your dead
about the crucification it is about jesus too
well now i know this much ...... my opinion it even could be for axl rose... hehe... :-)
Axl "Someday you look back and you wonder why
ReplyDeleteYou let it all slip away, yeah"
more that one generation can't enjoy G'N'R.