Stained Class
Judas Priest
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Exciter
05 : 34
2
White Heat, Red Hot
04 : 20
3
Better by You, Better Than Me
03 : 24
4
Stained Class
05 : 20
5
Invader
04 : 15
6
Saints in Hell
05 : 31
7
Savage
03 : 27
8
Beyond the Realms of Death
06 : 54
9
Heroes End
05 : 02
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Track Lyrics
Exciter Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
Stand by for Exciter
Salvation is his task
Stand by for Exciter
Salvation bids to ask
[Verse 2]
Everything he touches fries into a crisp
Let him get close to you so you're in his trip
First you'll smoke and smolder, blister up and singe
When ignition hits you the very soul of your being will cringe
[Chorus]
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
[Lead: Glenn]
[Bridge]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Stand by for Exciter
Salvation is his task
Stand by for Exciter
Salvation bids to ask
[Verse 4]
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
[Chorus]
Stand by for Exciter
Salvation is his task
Stand by for Exciter
Here he comes now
Bow to your knees and repent if you please
[Lead: K.K.]
[Lead: Glenn]
[Bridge]
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
[Verse 1]
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
[Outro]
Stand by for Exciter
Stand by for Exciter
Stand by for Exciter
Stand by for Exciter
White Heat, Red Hot Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Refrain]
White heat, red hot
Burns deep, white heat red hot
[Verse 2]
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
[Refrain]
White heat, red hot
Burns deep, white heat red hot
[Chorus]
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
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
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
[Refrain]
White heat, red hot
Burns deep, white heat red hot
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
White heat
Red hot
White heat
Red hot
Stained Class Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Wild-eyed and tight-fisted, I'm fused to the bone
I stand contemplating, reacting alone
[Refrain]
Impaled with betrayal, the tourniquet turns
Society's creation, pole-axed out and burnt
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
Transfixed at deliverance, is this all there is?
Faithless continuum, into the abyss
Fierce is my conviction, absolute my belief
I spit at your apathy and seducer deceit
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Instrumental Break]
[Refrain]
Impaled with betrayal, the tourniquet turns
Society's creation, pole-axed out and burnt
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
Stained-class king
Saints in Hell Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
Wake the dead, the saints are in Hell
Wake the dead, they've come for the bell
[Verse 2]
Cover your fists
Razor your spears
It's been our possession
For eight thousand years
Fetch the scream eagles
Unleash the wild cats
Set loose the king cobras
And blood sucking bats
[Chorus]
Wake the dead, the saints are in Hell
Wake the dead, they've come for the bell
[Bridge 1]
We are saints
In Hell
We are saints
In Hell
We're going down
Into the fire
We're going down
Into the fire
[Bridge 2]
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
[Verse 3]
The battle is over
The saints are alive
How can we all thank you?
We felt so despised
[Outro]
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Saints in Hell
Heroes End Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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 got to take the rough
[Chorus]
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?
[Verse 2]
I heard a man's guitar electrify a crowd
I felt the sound shower around
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 its wake
You had no choice, no, but hear its voice
And you would listen hypnotised, and in a dream
But once so strong survive or become weak
[Chorus]
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?
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
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
[Verse 3]
I saw on silver screen an actor's rise to fame
But fast car users lose
That legend's born from death and that is such a shame
Because every year new ones appear
[Chorus]
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?
[Lead: Glenn]