Under the Blade

Album: Under the Blade (1979)
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  • A glint of steel, a flash of light
    You know you're not going home tonight
    Be it jack or switch, doctor's or mind
    Nowhere to run, everywhere you'll find

    You can't escape
    From the bed you've made
    When your time has come
    You'll accept the blade

    You're cornered in the alley way
    You know you're all alone
    You know it's gonna end this way
    The chill goes to the bone

    Now here it comes that glistening light
    It goes into your side
    Blackness comes, tonight's the night
    Blade is gonna ride
    'Cause you're under the blade, ohh
    You're under the blade

    It's not another party head
    This time you cannot rise
    Your hands are tied, your legs are strapped
    A light shines in your eyes

    You faintly see a razor's edge
    You open your mouth to cry
    You know you can't, it's over now
    The blade is gonna ride
    'Cause you're under the blade, ohh
    You're under the blade

    A glint of steel, a flash of light
    You know you're not going home tonight
    Be it jack or switch, doctor's or mind
    There's nowhere to run, everywhere you'll find

    You can't escape
    From the bed you've made
    When your time has come
    You'll accept the blade

    You've tried to make it to the front
    You're pinned against the side
    A monster stands before you now
    It's mouth is open wide

    The lights go on, the night explodes
    It tears into your mind
    When the night does end, you'll come again
    The blade is gonna ride
    'Cause you're under the blade, ohh
    You're under the blade

    Here it comes, baby, aow, whoa
    Oh, you're under it
    You're goin' down, down, down
    Down, down, down, down, down
    Down, down, down, down, down
    Hey, hey Writer/s: DANIEL DEE SNIDER
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Dan Gillespy from Courtenay BcA very good intense metal classic.
  • Fursuiter Chloe from Belvidere, IlI’ll turn this into a rp on instagram and start adding to the second person story until someone asks to participate and I’ll tell them about what happen’s in the roleplay
  • Robbie from Elizabethtown, KyActually Twisted Sister's "Under The Blade" album was released by the now defunct Secret Records in 1982 in the UK only and featured one track previously recorded but unreleased in 1979 entitled "I'll Never Grow Up Now!" Atlantic records re-released this album in 1985 to compensate for the commercial failure of their "Come Out And Play" album.
  • Adam from Marion, Ilif it's about surgery, then why the lyric, "You're cornered in the alley way, you know you're all alone"? indeed this is the only line that hints it might be about murder, and perhaps this lyric might be hinting that the guitarist was afraid of being murdered during surgery, but the thing about songs is that they can be about one thing, but another line in the song can lead people to think something completely different, especially since most heavy metal fans i know only hear about one line in each song either, and it's usually the first line, which in this case, is "A glint of steel, a flash of light", this could lead anyone to think of anything
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