#children of the grave

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𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔖𝔞𝔟𝔟𝔞𝔱𝔥 - ℭ𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔫 𝔒𝔣 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔞𝔳𝔢 (ℭ𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔞 𝔍𝔞𝔪 յգԴկ)

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Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath (California Jam 1974)

[nigrumnotcis]

I just wanna say "Children of the grave" by Black Sabbath is THE Marauders era song.

"Revolution in their minds, the children start to march

Against the world in which they have to live

And all the hate that's in their hearts

They're tired of being pushed around

And told just what to do

They'll fight the world until they've won

And love comes flowing through, yeah"

The first war with Voldemort is happening right in the time of their youth, in the time that's supposed to be carefree, simple, a time to learn, discover themselves and simply have fun. That was taken away from them and we know how much they wanted to fight back.

I think the last verses here are especially fitting for Sirius, who is a Black, who's family was very abusing, telling him what to do and pushing him around. He did get tired, so he fought back. He moved out.

"Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall today

Will the sun rise up tomorrow bring in peace in any way?

Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear?"

We know that Voldemort's tactic of recruitment was based on fear, a lot of his followers joined only because of that and I think this fragment shows just how much this fear and negative things overall in adults, the ones that are responsible for decision making, influences the children. Especially with the ones like Regulus, Evan and Pandora, or even Barty.

"Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear? Yeah"

This one is so on point with the story of all of them tragic queers, I don't even know how to describe it. Some of them fought, some of them couldn't, but (practically) all of them dissapeared sooner or later. So, can they win?

"So, you children of the world

Listen to what I say

If you want a better place to live in

Spread the word today

Show the world that love is still alive, you must be brave

Or you children of today are children of the grave, yeah"

On one hand, we have those of marauders era characters that fought against the dark side, they did what the lyrical subject said to do. The saddest thing? They didn't get a better place to live in, because all of them didn't live long enough to see it. They still ended up as the children of the grave.

On the other hand we have those who found on the dark side. Those who didn't have any other choice. They were the children of the grave as soon as they took the mark. There's no hope for them. There never was.

Yet, Regulus Black decided to fuck that. He did become one of the children of the grave, but he did it on his own terms. He did "start to march" "revolution on their minds". He broke out of the fear, which brings us to the very beginning of the song, but even such an act of bravery didn't break the cycle of death.

So, the lyrics, the hope goes to the next generation. It's on them now.

"Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear? Yeah"

[adriheavymetal]

[the-song-of-the-day]

March 9, 2024

song #30

Children of the Grave by Black Sabbath

it was released in 1971 in their album Master of Reality

Fun fact: The song lyrically continues with the same anti-war themes brought on by "War Pigs" and "Electric Funeral" from their album Paranoid.

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4:51 PM EDT October 31, 2024:

Black Sabbath - "Children Of The Grave" From the album Master of Reality (July 21, 1971)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Interpolating "The Haunting"

File under: Heavy fucking metal

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Children Of The Grave - Cover by Brownout

Original by Black Sabbath (1971)

Disclaimer: I do not have any association with the cover artists nor the original artists. None of this work is my own. Please leave likes and comments on the videos and support the original creators.

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Hot Topic Black Sabbath Children of the Grave T Shirt

2010s ( thank you to @underwaterbatbitch for the correction!)

Found on Ebay, user blloca0

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Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath (California Jam 1974)

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The first time I ever heard Children of the Grave, my neck was sore for two days from head banging to it in my room it’s that fucking good

[in-my-cocooon]

Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall today …

Will the sun rise up tomorrow bringing peace in any way??

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8:27 PM EST January 30, 2023:

Black Sabbath - "Children Of The Grave" From the album Master of Reality (July 21, 1971)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Interpolating "The Haunting"

File under: Heavy fucking metal