Rob Halford

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes But little Lord Jesus, no crying he mak...

Will you go to heaven Will you land in hell Are the things you're praying for The things that serve you well? Did you get satisfaction Have you paid the price Can you look me in the eye Say you found paradise? Betrayal, you are what you choose Betrayal, got...

[Halford/Binks] He'd had enough he couldn't take anymore He found a place in his mind and slammed the door No matter how they tried they couldn't understand They washed and dressed him fed him by hand Yeah i've left the world behind I am safe here in my mind...

[Meine/Schenker/Rarebell/Kittelsen] [Originally performed by Scorpions] [Bonus Track] I realize I missed the day But I'm too wrecked to care anyway I look around and see the face What the hell have I lost my taste Don't want to find out Just want to cut out...

[Halford/Downing/Tipton] There I was completely wasting Out of work and down All inside it's so frustrating As I drift from town to town Feel as though nobody cares If I live or die So I might as well begin To put some action in my life Breaking th...

When the children sing And the snow starts falling When the sleigh bells ring Saying Santa's calling There's an open fire And a tree that's glistening It's the middle of the night As we all lay listening When christmas comes for everyone It brings u...

Oh, come all ye faithful Joyful and triumphant Oh, come ye Oh, come ye to Bethlehem Come and behold Him Born the King of angels Oh, come let us adore Him Oh, come let us adore Him Oh, come let us adore Him Christ the Lord Sing choirs of angels Sing in exult...

The cause of my affliction Can never be resolved A case for self infliction Whose sin can't be dissolved Lost in a room of mirrors There's only one way out But suicide is easy When all you have is doubt Idolize the demigods The weapon of stigmata Drowning in...

Smell your world when you come I won't make a victim I lie awake and I'm forsaken From all the holes in my time You saved up for this true lie The devil bides her time in waiting And still she comes Crystallized in paranoia Lost yourself inside her madness...

[Halford/Chlasciak/Roy Z] You're trapped inside my Cyber World Consumed up as my web unfurls No secrets left for your mankind. My virus lurks throughtout your veins I'm spreading there inside your brain A Trojan Horse that eats your mind. Cyber World Cyber...

The daylight is fading You've got to believe The magic is growing on this blessed eve From out of the heaven The icons appear The highest of power at this time of year Donner and Blitzen Tear through the sky Raining good fortune Love from a high Don...

[Halford/Roy Z/Marlette] I've got you under my wheels now baby That's where you belong I've got you under my wheels now baby I'll drive you all night long I've got you under my wheels now baby There's nothing you can do I've got you under my wheels now baby...

[Halford/Downing/Tipton] Up here in space I'm looking down on you My lasers trace Everything you do You think you're private lives Think nothing of the kind There is no true escape I'm watching all the time I'm made of metal My circuits gleam I am perpetua...

Radiator radio the energy and after glow That keeps me comin' back to what you give You say the things I want to hear And every night you make it clear The messages you send out make me live Fire and ice I know you're waiting for me Staying alive with...

A desert moon is rising Down that road's a distant place A home where I have run from A town where I can't show my face I put myself before you I should have known where that would lead No one had to possess me And make me into what you need Ride on fugitive...

[Tipton/KK/Halford] Mercenary battalions Are poised to strike us down Terminations conquest Upon us now full grown Save me my hearts open wide Help me no question of pride Save me my people have died Total genocide Devastation hungers she waits to leap to e...

God bringer of death God bringer of death Tormenter of nations Cause bred out for war Blackened incantations Keep on striking to the core Why is it that you cannot see It's you that has created me I am your fears come into life And now I'm taking wh...

God rest ye merry, gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember, Christ, our Saviour Was born on Christmas day To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray O tidings of comfort and joy From God our Heavenly Father A blessed Angel came And...

Golgotha, rise up from your tomb Devil's had a taste of holy water Lost children need your guiding hand Take them through the fire of the promised land Now we've come together We're all waiting for a sign If it takes forever We believe in the divine Grand Ca...

Good King Wenceslas looked out On the feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about, Deep and crisp and even. Brightly shone the moon that night, Though the frost was cruel, When a poor man came in sight, Gathering winter fuel. Hither, page, and sta...

Cowards are unholy Parasites that hide Detonate the human bomb Hands are all awash in blood Carnage from the scriptures Slaughter of the lamb Break the neck of the white dove Run down by the tracks above Whip the back Of your messiah Your peace kills by deat...

Hark! the herald angels sing: "Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled" Joyful, all ye nations rise Join the triumph of the skies With angelic hosts proclaim: "Christ is born in Bethlehem" Hark! the herald an...

[Halford/Downing/Tipton] Crashing through the city streets Caught in the glare of the midnight sun I've got wings upon my feet But locked as I run Now you're just a breath away From knocking me senseless to the ground No escape I hear you say You're never sa...

With a friend to share your angry life Deadly secrets to resolve your strife Death remaining on each thought you owned Blackened hate in legacies renowned Love and death Lure your prey Thought by thought From your hate Recanted murder in a place of peace Hid...

[Halford/Chlasciak] [Bonus - Japan only] I cry from the madness Then reach for a hand Stay on the lifeline Till I understand I watched my world's collide And drive me underground I've been to hell and back And beat the devil down I'm all I have I'm all I n...

The way you look at me Feel all your hatred building I won't be what you see A nation built for killing The color of the skin Dividing church's saviors The wars that you begin Reflect in your behavior We live and die From all this isolating We live and die W...

[Japanese bonus] I'll tell you something A few more hours I'll turn away and won't be found All your dreaming Your wish is falling I'm going away to someplace I'm searching, need some time To, see what I can find I know what I want And I can see it I've been...

[Halford] Bear witness to treason Abeyance they cower Compulsion of liars Addicted to power Into the pit Into the pit Conspiring for sation Malfeasance on high Obstruction of duty Disorder will rise Into the pit Into the pit Possession by force Reprisal t...

[Halford/Downing/Tipton] Deadly as the viper Peering from its coil The poison there is coming to the boil Ticking like a time bomb The fuse is running short On the verge of snapping if it's caught And all the pressure that's been building up For all the yea...

Joy to the world, the Lord has come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing Joy to the world, the Savior reigns Let men their songs employ...

[Halford] Life in black You never were there for me No never at all You never took care of me You just watched me fall Life in black Life in black I placed all my faith in you I needed you here Christ knows what i've got to do To rid me of fear Life in bla...

[Halford] Innocence is calling Raptures in the past Craving for salvation of the mind Serenity is calling Seeking only truth Vision block forever left behind Light comes out of black Stand and face the fear Give him eye too eye Walk the walk right here Ima...

One chance one dream for you No limits to deny Move on and grab the prize Like diamonds in the sky Stay strong and you'll believe Stay strong and then you'll see Beg steal or borrow Like there's no tomorrow Your fortune is fleeting But love has no b...

[Halford/Lachman/Roy Z] I've got no sympathy For all you've done to me I'll bring you to your knees And give you what you please I'm gonna get to you Just like you got to me And then I'll do to you Just what you did to me I'm gonna shoot it, I'm gonna shoot...

I'm a wheel, I'm a wheel, I can roll, I can feel And you can't stop me turning Cause I'm the sun, I'm the sun, I can move, I can run But you'll never stop me burning Come down with fire, lift my spirit higher Someones screaming my name Come and make me...

The gold ran dry in '54 so with a broken hand He packed his bags and headed south across the Rio Grande The town was mean and brutal for a gringo filled with strife He was about to end it all when some thing changed his life A bullfight in the street went...

[Halford/Downing/Tipton] We'd taken too much for granted And all the time it had grown From techno seeds we'd first planted Evolved a mind of its own Walking in the street dragging iron feet Laser beaming hearts Ripping men apart From what had been our perf...

The morning star is shining So brightly in the night Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh I feel the love that's guiding me To stand inside its light Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh And when I look yp to the sky And let my sould release A warm embrace comes...

[Halford] Sig sauer. Victim of a system's non-control Devour, striking terror into every soul Communication breakdown onto self destruction Schizophrenic people breeding hate Pessimistic thinking from a failed connection Survival comes when we annihilate N...

[Halford/Lachman/Chlasciak] Your love is killing me, it draws me to the dark Your veil of ecstacy, that leaves the telling mark The spell you cast inside, is stabbing through my heart It reaches deep within, it's pulling me apart Night Fall, you take my soul...

O little town of Bethlehem How still we see Thee lie Above Thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting light The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in Thee tonight For Christ is born of Mar...

I see the gods in the arena They stand beneath the blinding lights The roar becomes a deafening silence In reverence before the fight One will live tonight One will die tonight One will stand and One will fall One in victory One in misery Only one will take...

[Halford/Downing/Tipton/Lachman] When I saw your face I Became a prisoner of your eyes And I would do most anything To stay and be with you. How did we go wrong? I can't believe it's over Tell me why it's happening? Who threw it all away? Don't you hear me...

Hold your loved ones close up Keep them near and dear Safely in your open arms Succumb ye not to fear Cherishing the memories Together and apart Those that have departed us Still live on in our hearts In winter's darkest moments There's a candle burn...

[Halford/Lachman/Baxter/Roy Z] I'm digging deep inside my soul To bring myself out of this God-damned hole I rid the demons from my heart And found the truth was with me from the start Holy angel lift me from this burning hell Resurrection make me whole Son...

[Halford/Downing/Tipton] Shooting for the stars Cruise the speed of light Glowing god of mars Body burning bright We'll I'm riding, riding on the wind Yes I'm riding, riding on the wind Tearing up through life Million miles an hour Blinding all in sight Sur...

[Tipton] I move as fast as I can I like to get around I'm crazy like a mad man My feet don't touch the ground I move amongst the night life And they just step aside 'cos when they see me coming They know I'm running wild Dead or alive There's nothing that...

[Halford/Chlasciak/Lachman] [Bonus - Japan only] Who can say they've never made mistakes. Only fools will suffer what they make Owning up rids poison when you can Admitting you were wrong makes you a man It's everywhere But do you care? Sad wings o...

[Halford/Lachman/Roy Z] I'm set to paralyze I'm older so I'm wise I have been crucified With words personified Here I am now, I'm your savior There can be only one I'm the master, past and future Now the end has begun I've always stood alone Your time got o...

[Halford] Inner world trance of the lifeless souls Search and destroy of the damned Turning the grave of the bleached out bones Rise of the ghosts of bedlam Lay on the blade of the cold guillotine Feeling the steel on my spine Taste of the blood as it falls...

She is the one who fills my soul With grace and dignity so rare A jewel that shines upon her child And lifts me to a higher place - a higher place She sang to me before I breathed Alive inside she gave me life I felt her heartbeat as if touching mine The rhy...

[Halford/Marlette] Look at me I'm chasing After dreams left in the storm What I am is all That really matters now That lies are gone - That lies are gone, All the lies are gone, The lies are gone. Tempting fate and losing Friends along the way I loved No reg...

Look at me I’m chasing After dreams left in the storms What I am is all That really matters now That lies are gone The lies are gone And the lies are gone The lies are gone Tempting fate and losing Friends along the way I loved No regrets I’m standing With a...

Look at me I’m chasing After dreams left in the storms What I am is all That really matters now That lies are gone The lies are gone And the lies are gone The lies are gone Tempting fate and losing Friends along the way I loved No regrets I’m standing With a...

Look at me I’m chasing After dreams left in the storms What I am is all That really matters now That lies are gone The lies are gone And the lies are gone The lies are gone Tempting fate and losing Friends along the way I loved No regrets I’m standing With a...

Look at me I’m chasing After dreams left in the storms What I am is all That really matters now That lies are gone The lies are gone And the lies are gone The lies are gone Tempting fate and losing Friends along the way I loved No regrets I’m standing With a...

[Halford/Marlette/Roy Z] Let it be Still my anger Bring me peace From my temper I'm trying every way I can I'm doing wrong I understand Let it be - slow down - watch the pressure fall Bring me peace - slow down - I can't have it, I can't have it all. Break...

[Halford/Tipton] 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 clas...

I, want to steer for the sun For the day has begun It's saying, it's saying My, soul just wanted to freeze To collapse and to seize From the waiting You, know it matters to me That I have to rage free I was longing All that I feel is my soul I will never le...

[Halford/Lachman/Chlasciak/Roy Z] I know what's going on inside your crooked mind I've been around too long to know about your kind I made you feel I was a victim of your prey I let you tie me down though I can get away Don't you lead me into temptation Don'...

The first Noel the angels did say Was to certain poor shepards in fields as they lay: In fields where they lay keeping their sheep On a cold winter's night that was so deep Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel! They looked up and saw a star...

[Halford/Dickinson/Roy Z] You may not like the future And we're not here to preach to you We'll take you to the killing floor. You think you want to know me You think you want to own me But I have nothing you can buy. I can break you I can raise you Bring y...

Such desperation Left you in shame This bitter harvest Bearing all the blame Man will never end your suffering Stealing all your years God is with you but won't save you From your Trail of Tears From this oblivion Seek dignity Just human cargo Crying to be f...

[Bob Halligan Jr.] Got a grip like steel on wood This is all for your own good And If you wanna get away - wanna be free Wanna get anywhere but right here beside me - you'll have to Twist, twist, twist away from me Twist, twist, twist - away Twist, twist, t...

[Halford/Tipton] Behold 'tis I the commander whose grip controls you all Resist me not surrender i'll no compassion call Tyrant captor of humanity Tyrant conqueror of all Tyrant hideous destructor Tyrant everyman shall fall Your very lives are held between...

We three kings of Orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar Field and fountain, moor and mountain Following yonder star Oh, oh, star of wonder, star of night Star with royal beauty bright Westward leading, still proceeding Guide us to thy perfect light Born...

You never know me Cause I won't let you in Not all I am Is on the surface Always concealing what Is lying within Ain't fellin' guilt When there's no purpose It's too late To turn around No tomorrow Obvious truths are for The dumb and the weak Go on pretendi...

What Child is this who laid to rest On Mary's lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping This is Christ the King Whom shepherds guard and angels sing Haste, haste to bring Him laud The Babe, the Son of Mary Why li...

Bum bum bum bum, bum bum bum bum Bum bum, bum bum bum bum Bum bum, bum bum bum bum This is my winter song to you The storm is coming soon It rolls in from the sea My voice, a beacon in the night My words will be your light To carry you to me Is love alive?...

White swords of blinding razor light Blast round the earth Validating with immortal strength Courage of the brave From the aftermath of dust and flames Resilience soars Upon the searing light's reflected blade That guards and saves The dark sky The victims T...