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Edited on Thu Jun-23-05 10:48 PM by eyepaddle
although it goes back to 1978. From the Judas Priest info pages:
(Thanks to Andrew Austin for his help on the call-and-response section in the first verse. As for the term Hyksos, they were a conquering Semitic tribe whose kings ruled over Egypt from the 18th to the 16th centuries before they were defeated and driven out of the Nile. The period of Hyksos rule was synonymous with anarchy and destruction.)
Wild-eyed and tight fisted, I'm fused to the bone I stand contemplating, reacting alone Impaled with betrayal (Crashing on Hyksos) The tourniquet turns (Mount passing God fear) Society's creation (Tip of his finger) Pole-axed out and burnt (They're spying his throne)
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
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
Stained class king
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