The Warrior

Album: The Warrior (1984)
Charted: 7
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  • You run, run, run away
    It's your heart that you betray
    Feeding on your hungry eyes
    I bet you're not so civilized

    Well, isn't love primitive
    A wild gift that you want to give
    Break out of captivity
    And follow me stereo jungle child
    Love is the kill
    You're heart's still wild

    Shooting at the walls of heartache bang, bang
    I am the warrior
    Well, I am the warrior
    And heart to heart you'll win
    If you survive, the warrior, the warrior

    You talk, talk, talk to me
    You're eyes touch me physically
    Stay with me, we'll take the night
    As passion takes another bite
    Oh, who's the hunter, who's the game
    I feel the beat call your name
    I hold you close in victory
    I don't want to tame your animal style
    You won't be caged
    In the call of the wild

    Shooting at the walls of heartache bang, bang
    I am the warrior
    Well, I am the warrior
    And heart to heart you'll win
    If you survive, the warrior, the warrior
    I am the warrior

    Shooting at the walls of heartache (shooting at the walls of heartache)
    The warrior
    I am the warrior
    And heart to heart you'll win
    Heart to heart you'll win
    If you survive, the warrior, the warrior

    Shooting at the walls of heartache
    I am the warrior
    Yes, I am the warrior
    And victory is mine

    Shooting at the walls of heartache
    I am the warrior
    Shooting at the walls of heartache bang, bang
    I am the warrior Writer/s: Holly Knight, Nick Gilder
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Seventhmist from 7th HeavenThat album certainly had one of the more memorable covers I ever saw.
  • Royden from Columbus Ohio 43213-2416I first hear this song at fort Dix in in 1984.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 8th 1984, Scandal performed "The Warrior” on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time it was at #8 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and two weeks later it would peak at #7 {for 2 weeks} and spent 21 weeks on the Top 100...
    And on July 22nd, 1984 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart...
    As already stated, in 1992 Patty Smyth reached #2 {for 6 weeks} with "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"; and for those 6 weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for all those weeks was "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men...
    Ms. Smyth celebrated her 57th birthday three months ago on June 26th {2014} and since April of 1997 she has been married to four-time U.S. Open tennis champion, John McEnroe.
  • Marlenín from La Vega, Dominican RepublicSounds kind of sexy!!!!
  • Ron from Tyler, TxSexy video; 'nuf said.
  • Sam from Seattle, WaThis was used in the Family Guy episode "Petarded", as music for Stewie's I-pod commerical.
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