Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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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
Crashed and bolted all we craved
After every win
what a state we're in
Is pain better than the grave

When we talk with other men,
we see red, and then…
Deep inside the blood begins to boil
Like a tiger in the cage
We begin to shake with rage…


Written by: Robert Halford, Kenneth Downing, Glenn Tipton
Album: British Steel
Released: 1980

Rob Halford said "Even I'm not sure what I was singing about back then... it was probably like... be free to be what you want to be."