The Meaning Behind Under The Graveyard By Ozzy Osbourne

Posted by Tandra Barner on Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Ozzy Osbourne has had a number of health issues in recent years, recovering from both a staph infection and a serious fall (via Rolling Stone), both dangerous for people of his age. Not only that, but last year, he revealed a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (via BBC).

Certainly, in the lyrics to "Under The Graveyard," he's facing up to his own mortality. "Death doesn't answer when I cry for help" he sings, finishing with "We all die alone" (via Rolling Stone). Of course, Osbourne has never shied away from the morose, but it's clear that he's confronting his life head-on in the gothic rock-influenced track.

Per NME, the music video gives us plenty of clues too. Semi-autobiographical in nature, the video stars Jack Kilmer and Jessica Barden playing Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne respectively, and is set back in the late 1970s, which in Osbourne's words were "some of the darkest times in my life."

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