Suicide Solution
Ozzy Osbourne
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Wine is fine but whiskey's quicker Suicide is slow with liquor Take a bottle and drown your sorrows Then it floods away tomorrows Away tomorrows Evil thoughts and evil doings Cold, alone you hang in ruins Thought that you'd escape the reaper You can't escape the master keeper 'Cause you feel life's unreal, and you're living a lie Such a shame who's to blame and you're wondering why Then you ask from your cask is there life after birth What you sow can mean hell on this earth Hell on this earth Now you live inside a bottle The reaper's traveling at full throttle It's catching you but you don't see The reaper is you and the reaper is me Breaking laws, knocking doors But there's no one at home Made your bed, rest your head But you lie there and moan Where to hide, suicide is the only way out Don't you know what it's really about Ah, now people, you really know where it's at Ah, ah you got it, fox Get the flaps out, Satan, Satan, Satan, ha ha ha Wine is fine but whiskey's quicker Suicide is slow with liquor Take a bottle, drown your sorrows Then it floods away tomorrows Take me away Oh, oh, tomorrow It's never gettin' fixed, no flaps, nobody, no flaps, nothing?
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10 facts about this song
Controversial Content"Suicide Solution" by Ozzy Osbourne is considered one of the most controversial rock songs. It is prominently known for its contentious lyrics, which were often misunderstood to be promoting suicide.
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InspirationThe song was allegedly inspired by the death of Ozzy's close mate Bon Scott, the AC/DC singer, who died as a result of alcohol poisoning after an evening of heavy drinking.
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State AllegationsOzzy Osbourne and his recording company, CBS Records, were sued for $1.5 million in 1986 after the song allegedly inspired a teenager named John Daniel McCollum to commit suicide.
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Court RulingThe case was eventually dismissed by the California Court of Appeals in 1988 on the grounds that the First Amendment protected Osbourne's right to free speech.
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True MeaningOzzy has often stated in several interviews that "Suicide Solution" is actually an anti-suicide song. The term 'solution' means a liquid solution referring to alcohol, implying alcohol being a slow solution to death, rather than suicide being the answer to problems.
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Writing CreditsThe song was co-written by Ozzy Osbourne and his former bassist, Bob Daisley.
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Album Release"Suicide Solution" is a track from Ozzy Osbourne's debut solo studio album 'Blizzard of Ozz' which was released in the UK in September 1980 and in the U.S. in March 1981.
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Live PerformancesDuring live performances of “Suicide Solution,” Osbourne would often introduce the song as being about Bon Scott's death.
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Hidden Message ControversyThe song was a center of the 'backmasking' controversy, a recording technique where a sound or message is recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward. Critics thought a hidden message promoting suicide was hidden in the song, however, this was broadly debunked.
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RecognitionDespite the controversy surrounding the song, "Suicide Solution" was recognized as the 36th best guitar solo ever by readers of Guitar World.
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