The Rage

Album: British Steel (1980)
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  • From a fireball we came
    Crossed sea and mountain
    We were drinking beauty with our eyes
    We were given all to make our own
    Let us be left alone

    Lay the tasks and pay the price, everything suffice
    Crushed and bolted all we craved
    After every whim, what a state we're in
    Is pain better than the grave?

    When we talk without amend
    We see red and then
    Deep inside our blood begins to boil
    Like a tiger in the cage
    We begin to shake with rage Writer/s: Glenn Raymond Tipton, Kenneth Downing, Robert Halford
    Publisher: REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Round Hill, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 4

  • Dan Gillespy from Courtenay BcA very good Judas Priest classic about being angry and a small bit of reggae style guitar playing in parts of this song.
  • Mike Ox-huge from HellProbably my favorite bassline to play at band practise.
  • James Mendola from The Bronx, NyOne of my favorite Judas Priest songs! Just want to reply to the comment below.... the lyrics are not " When we talk with other men....." The line is "When we talk without amend".
  • Zero from Nowhere, NjMy cousin, who worships this band, interpreted the lyrics as, "When we talk with other men, we see red in men," the color red standing for love/passion, though not in a gay way as you may think, but as in feeling brotherly love for your friends and buddies while togther conversing and having a good time.
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