Utilizing his literary dexterity in “I Just Want You,” Ozzy Osbourne uses odd oxymoron, deep irony, and apparent paradox, in order to enhance the phrase “I just want you.”
Songs are sung poetry, so when Ozzy says “unsingable songs” in his song, he is contradicting himself, as well as being oxymoronic. He is saying that songs are unsingable when he is himself singing a song. Also, when Ozzy talks about “plastic water,” he isn’t even making much sense. Water is a liquid, composed of hydrogen and oxygen; that is not plastic.
In this song, Ozzy articulates his thought that “there are…no legitimate kings or queens.” There are, however kings and queens in existence; they are born into their role. Possibly, Ozzy means that kings and queens are barbaric because princes and princesses sometimes fight for their future role as possible king or queen, making them instead dictators.
“I’m sick and tired of bein’ sick and tired;” the phrase is like a continuous, paradoxical loop. If someone is sick and tired, they no longer want to be exposed to the thing that is annoying them. But, if the thing making one “sick and tired” is the feeling of being “sick and tired,” there isn’t much someone could do to stop feeling “sick and tired.” Ozzy also states that “there are identical twins.” Identical twins do exist; however, the term describes the features of the two individuals, not their personalities.
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