Such desperation
Left you in shame
This bitter harvest
Bearing all the blame
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
From your Trail of Tears
From this oblivion
Seek dignity
Just human cargo
Crying to be free
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
Change it
Gonna change it - change it
Greed of man has pushed you over
Feeding on the fears
Poverty will always prosper
On your Trail of Tears
Man will never end your suffering
Stealing all your years
God is with you but won't save you
(R. Halford / R. Z.)
When the children sing
And the snow starts falling
When the sleigh bells ring
Saying Santa's calling
There's an open fire
And a tree that's glistening
It's the middle of the night
As we all lay listening
[Chorus:]
When Christmas comes for everyone
It brings us all together
For just one day there's peace in the world
We wish would last forever
Then we all wake up
And the kids go crazy!
Let the good times roll
Tough we all feel lazy
There's a brand new day
And we're full of cheer
Gonna rock all night
Like we did last year
Oh come, oh come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice, oh rejoice
The Son of God, rejoice
Oh come, Thou wisdom from on high
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
In one the hearts of all mankind
And death's dark shadows put to flight
Rejoice, oh rejoice
The Son of God, rejoice
Rejoice, oh rejoice
Oh come, oh come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God will appear
Rejoice, oh rejoice
Emmanuel, rejoice
Rejoice, oh rejoice
(Halford/Downing/Tipton)
We'd taken too much for granted
And all the time it had grown
From techno seeds we'd first planted
Evolved a mind of its own
Walking in the street dragging iron feet
Laser beaming hearts
Ripping men apart
From what had been our perfection
Where we could do as we please
In secrecy this infection
Was spreading like a disease
Hiding underground
Knowing we'd be found
Fearing for our lives
Reaped by robot scythes
Metal gods metal gods
Machines are taking all over
With mankind in their command
In time they'd learn to discover
How they could make their demands
Better be the slaves
To their wicked ways
Than meeting with our death
(J. Wade)
Oh, come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
Oh, come ye
Oh, come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him
Born the King of angels
Oh, come let us adore Him
Oh, come let us adore Him
Oh, come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord
Sing choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Sing all that hear in heaven
God's holy word
Give to the Father
Glory in the highest
Oh, come let us adore Him
Oh, come let us adore Him
Oh, come let us adore Him
The cause of my affliction
Can never be resolved
A case for self infliction
Whose sin can't be dissolved
Lost in a room of mirrors
There's only one way out
But suicide is easy
When all you have is doubt
Idolize the demigods
The weapon of stigmata
Drowning in the grail of blood
The weapon of stigmata
Each day becomes fragmented
It's harder to connect
My world seems so demented
I see nothing to respect
But strength is born from weakness
And this is where I fall
I step up to the enemy
Then rise from where I crawl
Idolize the demigods
The weapon of stigmata
Drowning in the grail of blood
The weapon of stigmata
The weapon of stigmata
Behind my back
In my face
Walking stalking
In my space
Think I'm closed up
But I know, I mark all
Watch where you go
Bide my time
Make you stop
Watch your mouth
Until you drop
Make me sick
I can wait
When you stumble
Seal your fate
Empty threats
Fucked up lies
Take you down
With alibis
Useless strength
Wastes on me
Crush you down
Dead enemy
Idolize the demigods
The weapon of stigmata
Drowning in the grail of blood
The weapon of stigmata
Penance from the rancid icon
Virgin weeping plasma
Idolize the demigods
The weapon of stigmata
Weapon of stigmata
Idolize the demigods
The weapon of stigmata
Weapon of stigmata
The weapon of stigmata
Crucible
Crucible
I'm set to paralyse
I'm older so I'm wise
I have been crucified
With words personified
Here I am now, I'm your saviour
There can be only one
I'm the master, past and future
Now the end has begun
I've always stood alone
Your time got overgrown
Those words shot way too wide
No hate can take my pride
Here I am now, I'm your saviour
You can see I'm the one
There's no reason for such treason
Know your end has begun
Here I am now, I'm your saviour
There can be only one
I'm the master, past and future
Now the end has begun
Here I am now, I'm your saviour
You can see I'm the one
There's no reason for such treason
Let it be, still my anger
Bring me peace from my temper
I'm trying every way I can
I'm doing wrong, I understand
Let it be, slow down
Watch that pressure fall
Bring me peace, slow down
I can't have it, I can't have it all
Break the strain, feed my hunger
Tell my mind to be stronger
I've got to move and make it real
I've got to make myself a deal
Break this strain, slow down
Give up what I crave
Tell my mind, slow down
Watch what I can, watch what I can save
Will I rise out of shadow
Staying calm, feeling hollow
I'm here to give me one more chance
That choice is resting in my hands, yeah
Let it be, slow down
Watch that pressure fall
Bring me peace, slow down
I can't have it, I can't have it all
Break this strain, slow down
Watch the pressure fall
Tell my mind, slow down
I know what's going on inside your crooked mind
I've been around too long to know about your kind
I made you feel I was a victim of your prey
I let you tie me down though I can get away
Don't you lead me into temptation
Don't deceive me into temptation
You gave so much to me you left me feeling numb
So full of emptiness from stealing what you've done
How can you bear to stand the life you try to live
A sad and broken heart is all you've left to give
Don't you lead me into temptation
Don't deceive me into temptation
A slave to your touch
I can't run 'cause I'm blind
Don't you lead me into temptation
Don't deceive me into temptation
Don't you lead me into temptation
You may not like the future
And we're not here to preach to you
We'll take you to the killing floor.
You think you want to know me
You think you want to own me
But I have nothing you can buy.
I can break you
I can raise you
Bring you to your knees
Cause I'm the one you love to hate.
You can't fool me
You can't rule me
You only wanna hang around
Cause I'm the one you love to hate.
So come on get a load of this
Something you can't afford to miss
You're just a vulture in my veins.
Your nails won't crucify me
Got money, but you can't see
Your only future is your past.
I can break you
I can raise you
Bring you to your knees
Cause I'm the one you love to hate.
You can't fool me
You can't rule me
You only wanna hang around
Cause I'm the one you love to hate.
I can break you
I can raise you
Bring you to your knees
Cause I'm the one you love to hate.
You can't fool me
You can't rule me
You only wanna hang around
Bob Halligan Jr.
Got a grip like steel on wood
This is all for your own good
And If you wanna get away - wanna be free
Wanna get anywhere but right here beside me - you'll have to
Twist, twist, twist away from me
Twist, twist, twist - away
Twist, twist, twist away from me
Twist, twist, twist - away
Wonder why you try to run
Ought to quit admit I've won
No one is gonna hear your cry
Gonna hear you scream
Better get used to knowing it's just in your dreams - that you can
Twist, twist, twist away from me
Twist, twist, twist - away
Twist, twist, twist away from me
Twist, twist, twist - away
Never get away
Never twist away
Never get away
Wanna get anywhere but right here beside me - you'll have to
Twist, twist, twist away from me
Twist, twist, twist - away
Twist, twist, twist away from me
Twist, twist, twist - away
Never get away
Never twist away
You never know me
Cause I won't let you in
Not all I am
Is on the surface
Always concealing what
Is lying within
Ain't fellin' guilt
When there's no purpose
It's too late
To turn around
No tomorrow
Obvious truths are for
The dumb and the weak
Go on pretending in your fake world
Bring your insanity but don't ever speak
Your fucking life is like a circus
It's too late
To turn around
No tomorrow
It's your fate today
White swords of blinding razor light
Blast round the Earth
Validating the immortal strength
Courage of the brave
From the aftermath of dust and flames
Resiltence soars
Upon the searching light's reflected blade
That guards and saves
The dark sky
The victims
The air is full of vengeance
From now on
Now mercy
The wrath of God reins on you
These monuments of power and steel
Carved in each soul
Stand forever indestructable
For all mankind
The face of mighty nations liberty
In stoic resolve
For all the hated evil that men can do
Will be avenged
The dark sky
The victims
The air is full of vengeance
From now on
Now mercy
The wrath of God reins on you
It's over
You're wasted
Now you're incinerated
In hell
I'll meet you
And once again defeat you
And though the light is dimmed to black someday
Inside it burns
A raging fire virtues to endless war
And freedom's cause
The dark sky
The victims
The air is full of vengeance
From now on
Now mercy
The wrath of God reins on you
It's over
You're wasted
Now you're incinerated
In hell
I'll meet you
, want to steer for the sun
For the day has begun
It's saying, it's saying
My, soul just wanted to freeze
To collapse and to seize
From the waiting
You, know it matters to me
That I have to rage free
I was longing
All that I feel is my soul
I will never let go
What I crave for
All of the things that you need
Are the things that you bleed
Here 'em calling?
And when the world becomes too much for me
That's when I know that I can't stay
I'm searching for my own serenity
I know I have to get away
I, want to steer for the sun
For the day has begun
Here it calling?
What Child is this who laid to rest
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
While shepherds watch are keeping
This is Christ the King
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing
Haste, haste to bring Him laud
The Babe, the Son of Mary
Why lies He in such mean estate
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christians, fear for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading
Nails, spear shall pierce Him through
The cross be borne for me, for you
Hail, hail the Word made flesh
The Babe, the Son of Mary
So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh
Come peasant, king to own Him
The King of kings salvation brings
Let loving hearts enthrone Him
Raise, raise a song on high
The virgin sings her lullaby
Joy, joy for Christ is born
[Halford/Lachman/Chlasciak]
Who can say they've never made mistakes?
Only fools will suffer what they make
Owning up rids poison when you can
Admitting you were wrong makes you a man
It's every where
But do you care?
Sad wings of destiny,
Where have they gone?
I know eternally
I'll carry on.
Did you think that I would disappear?
Were you so dried up from all your fear?
Thought you'd make me feel impossible
You were wrong now who looks like the fool?
It's up to you,
What did you do?
Sad wings of destiny
It used to burn.
I know that faithfully
I'll see you turn.
It's everywhere
But do you care
Sad wings of destiny,
Where have they gone?
I know eternally
I'll carry on.
Sad wings of destiny
It used to burn.
I know that faithfully
I'll see you turn.
I'm digging deep inside my soul
To bring myself out of this goddamn hole
I rid the demons from my heart
And found the truth was with me from the start
Holy angel lift me from this burning hell
Resurrection make me whole
Son of Judas bring the saints to my revenge
Resurrection bring me home
I walked alone into a fight
No longer standing in satanic light
I tried to look too far ahead
I saw the wrong road to my past instead
Holy angel lift me from this burning hell
Resurrection make me whole
Son of Judas bring the saints to my revenge
Resurrection bring me home
I've faced the things I've said and done
There is no bastard left to overcome
The peace of mind I thought was lost
Was right in front of me on paths I've crossed
Holy angel lift me from this burning hell
Resurrection make me whole
Son of Judas bring the saints to my revenge
Resurrection bring me home
Holy angel lift me from this burning hell
Resurrection make me whole
Son of Judas bring the saints to my revenge
(Halford/Downing/Tipton)
There I was completely wasting
Out of work and down
All inside it's so frustrating
As I drift from town to town
Feel as though nobody cares
If I live or die
So I might as well begin
To put some action in my life
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
So much for that golden future
I can't even start
I've had every promise broken
There's anger in my heart
You don't know
What it's like
You don't have a clue
If you did you'd find yourselves
Doing the same things too
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
You don't know what's like
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Will you go to heaven
Will you land in hell
Are the things you're praying for
The things that serve you well?
Did you get satisfaction
Have you paid the price
Can you look me in the eye
Say you found paradise?
Betrayal, you are what you choose
Betrayal, got everything to loose
Betrayal, one day you'll know
Betrayal, you reap what you sow
Sell your soul for mercy
Heed the reapers call
Waiting for that heart attack
Your back's against the wall
Stealing from tomorrow
Is no way to live
But when you've got no future
Then there's nothing left to give
Betrayal, you are what you choose
Betrayal, got everything to loose
Betrayal, one day you'll know
Betrayal, you reap what you sow
So when you get to heaven
When you land in hell
Are the things you're praying for
The things that serve you well?
Betrayal, you are what you choose
Betrayal, got everything to loose
Betrayal, one day you'll know
Aaa, aaa
Smell your world when you come
I won't make a victim
I lie awake and I'm forsaken
From all the holes in my time
You saved up for this true lie
The devil bides her time in waitin'
And still she comes
Crystallized in paranoia
Lost yourself inside her madness
Beast has glazed your being
With it's torture
And all the faults in your life
The suffering can't be mine
The curse will grow with what you prey for
And still she comes
She's callin'
I'm fallin'
She makes me mine
Still callin'
I'm crawlin'
She is benign
Smell your world when you came
Now I am a victim
I lie awake, I swim inside you
And still she comes
And still she comes
Still she comes
(Aaa, aaa)
You're trapped inside my cyber world
Consumed up as my web unfurls
No secrets left for your mankind
My virus lurks throughout your veins
I'm spreading there inside your brain
A trojan horse that eats your mind
Cyberworld, cyberworld
I've got your power
Cyberworld, cyberworld
I will devour, yeah, yeah
At speed of lies, I will connect
I search and surf as I infect
Computerized catastrophe
Your information's what I steal
I scan you till you are unreal
Transmit your power into me
Cyberworld, cyberworld
I'll steal your mind
Cyberworld, cyberworld
For all mankind, yeah, yeah
You're dying in my cyber world
You're lying in my cyber world
You're dying in my cyber world
A desert moon is rising
Down that road's a distant place
A home where I have run from
A town where I can't show my face
I put myself before you
I should have known where that would lead
No one had to possess me
And make me into what you need
Ride on fugitive
Running low
Lone life as a renegade
Riding on
I won't become that empty
I'm too elusive for you to find
So you can't wait forever
I'll never be the one to hide
I found myself in solace
I am the friend you never had
You vowed to be a stranger
As I keep walking on my back
Ride on fugitive
Running low
Lone life as a renegade
Riding on
And though my best is left intact
It's so much harder coming back
Ride on fugitive
Running low
Long life as a renegade
Riding on
And on
Ride on fugitive
Running low
Long life as a renegade
Golgotha, rise up from your tomb
Devil's had a taste of holy water
Lost children need your guiding hand
Take them through the fire of the promised land
Now we've come together
We're all waiting for a sign
If it takes forever
We believe in the divine
Grand Canyon, source of all our dreams
Protected from a billion years of evil
Golden fire - thunder all around
Covenants will cover up you sinners
Now we've come together
We're all waiting for a sign
If it takes forever
We believe in the divine
Overcoming tyranny to desecrate the entity - satanical
Laying waste this sick disease
That crippled, maimed, feel to our knees - like Jericho
Pile of skulls crunched under foot
Torched remains are crying out - satanical
Rising up to purge and scourge the killing of our paradise - like Jericho
Salvation...
Now we've come together
We're all waiting for a sign
If it takes forever
Cowards are unholy
Parasites that hide
Detonate the human bomb
Hands are all awash in blood
Carnage from the scriptures
Slaughter of the lamb
Break the neck of the white dove
Run down by the tracks above
Whip the back
Of your messiah
Your peace kills by death
Bow your head
The prayer calls to violence
That history rejects
Waiting wall of murder
Consummating hate
League of perpetuity
Will open wounds of disbelief
Through self immolation
You desecrate the ground
Annihilate the innocents
In crucifixion crashing down
Whip the back
Of your messiah
Your peace kills by death
Bow your head
The prayer calls to violence
That history rejects
Motuhs are spitting venom
Shocked senseless by the grief
Another day of dying
As your terror cry abominates
Mushroom cloud is coming
Hanging by the nails
Gasoline the olive branch
Start digging up more body pits
Whip the back
Of your messiah
Your peace kills by death
Bow your head
The prayer calls to violence
With a friend to share your angry life
Deadly secrets to resolve your strife
Death remaining on each thought you owned
Blackened hate in legacies renowned
Love and death
Lure your prey
Thought by thought
From your hate
Recanted murder in a place of peace
Hide the truth from one that is deceased
Did you believe so little in your life
To kill a friend to satisfy your plight
In my crime
I am living
I can die
Unforgiving
Lost in trials
No repentance
Trapped in time
Serve my sentence
No remorse
Youth got old
Wasted life
Blood ran cold
Point the finger at the only thing you truly loved
On your way to ending life - tonight
Took too much
To the end
In denial
Deceived your friend
See myself
Through your eyes
You are all
I despise
As I bleed
What I gave
Put me now
I cry from the madness
Then reach for a hand
Stay on the lifeline
'Till I understand
I watched my worlds collide
And drive me underground
I've been to Hell and back
And beat the Devil down
I'm all I have
I'm all I need
The last survivor
I fought and won
And now I'm free
The last survivor
I pray for deliverance
Grown from the guilt
Live from the bottom
Destroy what I built
I watched my worlds collide
It drove me underground
I've been to hell and back
And beat the devil down
I'm all I have
I'm all I need
The last survivor
I fought and won
And now I'm free
The last survivor
I will survive
I will survive
I will survive
I'm all I have
I'm all I need
The last survivor
I fought and won
And now I'm free
The last survivor
I'm all I have
I'm all I need
The last survivor
I fought and won
And now I'm free
The way you look at me
Feel all your hatred building
I won't be what you see
A nation built for killing
The color of the skin
Dividing church's saviors
The wars that you begin
Reflect in your behavior
We live and die
From all this isolating
We live and die
When we stop procreating
Genetic blasphemy
Resisting devastation
Corrupting heresy
To save the population
We live and die
From all this isolating
We live and die
When we stop procreating
We live and die
To generate existence
We live and die
A life line of persistence
We live and die
And all we feel is sadness
We give and try
Mankind embraces madness
We live and die
And all we feel is sadness
We give and try
From memories of 68 when the wizard shook the world
Metal came from foundries where the midlands sound unfurled
The bullring was a lonely place of concrete towers and steel
The coal mines and the industries were all I had to fell.
Something inside took hold of me, I really didn't know
But overtime it came to be, I knew which way to go
I drove around in search of what would make this all come true
From jazz and elecricity and good old southern blues
Hell, we're born to raise some hell
Hell, we're gonna raise some hell
In Henry's and in mother's where I'd go to bang my head
The feeling took a hold of me with every word I said
The voice was born and came alive from all I saw and heard
And now I knew my destiny, I had to spread the word.
I took the scream around the world
From London to L.A.
Unleashed in downtown Tokyo
Blew Godzilla away
Then on the sound and fury went from Sydney to Brazil
It sent the Russians crazy cause they never get their fill.
Of Hell, we're born to raise some hell
Hell, we're gonna raise some hell
Hell, we're born to raise some hell
Hell, we're gonna raise some hell
The stage and the lights and the amps are ablaze watch them burn
From all this insanity the Metal God's will return.
Shock waves attack relentlessly, intimidating force
So many bands surrounding you with evil from our source
It screams across the universe and slams you to the floor
This blitzkrieg psycho mania is coming on full roar
The world's a stage that's waiting for its bad ass to get kicked
And we're all on the road to hell and that's route 666
Hell, we're born to raise some hell
Hell, we're gonna raise some hell
Hell, we're born to raise some hell
Nightfall
Halford
Composição: Mike Chlasciak; Patrick Lachman; Rob Halford
You love is killing me,
It draws me to the dark
Your veil of ecstasy,
That leaves the telling mark
The spell you cast inside,
Is stabbing through my heart
It reaches deep within,
It´s pulling me apart
Night Fall, you take my soul
Night Fall, you´re in control
Your love´s still haunting me,
It draws me into black
Your veil of fantasy,
Won´t let my soul come back
The spell has taken all,
I can´t release my mind
I´ve lost my heart to you,
You´re too cruel to be kind
Night Fall, you take my soul
Night Fall, you´re in control
Night Fall, I called and you came
(R. Halford)
Light of the world, there's a place You live
Here in my heart, I know
Light of the world, all my dreams are made true
By the love You show
I can say with honestly, that You set me free
From the day that we met
Light delight is a distant star, put me from afar
I can't ever forget
Light of the world, I'm in home, I'm glad
Safe from the pain I know
Light of the world...
All of my life I've grown
When I think all the special thing
There's so much to say
I don't know where begin
But I guess that You understand...
Light of the world, it's so easy now
You stand by me, I know
Light of the world, all I have to do
Here, what's to say, let's go! Go!
You're my Light of the world [x2]
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain
Following yonder star
Oh, star of wonder, star of light
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to Thy perfect light
Born a King on Bethlehem's plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again
King forever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign
Oh, star of wonder, star of light
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to Thy perfect light
Glorious now behold Him arise
King and God and sacrifice
Alleluia, Alleluia
Earth to heaven replies
Oh, star of wonder, star of light
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
[Tipton/KK/Halford]
Mercenary battalions
Are poised to strike us down
Terminations conquest
Upon us now full grown
Save me my hearts open wide
Help me no question of pride
Save me my people have died
Total genocide
Devastation hungers she waits to leap to earth
Imminent liquidation
Before the grand rebirth
Sin after sin I have endured
But the wounds I bare
Are the wounds of love
Frantic mindless zombies
Grab at fleeing time
Lost in cold perplection
Waiting for the sign
Generations tremble
Clinging face to face
Helpless situation
To end the perfect race
Slashing senseless sabres
Cut us to the ground
Eager for the life blood
Of all who can be found
Slice to the left slice to the right
None to retaliate none will fight
Chopping at the hearts snuffing out the lives
This race departs and no one will survive
Heads to the feet - feet to the air
Souls in the soil heavy in despair
End of all ends bodies into dust
To greet deaths friend extinction is a must
I Can't Find What I Want Or Make Sense Of This Life
Too Much Hypocrisy In What Is Wrong And Right
I See It Everywhere But Still I Can't Relate
I Got To Much To Do Can't Sit Around And Wait
This World Won't Pass Me By
I'll Get All That I Need
I'm Given All I Have - And I Won't Concede
We're The Forgotten Generation
But We Know What We're Living For
We're The Forgotten Generation And
We Don't Need You Anymore
I'll Base My Life On What I Want And You Can't See
Don't Analyze The Labels That You Put On Me
I Open Up My Eyes But I'll Shut Out Your Voice
You Kept Me In The Dark And Never Gave Me Choice
My Being Different To You Still Makes Me A Man
And Soon I'm Gonna Let The World Know Who I Am
We're The Forgotten Generation
But We Know What We're Living For
We're The Forgotten Generation And
We Don't Need You Anymore
I'll Take The Things I Need That You Can't Understand
I'm Getting Stronger By The Choices I Demand
You're Living In The Past And That's Right Where You'll Stay
I'm In The Future And I'm Gonna Walk My Way
In Time You'll Realize The Dreams That We Achieved
And Give Us Back Respect For What We All Believed
We're The Forgotten Generation
But We Know What We're Living For
We're The Forgotten Generation And
(Halford/Downing/Tipton)
Shooting for the stars
Cruise the speed of light
Glowing god of mars
Body burning bright
We'll I'm riding, riding on the wind
Yes I'm riding, riding on the wind
Tearing up through life
Million miles an hour
Blinding all in sight
Surging rush of power
We'll I'm riding, riding on the wind
Yes I'm riding, riding on the wind
Thunder bolt from hell
Shattering aloud
Screaming demons yell
Bursting through the clouds
We'll I'm riding, riding on the wind
(Halford/Downing/Tipton)
Deadly as the viper
Peering from its coil
The poison there is coming to the boil
Ticking like a time bomb
The fuse is running short
On the verge of snapping if it's caught
And all the pressure that's been building up
For all the years it bore the load
The cracks appear, the frame starts to distort
Ready to explode
Jawbreaker
Crouching in the corner
Wound up as a spring
Piercing eyes that flash are shimmering
Muscles all contorted
Claws dug in the dirt
Every ounce of fibre on alert
And all the pressure that's been building up
For all the years it bore the load
The cracks appear, the frame starts to distort
Ready to explode
(Halford/Binks)
He'd had enough he couldn't take anymore
He 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 am safe here in my mind
Im 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 staring 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
Keep the world with all its sin it's not fit for living in
Yeah I will start again it can take forever and ever and ever
But I shall win
How many like him are there still
Who to us all seem to have lost the will
They lie in thousands blank and lost
Is knowledge worth this bitter cost
(Halford/Downing/Tipton/Lachman)
When I saw your face
I Became a prisoner of your eyes
And I would do most anything
To stay and be with you.
How did we go wrong?
I can't believe it's over
Tell me why it's happening?
Who threw it all away?
Don't you hear me crying?
Take me in your arms again
Don't you hear me crying?
Take me in your arms again
Bring back what I'm living for
You're all I'm thinking of
Take me home to paradise
Give me back your love
No one takes the blame
You and I have wondered
We gave all we could to this
It's time to face the truth
Now we realize
All we had is over
Comes an end to everything
There's nothing left to give
Don't you hear me crying?
Take me in your arms again
Don't you hear me crying?
Take me in your arms again
Bring back what I'm living for
You're all I'm thinking of
Take me home to paradise
Give me back your love
Bring back what I'm living for
You're all I'm thinking of
Take me home to paradise
Give me back your love
Stop the heartache
We can try and start again
End the heart break
A little time - will help to ease the pain
I still see your face
When I close my eyes
If I opened up again
Would you still be here?
Don't you hear me crying?
Take me in your arms again
Don't you hear me crying?
Take me in your arms again
Bring back what I'm living for
You're all I'm thinking of
Take me home to paradise
Give me back your love
Bring back what I'm living for
You're all I'm thinking of
Take me home to paradise
[Halford/Downing/Tipton]
Crashing through the city streets
Caught in the glare of the midnight sun
I've got wings upon my feet
But locked as I run
Now you're just a breath away
From knocking me senseless to the ground
No escape I hear you say
You're never safe - from a
Heart
Heart of a lion
From a heart
Heart of a lion
I close my eyes and see your face
Seems like I'm trapped within your spell
Will I ever win this race?
You're moving in
Hear my name cried from the sky
There is a thrill that cuts the air
In your hold - I know that i
Will never find the love - from a
Heart
Heart of a lion
Heart
Heart of a lion
All around I hear the sound
Of your mighty roar
As I hear the thunder
You are calling out for more
All around I hear the sound
Of your mighty roar
As I hear the thunder
You are crying
My heart
Of a lion
My heart
Of a lion
Cold heart
Heart of a lion
(Halford)
Life in black
You never were there for me
No never at all
You never took care of me
You just watched me fall
Life in black
Life in black
I placed all my faith in you
I needed you here
Christ knows what i've got to do
To rid me of fear
Life in black
Life in black
You took me for everything
As long as I live
While there's still one breath in you
[Halford/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 un-touched 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 un-touched 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 un-touched thing
So now he's just
A stained class king
(Halford)
Sig sauer. Victim of a system's non-control
Devour, striking terror into every soul
Communication breakdown onto self destruction
Schizophrenic people breeding hate
Pessimistic thinking from a failed connection
Survival comes when we annihilate
Nailed to the gun
Nailed to the gun
Paranoia, termination sickness zero's good
Blind power, executing humans in cold blood
Degenerating children with an opiated bullet
Poison flows from words out on the street
Trapped inside the home that has become the prison
Dissin' everybody that we meet
Nailed to the gun
Nailed to the gun
Locked and loaded, governmental lost to anarchy
Weapon goaded, magnum is gagging liberty
Cultural collision in an endless frenzy
Numbing minds with threats of violence
Hopeless to the dream of any decent future
Running on sheer fear and ignorance
Nailed to the gun
[Halford]
Innocence is calling
Raptures in the past
Craving for salvation of the mind
Serenity is calling
Seeking only truth
Vision block forever left behind
Light comes out of black
Stand and face the fear
Give him eye too eye
Walk the walk right here
Images unraveling
Saw through the disguise
Crystal clear and shining through and through
Liberation traveling
Bringing down the wall
Universe waking coming too
Light comes out of black
Stand and face the fear
Give him eye too eye
Walk the walk right here
Let the fight begin
Watch the power soar
Work the magic now
Free forever more
Now feel the light
Lifting up and rising all alive
Now feel the light
Keep the faith inside and i'll survive...
Innocence is calling
Raptures in the past
Craving for salvation of the mind
Serenity is calling
Seeking only truth
Visual blocked forever
Left behind
Light comes out of black
Stand and face the fear
Give him eye too eye
Walk the walk right here
Let the fight begin
Watch the power soar
Work the magic now
Free forever more
[Halford]
Inner world trance of the lifeless souls
Search and destroy of the damned
Turning the grave of the bleached out bones
Rise of the ghosts of bedlam
Lay on the blade of the cold guillotine
Feeling the steel on my spine
Taste of the blood as it falls from my mouth
I'm evil suspended in time
Scream
In the dark
Of my world
Inner dark
Why?
Does the torture remain and persist?
Die?
Can I never submit and resistance?
Down on my side
The nightmares colliding
I'm writhing and raging in flames
Bite on the bitch on the back of the beast
Burning desert plains
Scream
In the dark
Of my world
Inner dark
Violence rides as the human race dies
Death bringer stabs away life
Scream
In the dark
Of my world
Inner dark
Screaming
In the
Screaming
In the
Screaming
[Meine/Schenker/Rarebell/Kittelsen]
[Originally performed by Scorpions]
[Bonus Track]
I realize I missed the day
But I'm too wrecked to care anyway
I look around and see the face
What the hell have I lost my taste
Don't want to find out
Just want to cut out
My head explodes, my ears ring
I can't remember just where I've been
The last thing that I recall
I got lost in a deep black hole
Don't want to find out
Just want to cut out
Blackout
I really had a blackout
Blackout
I really had a blackout
Blackout
I really had a blackout
Blackout
I really had a blackout
I grab my things and make a run
On my way out, another one
Would like to know before I stop
Did I make it or did I flop
Don't want to find out
Just want to get out
Blackout
I really had a blackout
Blackout
I really had a blackout
Blackout
I really had a blackout
Blackout
I really had a blackout
Don't want to find out
Just want to get out
Blackout
(Halford/Tipton)
Behold 'tis I the commander whose grip controls you all
Resist me not surrender i'll no compassion call
Tyrant captor of humanity
Tyrant conqueror of all
Tyrant hideous destructor
Tyrant everyman shall fall
Your very lives are held between my fingers
I snap them and you cower down in fear
You spineless things that belly down to slither
To the end of the world you follow to be near
Mourn for us oppressed in fear
Chained and shackled we are bound
Freedom choked in dread we live
Since tyrant was enthroned
I listen not to sympathy whilst ruler of this land
Withdraw your feeble aches and moans
Or suffer smite from this my hand
My legions faithful unto death
I'll summon to my court
[Halford/Downing/Tipton]
Up here in space
I'm looking down on you
My lasers trace
Everything you do
You think you're private lives
Think nothing of the kind
There is no true escape
I'm watching all the time
I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
I'm elected electric spy
I'm protected electric eye
Always in focus
You can't feel my stare
I zoom into you
You don't know I'm there
I take a pride in probing all your secret moves
My tearless retina takes pictures that can prove
I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
Electric eye, in the sky
Feel my stare, always there
There's nothing you can do about it
Develop and expose
I feed upon your every thought
And so my power grows
I'm made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
(Tipton)
I move as fast as I can
I like to get around
I'm crazy like a mad man
My feet don't touch the ground
I move amongst the night life
And they just step aside
'cos when they see me coming
They know I'm running wild
Dead or alive
There's nothing that bothers me at all
I take on all comers
They back off or they fall
They raise their hands to stop me
I laugh and I defy
'cos what's the point in living
Unless you're living wild
No chains can hold me down
I always break away
I never hear society tell me what to do or say
I'll taste the life that pleases me
Or raise a storm for all the world to see
I never stumble never fall
Never stop for rest
I rebel but I walk tall
And I demand respect
I move amongst the night life
And they just step aside
'cos when they see me coming
They know I'm running wild
I'm running wild
Get gutta my way
I'm set to paralyze
I'm older so I'm wise
I have been crucified
With words personified
Here I am now, I'm your savior
There can be only one
I'm the master, past and future
Now the end has begun
I've always stood alone
Your time got overgrown
Those words shot way too wide
No hate can take my pride
Here I am now, I'm your savior
You can see I'm the one
There's no reason for such treason
I've got you under my wheels now, baby
That's where you belong
I've got you under my wheels now, baby
I'll drive you all night long
I've got you under my wheels now, baby
There's nothing you can do
I've got you under my wheels now, baby
My heart is coming through
You'll never go too far or go too fast
Let's rev it up and feel the engine blast
Drive, drive, drive with me
Our love will set us free
I've got you under my wheels now, baby
You're moving way too fast
I've got you under my wheels now, baby
We've got to make it last
You'll love it when you feel my engine roar
You'll love it when you feel the power soar
Drive, drive, drive with me
Our love will set us free (drivin' all night long)
Drive, drive, drive with me
The road will set us free (drivin' all night long)
Let's crank it up and drive this heavy load
It's time to rock, come on, let's hit the road
Drive, drive, drive with me
Our love will set us free
Drive, drive, drive with me
The road will set us free (drivin' all night long)
Drive, drive, drive with me (keep drivin' all night long)
Our love will set us free (keep drivin' all night long)
Drive, drive, drive with me (keep drivin' all night long)
The road will set us free (keep drivin' all night long)
Drive, drive, drive with me (keep drivin' all night long)
Our love will set us free (keep drivin' all night long)
Drive, drive, drive with me (keep drivin' all night long)
The road will set us free (keep drivin' all night long)
Drive, drive, drive with me (keep drivin' all night long)
I see the Gods in the arena
They stand beneath the blinding lights
The roar becomes a deafening silence
In reverence before the fights
One will live tonight, one will die tonight
One will stand and one will fall
One in victory, one in misery
Only one will take it all
Then all at once begins the rumble
A mass of body hits the floor
Locked in a battle, strength and honor
Blood, sweat and tears become the score
One will live tonight, one will die tonight
One will stand and one will fall
One in victory, one in misery
Only one will take it all
Yeah!
One will live tonight, one will die tonight
One will stand and one will fall
One in victory, one in misery
Only one will take it all
One will live tonight, one will die tonight
One will stand and one will fall
One in victory, one in misery
Only one will take it all
She is the one who fills my soul
With grace and dignity so rare
A jewel that shines upon her child
And lifts me to a higher place - a higher place
She sang to me before I breathed
Alive inside she gave me life
I felt her heartbeat as if touching mine
The rhythm stays and never leaves
She smiles and warms the coldest of the days
Her soft caress brings peace and hope
And when I'm gone she's always there
To carry me through troubled times
She held me to her simple truth
That all I need is what she gives
In dreamland where the child still lives
Forever pure in arms of love
In dreamland where the child still lives
Forever pure in arms of love
This virtue leaves tranquility
As ever radiant it's always light
Her laughter drifts across a thousand miles
I've got no sympathy
For all you've done to me
I'll bring you to your knees
And give you what you please
I'm gonna get to you
Just like you got to me
And then I'll do to you
Just what you did to me
I'm gonna shoot it,
I'm gonna shoot it,
Cause I'm locked and loaded
I'm gonna shoot it,
I'm gonna shoot it,
Cause I'm locked and loaded
I aim to make you high
Won't stop until you cry
Just when you think I'm done
I've only just begun
I'm gonna get to you
Just like you got to me
And then I'll do to you
Just what you did to me
I'm gonna shoot it,
I'm gonna shoot it,
Cause I'm locked and loaded
I'm gonna shoot it,
I'm gonna shoot it,
Cause I'm locked and loaded
I'm gonna get to you
Just like you got to me
And then I'll do to you
Just what you did to me
I'm gonna shoot it,
I'm gonna shoot it,
Cause I'm locked and loaded
I'm gonna shoot it,
I'm gonna shoot it,
Silent Screams
[Halford/Marlette]
Look at me I'm chasing
After dreams left in the storm
What I am is all
That really matters now
That lies are gone -
That lies are gone,
All the lies are gone,
The lies are gone.
Tempting fate and losing
Friends along the way I loved
No regrets
I'm standing
With a needle in my heart -
Needle in my heart,
Needle in my heart,
Needle in my heart.
You'll never know
My life means everything
Still I scream because
There's nothing left to do until the end.
The world goes on
With all that I've become
And still I scream inside
For all the pain I've taken hasn't changed.
Nothing's changed at all
The truth is like a chain
Heaven's calling me
The place that I belong
Killing pain -
Killing pain.
Close my eyes a million faces
Get inside my mind.
Take a breath and fill my troubled
Soul with all mankind.
Killing pain -
Killing pain,
I'm killing pain,
Killing pain.
The world goes on
With all that I've become.
And still I scream inside
For all the pain I've taken hasn't changed...
The man in black
I'm coming back to spew my evil hate.
My crown of horns and bloody thorns
I'll dig up what you fear.
I am the shape that's in your room that watches over you.
I am the needle in your heart - your disillusioned God.
I am God, I am fate, I am all the sins you make, yeah - hate.
I am black, I am white, I am the blood upon the knife, yeah - hate.
Since time began I made a vow to drag you underground;
To steal your soul of purity and watch you waste away.
I am pure, I am right, I'm the God that makes you fight, yeah - hate.
I am life, I am death, I will steal your final breath, yeah - hate.
I prey upon your brocken dreams your weakness gives me strength.
I'm laughing at your silent screams I'll crush you with my hate.
You take it all
And face the fear that's here
Until the Silence Screams
it leaves you with no choice to carry on.
You'll never fall
When all is said and done
The only Scream is here
The journey never ends - it's just begun...
The lies that never learned
The needles in my heart
And things will never change
[Halford]
Bear witness to treason
Abeyance they cower
Compulsion of liars
Addicted to power
Into the pit
Into the pit
Conspiring for sation
Malfeasance on high
Obstruction of duty
Disorder will rise
Into the pit
Into the pit
Possession by force
Reprisal to task
Defenseless no longer
Expulsion by mass
Into the pit
This is my winter song to you
The storm is coming soon, it rolls in from the sea
My voice, a beacon in the night
My words will be your light to carry you to me
Is love alive, is love alive, is love
They say that things just cannot grow
Beneath the winter snow or so I have been told
They say we're buried far
Just like a distant star, I simply cannot hold
Is love alive, is love alive, is love alive
This is my winter song
December never felt so wrong
'Cause you're not where you belong
Inside my arms
I still believe in summer days
The seasons always change and life will find a way
I'll be your harvester of light
And send it out tonight for we can start again
Is love alive, is love alive, is love alive
This is my winter song
December never felt so wrong
'Cause you're not where you belong
Inside my arms
This is my winter song to you
The storm is coming soon, it rolls in from the sea
My voice a beacon in the night
My words will be your light to carry you to me
Is love alive, is love alive
Is love alive, is love alive
Is love alive, is love alive
Is love alive, is love alive
Oh holy night, the stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees, oh, hear the angel voices
Oh night divine, the night when Christ was born
Oh night, oh holy night, oh night divine
Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains He shall break, for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we
With all our hearts we praise His holy name
Christ is the Lord, then ever we praise Him
His power and glory ever more proclaim
His power and glory ever more proclaim
Oh night, oh holy night, oh night divine