As God Is My Witness – English Lyrics

• By: Judas Priest
• Album: Invincible Shield

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw power of Judas Priest's "As God Is My Witness," a quintessential heavy metal anthem that showcases the band's enduring energy. Learning the lyrics of this track offers an engaging way to grasp powerful, assertive English phrases related to defiance and determination, set against a backdrop of electrifying guitar riffs and soaring vocals. Its straightforward yet impactful language makes it a rewarding song for metal enthusiasts looking to connect with English through music.

[English]

Trapped inside this ball of confusion

Thoughts of death lead me astray

Prying eyes reveal a lost illusion

I shall resist when evil comes my way

When minds collide

War of the worlds

Speaking in tongues of the unholy

As God is my witness

I swear there'll be hell to pay

As God is my witness

I will prevail until the end of days

...

Defiance makes me climb the highest mountain

To freely breathe the air that I demand

If I can crush the nightmares of oblivion

The tide will turn and bring me back to land

Man's destiny invokes heresy

Speaking in tongues that spit out fire

As God is my witness

I swear there'll be hell to pay

As God is my witness

I will prevail until the end

As God is my witness

I swear there'll be hell to pay

As God is my witness

I will prevail until the end of days

...

Zadkiel's unholy war begins

They crawl to Jacob's ladder

No forgiveness for their sins

...

Man's destiny invokes heresy

Feeding the minds of the unholy

When minds collide war of the worlds

Speaking in tongues that spit out fire

As God is my witness

I swear there'll be hell to pay

As God is my witness

I will prevail until the end

God is my witness

I swear there'll be hell to pay

As God is my witness

I will prevail until the end of days

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
witness /ˈwɪtnəs/ A2	noun - a person who sees something happen
prevail /prɪˈveɪl/ B2	verb - to be successful or dominant
defiance /dɪˈfaɪəns/ C1	noun - open resistance or bold disobedience
heresy /ˈhɛrəsi/ C1	noun - beliefs contrary to church dogma
oblivion /əˈblɪviən/ C1	noun - the state of being completely forgotten
collide /kəˈlaɪd/ B2	verb - to crash into each other
unholy /ʌnˈhoʊli/ C1	adjective - not sacred or morally pure
resist /rɪˈzɪst/ B1	verb - to fight against something
illusion /ɪˈluʒən/ B2	noun - a misleading image or idea
destiny /ˈdɛstɪni/ B2	noun - a predetermined course of events
invoke /ɪnˈvoʊk/ C1	verb - to call upon for assistance
spit /spɪt/ A2	verb - to eject saliva
fire /ˈfaɪər/ A1	noun - flames or burning material
crawl /krɔl/ A2	verb - to move on hands and knees
forgiveness /fərˈɡɪvnəs/ B1	noun - the act of pardoning an offense
crush /krʌʃ/ B1	verb - to press or squeeze so as to destroy

Key Grammar Structures

• Thoughts of death lead me astray

  ➔ Present simple tense used with 'lead' to describe a habitual or general truth.

  ➔ The verb 'lead' is in the present simple tense, indicating a recurring or general situation where thoughts of death cause the speaker to lose their way.

• I shall resist when evil comes my way

  ➔ Future with 'shall' for a formal or emphatic statement.

  ➔ The use of 'shall' with the base form of the verb 'resist' creates a formal or emphatic future statement, showing determination.

• When minds collide / War of the worlds

  ➔ Coordination of two independent clauses without a conjunction.

  ➔ The two phrases are independent clauses that stand alone but are related in meaning, creating a dramatic effect.

• Speaking in tongues of the unholy

  ➔ Present continuous tense used for a temporary action or state.

  ➔ The present continuous tense with 'speaking' indicates an action happening now or around now, emphasizing the ongoing nature of the unholy speech.

• As God is my witness

  ➔ Present simple tense used in a subordinating conjunction clause.

  ➔ The present simple tense in 'is' within the subordinating conjunction clause 'As God is my witness' provides a timeless quality to the statement.

• I will prevail until the end of days

  ➔ Future simple tense with 'will' for a prediction or promise.

  ➔ The future simple tense with 'will' expresses a strong prediction or promise that the speaker will succeed until the end of time.