Lyrics

[Guitar Solo: Glenn Tipton] [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Guitar Solo: Glenn Tipton] [Verse 2] Transfixed at deliverance, is this all there is? Faithless continuum, into the abyss Fierce is my conviction, absolute my belief I spit at your apathy and seducer deceit [Chorus] 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 [Bridge] 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 [Guitar Solo: Glenn Tipton] [Pre-Chorus] Impaled with betrayal, the tourniquet turns Society's creation, pole-axed out and burnt [Chorus] 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 [Guitar Solo: Glenn & K.K.] [Outro] Stained-class king