Lyrics to
Dying To Meet You

This version of Dying To Meet You was released by Judas Priest in 1974.

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Came in this morning high on a bird’s wing
Wide open minded,but still quite aware
Followed the sunrise right through from dawning
Picking out landmarks that said i was there
Lead to positions by stern faced leaders
Who never let one smile depart from their face

Then with an arm raised the slaughter is started
One or two crack up and start to cry
A selfishness breeds in this cesspool of sorrow
And every few moments I see a friend die
Synchronized watches flash in the sunlight
As into the battle we are all led

Killer, killer, you keep your thoughts at bay
Maiming, destroying every single day,
Is this the way that you get your fun slaying, waylaying in the heat of the midday sun,
Get out, get out, go and do your job
Rape and pillage, squander all and rob.
You make me sick getting paid for murder,

But you wouldn’t lay a finger on your mother, oh, no
You’ll never ever dream to hurt her.
Hero, hero, you have done so well
So sit back and lick your wounds ’cause you won’t go to hell.
Take your medal, wear it now with pride.
Consolation for the pain and sin you feel inside.

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Judas Priest has released many songs over the years besides Dying To Meet You. Judas Priest released songs from 1974 to 2005 spanning across albums like Rocka Rolla, Sad Wings Of Destiny, Sin After Sin, Killing Machine / Hell Bent For Leather, Stained Class, British Steel, Point Of Entry, Screaming For Vengeance, Defenders Of The Faith, Turbo, Ram It Down, Painkiller, Jugulator, Demolition, and Angel Of Retribution. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Judas Priest.

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About Lyrics and Dying To Meet You by Judas Priest

The lyrics for Dying To Meet You are defined as the words making up the song released by Judas Priest in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Dying To Meet You have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Judas Priest and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Dying To Meet You by Judas Priest if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Dying To Meet You" means the words set to the music of Dying To Meet You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Judas Priest. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Dying To Meet You and the lyrics to Dying To Meet You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Judas Priest who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dying To Meet You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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