Demon Fire – English Lyrics

• By: AC/DC
• Album: POWER UP

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(upbeat rock music)

♪ He loves to drive 'em crazy with his evil lips ♪

♪ Great guns are blazing, what a deadly trip ♪

♪ Yeah, born of no family, born of no creed ♪

♪ Yeah, raised by a jackal, raised a bad seed ♪

♪ You better look around ♪

♪ Before you hit the ground ♪

♪ Give me no quarrel, life's all crime ♪

♪ Like a devil on a deadline ♪

♪ Gonna send you down ♪

♪ Demon fire ♪

♪ Is all you desire ♪

♪ Demon fire ♪

♪ Get closer, fire ♪

♪ Ooh, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Seeking all power, gonna hunt you down ♪

♪ Follow along on the flash, gonna knock you out ♪

♪ You better look around ♪

♪ Hear that evil sound ♪

♪ Give me no quarter, all drenched in grime, huh ♪

♪ With all the bad intentions ♪

♪ Gonna send you down ♪

♪ Demon fire ♪

♪ Is all you desire ♪

♪ Demon fire ♪

♪ Get closer, fire ♪

♪ Demon fire ♪

♪ Flames burn higher ♪

♪ Demon fire ♪

♪ It's an all-out hellfire ♪

♪ Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, demon fire ♪

♪ Is all you desire ♪

♪ Demon fire ♪

♪ It glows sapphire ♪

♪ Demon fire ♪

♪ Flames burn higher ♪

♪ Demon fire ♪

♪ It's an all-out hellfire ♪

♪ Fire, demon fire ♪

♪ Fire, demon fire ♪

♪ Demon fire ♪

(upbeat rock music)

(light buzzing)

Key Grammar Structures

• He loves to drive 'em

  ➔ infinitive after verb

  ➔ The infinitive "to drive" follows the verb "loves" to show what he loves doing.

• Great guns are blazing

  ➔ present continuous (progressive)

  ➔ "are blazing" is in the present continuous, describing an action that is happening right now.

• Born of no family, born of no creed

  ➔ past participle used as adjective

  ➔ The past participle "Born" functions as an adjective describing the (implied) subject.

• You better look around

  ➔ "had better" suggestion (modal‑like)

  ➔ "better" here is part of the modal‑like phrase "had better", giving strong advice: you should look around.

• Give me no quarrel, life's all crime

  ➔ imperative sentence

  ➔ "Give" is an imperative verb used to issue a command or request.

• Like a devil on a deadline

  ➔ simile with "like"

  ➔ "Like" introduces a simile, comparing someone to "a devil".

• Seeking all power, gonna hunt you down

  ➔ present participle clause + informal future "gonna" (going to)

  ➔ "Seeking" is a present participle used as an adverbial clause, and "gonna" is the colloquial form of "going to" expressing future intent.

• It glows sapphire

  ➔ simple present + adjective complement (color)

  ➔ "glows" is in the simple present, and "sapphire" acts as an adjective complement describing the color of the glow.

• Flames burn higher

  ➔ comparative adjective

  ➔ "higher" is the comparative form of "high", showing that the flames increase in intensity.

• It's an all‑out hellfire

  ➔ contraction "it's" (it is) + compound adjective "all‑out"

  ➔ "It's" combines "it" and "is"; "all‑out" is a compound adjective meaning total or extreme, modifying "hellfire".