Judas Priest - Stained Class lyrics
Tracks 01. Exciter
02. White Heat, Red Hot 03. Better By You, Better Than Me 04. Stained Class 05. Invader 06. Saints In Hell 07. Savage 08. Beyond The Realms Of Death 09. Heroes End 10. Fire Burns Below 01. Exciter Music & lyrics by Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton
Racing' cross the heavens
Straight into the dawn Looking like a comet Slicing through the morn Scorching the horizon Blazing to the land Now he's here amongst us The age of fire's at hand Stand by for Exciter Salvation is his task Stand by for Exciter Salvation bids to ask Everything he touches Fries into a crisp, Let him get close to you So you're in his trip, First you'll smoke and smoulder Blister up and singe When ignition hits you the very soul of your being will cringe. Stand by for Exciter Salvation is his task Stand by for Exciter Here he comes now Fall to your knees and repent if you please Who is this man? Where is he from? Exciter comes For everyone You'll never see him But you will taste the fire upon your tongue He's come to make you snap out Of the state that you are in Looks around and make you See the light again So much self-indulgence Results in shattered eyes Predominant complacency Leads to beguiling lies Stand by for Exciter Salvation is his task Stand by for Exciter Salvation bids to ask When he leaps amidst us With combustive dance All shall bear the branding Of his thermal lance, Cauterizing masses Melting into one Only when there's order Will his job be done Stand by for Exciter Salvation is his task Stand by for Exciter Here he comes now Fall to your knees and repent if you please Who is this man? Where is he from? Exciter comes For everyone You'll never see him But you will taste the fire upon your tongue Racing past the heavens Straight into the dawn Looking like a comet Slicing through the morn Scorching the horizon Blazing to the land Now he's here amongst us The age of fire's at hand Stand by for Exciter 02. White Heat, Red Hot Music & lyrics by Glenn Tipton
The father's son, thy kingdom come, electric ecstasy
Deliver us from all the fuss and give us sanctuary Lead us all into arena, magnificent in death Well let us serenade the sinner, we'll follow in his step White heat, red hot burns deep, white heat red hot The fury songs, venomous wrongs so rich in tragedy An overture forever more to senseless victories Give to us this day of glory the power and the kill So we avoid the wrath and all the almighty fire of White heat, red hot burns deep, white heat red hot The heat's hot burns a lot Who are not cut out to fight this day will surely fall The few who stand to take command forever and ever are men Prepare to fight, unsheathe your scythe a ghastly beam of ill To slice the life with blinding light and seventh dimensional skill The centuries of dedication inherited till at last From years of solar gladiation can only end in White heat, red hot burns deep, white heat red hot The heat's hot burns a lot Who are not cut out to fight this day will surely fall The few who stand to take command forever and ever are men White heat Red hot White heat Red hot 03. Better By You, Better Than Me Music & lyrics by Gary Wright
You could find a way to ease my passion
You listen to the blood flow in my veins You hear the teaching of the wind Tell her why I'm alive within I can't find the words My mind is dead It's better by you better than me Guess you'll have to tell her how I tried To speak up thoughts I've held so inside Tell her now I got to go Out in the streets and down the shore Tell her the world's not much living for It's better by you better than me Everybody Everybody knows Everybody Everybody knows Better by you better than me You can tell what I want it to be You can say what I only can see It's better by you better than me Guess I'll have to change my way of living Don't wanna really know the way I feel Guess I'll learn to fight and kill Tell her not to wait until They'll find my blood upon her windowsill It's better by you better than me Everybody Everybody knows Everybody Everybody knows Better by you better than me You can say what I only can see You can tell what I want it to be It's better by you better than me Better by you better than me You can tell what I want it to be You can say way all they can see Better by you better than me 04. Stained Class Music & lyrics by Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton
Wild-eyed and tight fisted, I'm fused to the bone
I stand contemplating, reacting alone Impaled with betrayal The tourniquet turns Society's creation Pole-axed out and burnt Long ago when man was king, his heart was clean now he's stained class Time has slashed each untouched thing, so now he's just a stained class king Transfixed at deliverance, is this all there is Faithless continuum, into the abyss Fierce is my conviction, absolute my belief I spit at you apathy, and seducer deceit Long ago when man was king, his heart was clean now he's stained class Time has slashed each untouched thing, so now he's just a stained class king Lethal, deadly, hung, drawn and quartered He slaughtered and faltered and altered the world But by doing so smashed all his hopes and utopian dreams Whipping, stripping, peeling the flesh off, relentless and senseless His lust snapped like vipers whose fangs sank in deep To infest and decay from the core Impaled with betrayal, the tourniquet turns Society's creation, pole-axed out and burnt Long ago when man was king, his heart was clean now he's stained class Time has slashed each untouched thing, so now he's just a stained class king Stained class king 05. Invader Music & lyrics by Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Ian Hill
I came across a smoking field, pulsating afterglow
I saw a seering flash of light erupt and skyward go I staggered back in dazed surprise What was it I had seen? And as I stood there mesmerized I heard my spirit scream Invader invader nearby Invader, invader is nigh This is the first of more to come in carefully planned attacks If it is so we must prepare defenses to fight back The call is out throughout the world United we must stand To build a line, strategic force, they will not take a man Invader invader nearby Invader, invader is nigh When they come to take control every man must play his role They won't take our world away when the children we leave Will have to believe in today We warn you now you things out there Whatever you may send We won't give in without a fight, a fight until the end With vigilance by day and night our scanners trace the sky A shield is sealed upon this earth, a shield you won't get by Invader invader nearby Invader, invader is nigh 06. Saints In Hell Music & lyrics by Rob Halford, K.K. Downing, Glenn Tipton
They laughed at their gods
And fought them in vain So he turned his back on them And left them in pain Now here come the saints With their banners held high Each one of them martyrs Quite willing to die Wake the dead, the saints are in Hell Wake the dead, they've come for the bell Cover your fists Razor your spears It's been our possession For 8,000 years Fetch the scream eagles Unleash the wild cats Set loose the king cobras And blood sucking bats Wake the dead, the saints are in hell Wake the dead, they've come for the bell We are saints In hell We are saints In hell We're going down Into the fire We're going down Into the fire The streets run with blood from the mass mutilation As carnage took toll for the bell Abattoir, abattoir, mon Dieu quelle horreur For a time is was like second hell Saints in Hell Saints in Hell The battle is over, the saints are alive How can we all thank you, we felt so despised Saints in Hell 07. Savage Music & lyrics by Rob Halford, K.K. Downing
Who gives you the right to come here and tell me
I have to leave this place my home To you it's a jungle, to me it's a kingdom Where my people are free there to roam Born with the stars we are happy and peaceful 'Til now we were left undisturbed But you rupture the forests our gardens And fill them with filth from your cities unheard Savage, who is savage Leave your morals, stake your claim Savage, you are savage Modern man can take the blame You poisoned my tribe with civilized progress Baptizing our blood with disease You christened our bodies with sadness and suffering Saying then that your god is well-pleased What have we done to deserve such injustice Explain to us please if you can But you can't, no you can't, we can see it in your eyes Of us both who's the primitive man Savage, who is savage Leave your morals, stake your claim Savage, you are savage Modern man can take the blame You poisoned my tribe with civilized progress Baptizing our blood with disease You christened our bodies with sadness and suffering Saying then that your god is well-pleased What have we done to deserve such injustice Explain to us please if you can But you can't, no you can't, we can see it in your eyes Of us both who's the primitive man Savage, savage Savage, savage Who's the savage Modern man Who's the savage Modern man 08. Beyond The Realms Of Death Music & lyrics by Rob Halford, Les Binks
He had enough
He couldn't take anymore He'd found a place In his mind and slammed the door No matter how they tried They couldn't understand They washed and dressed him Fed him by hand Yeah! I've left the world behind I'm safe here in my mind Free to speak with my own kind This is my life, this is my life I'll decide not you Withdrawn he'd sit there Stare blank into space No sign of life Would flicker on his face Until one day he smiled It seemed as though with pride The wind kissed him Goodbye - and then he died Yeah! I've left the world behind I'm safe here in my mind Free to speak with my own kind This is my life, this is my life I'll decide not you Keep the world with all its sin It's not fit for livin' in Yeah! I will start again It can take forever, and ever, and ever And ever, but I'll still win. How many like him Are there still But to us, all Seem to have lost the will They lie in thousands Plagued and lost Is nothing worth this bitter cost Yeah! I've left the world behind I'm safe here in my mind Free to speak with my own kind This is my life, this is my life I'll decide not you Keep the world with all its sin It's not fit for livin' in Beoynd the realms of death 09. Heroes End Music & lyrics by Glenn Tipton
I heard a human voice who sang like no one else
I heard a proud lady singing loud Lived her life as she liked, didn't give a damn But soon she found she was underground and wasted I watched her hitting notes as she strutted stage Her body shook oh, she did her stuff She screamed and quake, give and take, maybe took too much If you take the smooth you gotta take the rough Why do you have to die to be a hero It's a shame a legend begins at its end Why do you have to die if you're a hero When there's still so many things to say unsaid I heard a man's guitar electrify a crowd I felt the sound shower 'round And he would take you with him where no music's been before As you merged the power surge together His music knew no limits if you were in it's wake You had no choice, no, but hear its voice And you would listen hypnotized, and in a dream But once so strong survive or become weak Why do you have to die to be a hero It's a shame a legend begins at its end Why do you have to die if you're a hero When there's still so many things to say unsaid If you gaze across timeless years you'll find them always there And many gods will join the list compiled with dying care Hungry mouths are waiting to bite the hand that feeds And so the living dead carry on immortal deeds I saw on silver screen an actor's rise to fame But fast car user lose That legend's born from death and that is such a shame 'cos ev'ry year new ones appear Why do you have to die to be a hero It's a shame a legend begins at its end Why do you have to die if you're a hero When there's still so many things to say unsaid 10. Fire Burns Below Music & lyrics by Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton
Stand and face each other
Don't know what to say But that look in your eyes Give it all away You say you've got these feelings You can't put into words But you don't have to say a thing 'Cause I've already heard Give me one good reason Why this has to be That's all I'm asking for Don't say that it's over When you and I both know You can't put out this love The fire burns below We've been through so much together We've laughed and we've sometimes cried To say our love ain't working - well we Haven't really tried But why let's talk things over Love can't be bought and sold One more night together's what the future holds What the future holds Well give me one good reason Why this has to be I said that's all I'm asking for Can't you see I said You can't put out the fire down below |