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JUDAS PRIEST LYRICS
"Sad Wings of Destiny" (1976)
1. Prelude (instrumental)
2. Tyrant
3. Genocide
4. Epitaph
5. Island of Domination
6. Victim of Changes
7. The Ripper
8. Dreamer Deceiver
9. Deceiver
1. Prelude (instrumental)
2. Tyrant
Behold, 'tis I the commander
Whose grip controls you all
Resist me not, surrender
I'll no compassion call
Tyrant, capture of humanity
Tyrant, conqueror of all
Tyrant, hideous destructor
Tyrant, every man shall fall
Your very lives are held within my fingers
I snap them and you cower down in fear
You spineless things who belly down to slither
To the end of the world you follow to be near
Tyrant, capture of humanity
Tyrant, conqueror of all
Tyrant, hideous destructor
Tyrant, every man shall fall
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
Tyrant, capture of humanity
Tyrant, conqueror of all
Tyrant, hideous destructor
Tyrant, every man shall fall
Mourn for us oppressed in fear
Chained and shackled, we are bound
Freedom choked, in dread we live
Since Tyrant was enthroned
My legions faithful onto death
I'll summon to my court
And as you perish each of you
Shall scream as you are sought
Tyrant, capture of humanity
Tyrant, conqueror of all
Tyrant, hideous destructor
Tyrant, every man shall fall
3. Genocide
Mercenary battalions
Are poised to strike us down
Terminations conquest
Upon us now fullgrown
Save me, my heart's 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
Save me, my heart's open wide
Help me, no question of pride
Save me, my people have died
Total genocide
Sin after sin I have endured
Yet the wounds I bare are the wounds of love
Frantic mindless zombies
Grab at fleeting time
Lost in cold perplexion
Waiting for the sign
Generations tremble
Clinging face to face
Helpless situation
To end the perfect race
Flashing senseless sabers
Cut us to the ground
Eager for the life blood
Of all who can be found
Save me, my heart's open wide
Help me, no question of pride
Save me, my people have died
Total genocide
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, no-one will survive
Heads to the feet, feet to the air
Souls to the soil, heavy in despair
End of all ends, body into dust
To greet death friends, extinction is a must
4. Epitaph
The old man sitting there
His head bow down
Every now and then
He'll take a look around
And his eyes reflect the memory pain of years gone by
He can't regain nostalgic dreams he'll never see again
With trembling hands
He wipes a tear
Many fall like rain
There's one for every year
And his life laid out so clearly now, life that's brought death
So nearly now life once he clung so dearly now let's go
But spare a thought as you pass him by
Just get a closer look and you'll say
He's our tomorrow
Just as we were his yesterday
A lonely grave
And soon forgot
Only wind and leaves
Lament this mournful song
Yet they shout his epitaph out clear for anyone
Who's passing near it names the person lying here as you
And you
And you
And you
5. Island of Domination
Beware of their coming
Take heed, our time is near
Fatality relinquish not
Brutality in arms doth seek to destroy
They smashed through the clouds into the light of the moon
Their steeds were full charging, called destruction and doom
'Twas as if all hell had broke loose on this night
And all in all, it was a terrible sight
Now we're taken onto the island of domination
We gotta get, we gotta get, we gotta get out of this place
There's a man with a needle who's pleading to get to my face
Hide me and hold me control free as best as you can
It's all becoming too much, I can't cope for one man
Now we're taken onto the island of domination
Skyrider, you supersonic flyer
Nightdriver, you demon of desire
Spinesnapper, you tried your best to break us
Throatchoker, you thought that you could take us
The fright of your life, the fright of your life
The fright of your life is here guaranteed
This is no illusion confessing confusion you're freed
Lashings of strappings with beating competing to win
Oh what a mess I am blessed domination's set in
Now we're taken unto the island of domination
6. Victim of Changes
Whiskey woman don't you know that you are driving me insane?
The liquor you give stems your will to live and gets right to my brain
Don't you know you're driving me insane?
You're tryin' to find your way through life
Tryin' to get some new direction
Another woman's got her man
She won't find no new connection
Takes another drink or two, things look better when she's through
Take another look around, you're not going anywhere
You realize you're growing old and no-one seems to care
You're tryin' to find your way again
Tryin' to find some new...
Another woman's got her man
She won't find no new...
Takes another drink or two, things look better when she's through
You bin foolin'
With some hot guy
I want to know
Why is it why
Get up, get out
You know you really blew it
I've had enough, I've had enough
Good God, pluck me
Once she was wonderful
Once she was fine
Once she was beautiful
Once she was mine, she was mine
Now change has come over her body
She doesn't see me anymore
Now change has come over her body
She doesn't see me anymore
Changes
Changes
Changes
Changes
Victim of changes
7. The Ripper
You're in for surprise
You're in for a shock, ahh
In London town streets
When there's darkness and fog
When you least expect me
And you turn your back
I'll attack
I smile when I'm sneaking
Through shadows by the wall
I laugh when I'm creeping
But you won't hear me at all
All hear my warning
Never turn your back
On the ripper
You'll soon shake with fear
Never knowing if I'm near
I'm sly and I'm shameless, nocturnal and nameless
Except for the ripper
Or if you like "Jack the knife"
Any back alley street
Is where we'll probably meet
Underneath a gas lamp
Where the air's cold and damp
I'm a nasty surprise
I'm a devil in disguise
I'm a footstep at night
I'm a scream of the fright
All hear my warning
Never turn your back
On the ripper
The ripper
The ripper
8. Dreamer Deceiver
Standing by my window
Breathing summer breeze
Saw a figure floating
'Neath the willow trees
Asked us if we were happy
We said we didn't know
Took us by the hands and up we go
We followed the dreamer through the purple hazy clouds
He could control our sense of time
We thought we were lost but no matter how we tried
Everyone was in piece of mind
We felt the sensations drift inside our frames
Finding complete contentment there
And all the tensions that hurt us in the past
Just seemed to vanish in thin air
He said in the cosmos is a single sonic sound
That is vibrating constantly
And if we could grip and hold on to the note
We would see our minds were free
Oh they're free
We are lost above
Floating way up high
If you think you can find a way
You can surely try
9. Deceiver
Solar winds are blowing
Neutron star controlling
All is lost, doomed and tossed, at what cost, forever
Meteors fly around me
Comets die
And then they, and then they, you wanna see how they try and surround me
I can say, here today, we shall stay forever
If you wanna find us in a hurry
Oh let me tell you don't you worry
I can't say, here today, we shall stay forever
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