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Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics, Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath's, "Iron Man"
The Lyrics:
Heavy boots of lead fills his victims full of dread
Why:
"Boots" is the subject, with "of lead" modifying it; "fills" is the verb. "Boots" is plural, and "fills" is singular. If it's re-written as "heavy lead boots fills his victims full of dread", the error is more obvious. It should be "Heavy boots of lead FILL his victims full of dread".
Submitted by: kirbyman
Black Sabbath's, "Paranoid"
The Lyrics:
Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry.
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal.
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal.
Why:
There Shouldn't Be an "And" there as in "and you will laugh and I will cry." If We Were To Remove An And, It'd Say, "You Will Laugh and I Will Cry".
"happiness I cannot feel" should probably be "I Cannot Feel Happiness".
"happiness I cannot feel" should probably be "I Cannot Feel Happiness".
Submitted by: Darius Whitehead
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