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Stained Class

This version of Stained Class was released by Judas Priest in 1978.

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Wild-eyed and tight fisted, I’m fused to the bone
I stand contemplating, reacting alone
Impaled with betrayal
The tourniquet turns
Society’s creation
Pole-axed out and burnt

Long ago when man was king, his heart was clean now he’s stained class
Time has slashed each untouched thing, so now he’s just a stained class king

Transfixed at deliverance, is this all there is
Faithless continuum, into the abyss
Fierce is my conviction, absolute my belief
I spit at you apathy, and seducer deceit

Long ago when man was king, his heart was clean now he’s stained class
Time has slashed each untouched thing, so now he’s just a stained class king

Lethal, deadly, hung, drawn and quartered
He slaughtered and faltered and altered the world
But by doing so smashed all his hopes and utopian dreams
Whipping, stripping, peeling the flesh off, relentless and senseless
His lust snapped like vipers whose fangs sank in deep
To infest and decay from the core

Impaled with betrayal, the tourniquet turns
Society’s creation, pole-axed out and burnt

Long ago when man was king, his heart was clean now he’s stained class
Time has slashed each untouched thing, so now he’s just a stained class king

Stained class king

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Judas Priest has released many songs over the years besides Stained Class. 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 Stained Class by Judas Priest

The lyrics to Stained Class are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Judas Priest in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Stained Class are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Judas Priest and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Stained Class back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Stained Class by Judas Priest in a number of ways. 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 Stained Class" means the words set to the music of Stained Class, 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 Stained Class and the lyrics to Stained Class 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 Stained Class, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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