Invincible Shield (Deluxe Edition) Album Lyrics by Judas Priest

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Panic Attack

The clamor and the clatter of incensed keys
Can bring a nation to its knees
On the wings of a lethal icon, bird of prey
It's a sign of the times when bedlam rules
When the masses condone pompous fools
And the scales of justice tip in disarray

Panic attack, panic attack
Panic attack, panic attack

Matters of fact fall on deaf ears
While the bitter mobs ramp up their fears
Go creeping 'round those corridors of power
As the dead heads gladly suffer sins
While the euthanizing then begins
The clock is ticking down to doomsday hour

Panic attack, panic attack
Panic attack, panic attack

Alien nations gleam
Cybertronic schemes
Fibre optic, mass hypnotic
Wild neurotic memes

Cynicism, greed is what you're fed
Disconnecting from the world wide web

It don't matter about your choice
'Cause all you've got is an empty voice
And there's no way left to tell what's right from wrong
There's still time left to do what's right
Eliminate those parasites
And force your mind amidst the angry throng

Panic attack, panic attack
Disconnect the system
Panic attack, panic attack
Euthanize the brain
Panic attack, panic attack
Blind synthetic wisdom
Panic attack, panic attack
Digitally, criminally insane

Panic attack, panic attack
Panic attack, panic attack
Panic attack, panic attack

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The Serpent and The King

Idols to their worlds
Manifesting anger
Conjurers of evil times
We can sense the danger
They claim every soul
Show you who's the leader
Bow before iconoclasts
Creators of disaster

They play with stars and Sulphur just for heavens sake
To them we are a fantasy to see who's first to break
When good and evil go to war we leave it up to fate
Since time began they fought for man incurring love and hate

The Serpent and The King
The Serpent and The King
The Serpent and The King
The Serpent and The King

Wiping out the weak
Lording their creation
Where you hide they'll find to seek
Feeding those mistaken
Pyramid of bones
Satiate their hunger
Volatilic they condone
Sympathize no longer

They play with stars and Sulphur just for heavens sake
To them we are a fantasy to see who's first to break
When good and evil go to war we leave it up to fate
Since time began they fought for man incurring love and hate

The Serpent and The King
The Serpent and The King (the end is coming soon)
The Serpent and The King
The Serpent and The King (it's time to meet your doom)

Cast out of paradise
Temptation's wrath
Constrict self sacrifice
The tree of life

They claim every soul
Show you who's the leader
Bow before iconoclasts
Creators of disaster

They play with stars and Sulphur just for heavens sake
To them we are fantasy, let's see who's first to break
When good and evil go to war we leave it up to fate
Since time began they fought for man incurring love and hate

The Serpent and The King
The Serpent and The King
The Serpent and The King
The Serpent and The King
The Serpent and The King (the end is coming soon)
The Serpent and The King (prepare to meet your doom)

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Invincible Shield

Clad in steel
Raise the barricades
None shall pass, friend or foe

Hold your ground
Pacts are galvanized
Chained by truth, blood will flow

Face your fate
Bain or sacrifice
To the hilt stain the sword

Charge your soul
Purge infinity
Clarion's cry, strike the chord

Faith and honor
Hearts are golden

(Invincible) our masses are united
(Invincible) forever and today
(Invincible) can never be divided
And nothing can stand in our way
Invincible shield

Smash and grab
Let loose infamy
Hit the pit, feel the force

Crushing earth
Shatter disbelief
Petrifyer, of course

Sacred sound
Bred to volatize
Devastation supreme

Consecrate
Deep beneath the ground
Excommunicate sin

Praise this power
Strength in union

(Invincible) our masses are united
(Invincible) forever and today
(Invincible) can never be divided
And nothing can stand in our way
Invincible shield

Crashing the earth, shattering disbelief
Consecrating beneath sacred sound
Scattering stunning, the heathens are running
Destroying the gods that we've crowned
Hearts are golden
Our faith and our honor defends
We raise the invincible shield

Clad in steel
Raise the barricades
None shall pass, friend or foe

Shock and stun
Blessed empery
Nullify or convert

(Invincible) our masses are united
(Invincible) forever and today
(Invincible) can never be divided
We're invincible

(Invincible) our masses are united
(Invincible) forever and today
(Invincible) can never be divided
And nothing can stand in our way
Invincible shield

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Devil in Disguise

Mischievous, a twinkle in his eye
It grieves us that all he said's a lie
So frantic, he wears a sickly grin
Romantic, the way he reels you in

Still mixing your mind
What was real disappears
He's one of a kind, planting all your fears

He's a devil
The devil in disguise
He's a devil
The devil in disguise

(Delusion) a master of the grift
(Confusion) his slight of hand is swift
(Alluring) a whisper in your head
(So charming) manipulating dread

It peddles and stalks
Machiavellian shiv
Ambidextrous talks
Nothing's left to live

He's a devil
The devil in disguise
He's a devil
The devil in disguise

He's a devil
The devil in disguise
He's a devil
He's the devil in disguise

Fictitious conjurer who grinds against your will
He's like a sniper when he goes in for the kill
Imposing charlatan shadows are his friend
A deviant Pecksniffian, his words are all pretend

(Devil in disguise
Devil in disguise
He's the devil in disguise
The devil in disguise)

Still mixing your mind
What was real disappears
He's one of a kind
Preying on your fears

He's a devil
The devil in disguise
He's a devil
The devil in disguise

He's a devil
The devil in disguise
He's a devil
Devil in disguise

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Gates of Hell

It's a long way down to purgatory
But we'll get there if you ride with me
(You're invited) on your mind we'll feast
(There's a place set) at the table of the beast

Lose your mind and take control
Sign on the line and let the priest sell your soul

We go screaming through the gates of hell
We got fire in our veins
Oh, we're screaming through the gates of hell
To the choirs of the insane

At the altar I will get down on my knees
I can't falter when this faith becomes my creed
(I surrender) every ounce of my free will
(When we worship) in the covenant of steel

Lose your mind and take control
Sign on the line and sell the devil your soul

We go screaming through the gates of hell
We got fire in our veins
Oh, we're screaming through the gates of hell
Our kingdom and domain

We go screaming through the gates of hell
We got fire in our veins
Oh, we're screaming through the gates of hell
And hell is where we reign

This monument is cast in chrome
The holy ghost burns on his throne

We go screaming through the gates of hell
We got fire in our veins
Oh, we're screaming through the gates of hell
To the choirs of the insane

We go screaming through the gates of hell
We got fire in our veins
Oh, we're screaming through the gates of hell
And hell is where we reign

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Crown of Horns

I learned the hard way
That what you dream for
Comes from the pain you hold inside
I'm on a long road
There is no answer
You have to hold the love you find
I'd wait so helpless
But love was waiting
Just like an angel in the dark

Heavy is the crown of horns that rests upon this head
Heavy is the crown of horns from all the blood he shed

The days seemed endless
No sense of calling
Until the daylight came to be
I thought of rapture
To end this capture
Then something grew inside of me
I found my way now
And I am soaring
Almost touching every star

Heavy is the crown of horns that rests upon this head
Heavy is the crown of horns from all the blood he shed
Heavy is the crown of horns that kept the faith so bright
Heavy is the crown of horns that gave me all this life

I'll call out to the world tonight
To raise your horns up high
I'm calling to the world tonight
To let your voices fly
I'll call out to the world tonight
Give thanks for we are saved
I'm calling to the world tonight
To never be afraid

The end of longing
A place to rest now
I found the answer to my prayer
I'm on my way now
And I am soaring
I'm almost touching every star

Heavy is the crown of horns that rests upon this head
Heavy is the crown of horns from all the blood he shed
Heavy is the crown of horns that kept the faith so bright
Heavy is the crown of horns that gave me all this life

Heavy is the crown of horns that rests upon this head
Heavy is the crown of horns from all the blood he shed
Heavy is the crown of horns that kept the faith so bright
Heavy is the crown of horns that gave me all this life

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As God Is My Witness

Trapped inside this ball of confusion
Thoughts of death lead me astray
Prying eyes reveal a lost illusion
I shall resist when evil comes my way

When minds collide
War of the worlds
Speaking in tongues of the unholy

As God is my witness
I swear there'll be hell to pay
As God is my witness
I will prevail until the end of days

Defiance makes me climb the highest mountain
To freely breathe the air that I demand
If I can crush the nightmares of oblivion
The tide will turn and bring me back to land

Man's destiny invokes heresy
Speaking in tongues that spit out fire

As God is my witness
I swear there'll be hell to pay
As God is my witness
I will prevail until the end

As God is my witness
I swear there'll be hell to pay
As God is my witness
I will prevail until the end of days

Zadkiel's unholy war begins
They crawl to Jacob's ladder
No forgiveness for their sins
(Sins, sins, sins, sins)

Man's destiny invokes heresy
Feeding the minds of the unholy
When minds collide war of the worlds
Speaking in tongues that spit out fire

As God is my witness
I swear there'll be hell to pay
As God is my witness
I will prevail until the end

God is my witness
I swear there'll be hell to pay
As God is my witness
I will prevail until the end of days

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Trial By Fire

Shot down in cold blood
Didn't know my name
No one understood
So I took the blame
Where I left my mark
When the system fell
You were in my grasp
Hid behind your veil

Bound and abused
Branded a liar
I have endured
Trial by fire

Hang me out to dry
I broke every rule
Fell right in your trap
Played me for a fool
Catch you safe and sound
Tried to make you mine
Took this holy vow
Then you crossed the line

Burden of guilt
Branded a liar
Falsely accused
Trial by fire

Committed no crime
In my innocence
I have endured trial by fire
Life is so cruel and unbearable
I can't let you get in my way
What I need now is a miracle
To get to the end of each day

Burden of guilt
Branded a liar
Whipped and abused
Trial by fire

Committed no crime
In my innocence
I have endured trial by fire
Trial by fire
Trial by fire

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Escape From Reality

Some days I feel inside that all is lost
I'm in a maze and can't return or wake at any cost
I can't explain it when the good turned bad
In free-fall feeling nothing from the emptiness I had

Agony
Escape from reality brings you down
Agony
Escape from reality brings you down

If I could turn back time I would return
Back to the place and memories I left to crash and burn
What felt right back then I could never see
The foolish ways of my mistakes would come back haunting me

Agony
Escape from reality brings you down
Agony
Escape from reality brings you down

Agony
Escape from reality brings you down
Agony
Escape from reality brings you down

(Get lost in a psychedelic haze)
Levitating to a place that will amaze
(Trance-sending in a void of time and space)
Hallucinations from another worldly place
Levitating to a place that will amaze
Hallucinations from another worldly place

Still I'm prepared to bring it all to bear
Put out my hand to anyone to take what I'll repair

Agony
Escape from reality brings you down
Agony
Escape from reality brings you down

Agony
Escape from reality brings you down
Agony
Escape from reality brings you down

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Sons of Thunder

Ride out, burn up the energy
One way to live
It's time to find you liberty
There's more to give

Take it or leave it
None but the brave

Let's ride all night
Sons of thunder (sons of thunder)
Let's ride all night
Sons of thunder

Hold fast head for the better life
Make your heart steer
Speed-up break through the barrier
The road is clear

Take it or leave it
None but the brave

Let's ride all night
Sons of thunder (sons of thunder)
Let's ride all night
Sons of thunder

Rollin' like thunder we rumble and roar
Leading the pack as we scream out for more

Let's ride all night
Sons of thunder (sons of thunder)
Let's ride all night
Sons of thunder

Let's ride all night
Sons of thunder (sons of thunder)
Let's ride all night
Sons of thunder

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Giants in the Sky

The mighty have fallen
The memories fading
The legend still lives on
The sound of the giants
The echoes remaining
Will never be forgot

Homage to the legends
'Til the bitter end
Leaving such a legacy, my friends

Giants in the sky
You won't ever die
Giants in the sky
You won't ever die

The sound of their music
Alive in the cosmos
There's power in the air
The world is on fire
Their energies blazing
They left us all they had

Homage to the legends
'Til the bitter end
Leaving such a legacy, my friends

Giants in the sky
You won't ever die
Giants in the sky
You won't ever die

If you only knew just how much you mean to me
And how your love still gets me through the day
I'm not alone when you care
Having someone that's always there
Helps me pull through you always do
You're never far away

Homage to the legends
'Til the bitter end
Leaving such a legacy, my friends

Giants in the sky
You won't ever die
Giants in the sky
You won't ever die
Giants in the sky
You
Won't ever
Die

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Fight of Your Life

It's taken one by one
To see what I've become
Been looking at the point of no return

It's when I score and drive
That makes me come alive
To break it down and come around
And make it no concern

In the moment when you think you're falling
It's up to you, you've got the fight of your life
In the battle you're the last man standing
You're the victor of the fight
The fight of your life

I'll face it toe to toe
No point in letting go
To stick it out no matter what they say

And should I hit the ground
I'm ready to rebound
Still on my feet with no retreat
And set to seize the say

In the moment when you think you're falling
It's up to you you've got the fight of your life
In the battle you're the last man standing
You're the victor of the fight
The fight of your life

I got to look in deep
And pull out all I keep
The wear and tear is bringing up the past

I'm overturning stones
Get down to skin and bones
Then lay it out and work it out
And throw away the trash

In the moment when you think you're falling
It's up to you you've got the fight of your life
In the battle you're the last man standing
You're the victor of the fight
The fight of your life

In the moment when you think you're falling
It's up to you you've got the fight of your life
In the battle you're the last man standing
You're the victor of the fight
The fight of your life

In the moment when you think you're falling
It's up to you you've got the fight of your life
In the battle you're the last man standing
It's up to you you've got the fight
The fight of your life

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Vicious Circle

You tear my soul apart
By any means with wicked schemes cut deep
The way that you contrive
Makes me wonder how you ever sleep

Still I held out every chance
You'd come back to your senses
But that path was filled with smoke
To prove what you intended

I stand against you as you rage
My fate has struck your gilded cage
I knew you'd bite and hurt us
Vicious circle

A parody of truth
Is mirrored in the mask you chose to wear
With empathy so numb
You never felt the lives that you despair

Master of hypocrisy
Who dislocates my reason
Through constant lies that you implant
This manifest of treason

Provoked to go to any length
I'll use up every ounce of strength
And break the chain that binds this
Vicious circle

Still I held out every chance
You'd come back to your senses
But that path was filled with smoke
To prove what you intended

I stand against you as you rage
My fate has struck your gilded cage
I knew you'd bite and hurt us
Vicious circle

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The Lodger

He's the lodger trying hard to blend in
As he stalks his prey
He's no killer, but he can't let this man
Just walk away

He thinks of nothing but this
I'll bring my brand of justice

"Vengeance is mine," said the lodger
Vengeance is mine
"Vengeance is mine," said the lodger
Vengeance is mine

The night he got there, heavy fog rollin' in
The landlord did say
Is he the killer? That poor girl had no chance
The man was depraved

But now the lodger lives there
'Cause that dead girl was his sister

"Vengeance is mine," said the lodger
Vengeance is mine
"Vengeance is mine," said the lodger
Vengeance is mine

Gonna find him
Gotta find him
When I find him
They'll never find him

A policeman caught the killer
Now he and I can tell her

"Vengeance is mine," said the lodger
Vengeance is mine
"Vengeance is mine," said the lodger
Vengeance is mine

"Vengeance is mine," said the lodger
Vengeance is mine
"Vengeance is mine," said the lodger
Vengeance is mine

Gonna find him
Gotta find him
When I find him
They'll never find me