Escape From Reality – English Lyrics

• By: Judas Priest
• Album: Invincible Shield

Lyrics & Translation

Discover a different side of the metal gods with "Escape From Reality." This song offers a great opportunity to explore the English language through its powerful and emotive lyrics about regret and the universal human desire to undo past mistakes. Its unique, doomy style, reminiscent of Black Sabbath, makes it a special track in the extensive Judas Priest catalogue.

[English]

Some days I feel inside that all is lost

I'm in a maze and can't return or wake at any cost

I can't explain it when the good turned bad

In free-fall, feeling nothing from the emptiness I had

Agony

Escape from reality brings you down

Agony

Escape from reality brings you down

...

If I could turn back time, I would return

Back to the place and memories I left to crash and burn

What felt right back then I could never see

The foolish ways of my mistakes would come back haunting me

Agony

Escape from reality brings you down

Agony

Escape from reality brings you down

Agony

Escape from reality brings you down

Agony

Escape from reality brings you down

...

Get lost in a psychedelic haze

Levitating to a place that will amaze

Trance-sending in a void of time and space

Hallucinations from another worldly place

...

Levitating to a place that will amaze

Hallucinations from another worldly place

...

Still, I'm prepared to bring it all to bear

Put out my hand to anyone to take what I'll repair

Agony

Escape from reality brings you down

Agony

Escape from reality brings you down

Agony

Escape from reality brings you down

Agony

Escape from reality brings you down

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B1	verb - to get away from a place or situation noun - the act of getting away
reality /riˈæləti/ B2	noun - the state of things as they actually exist
agony /ˈæɡəni/ C1	noun - extreme physical or mental suffering
maze /meɪz/ B1	noun - a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle
return /rɪˈtɜːrn/ A2	verb - to go back to a place noun - the act of coming back
burn /bɜːrn/ A2	verb - to be on fire
mistakes /mɪˈsteɪks/ B1	noun - errors or faults
haze /heɪz/ B2	noun - a slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere
levitating /ˈlevɪteɪtɪŋ/ C1	verb - to rise and float in the air
amaze /əˈmeɪz/ B2	verb - to surprise and impress greatly
trance /træns/ C1	noun - a state of altered consciousness
void /vɔɪd/ C1	noun - a completely empty space
hallucinations /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃənz/ C2	noun - perceptions that have no reality
worldly /ˈwɜːrldli/ B2	adjective - relating to the physical world
prepared /prɪˈpeəd/ B1	adjective - ready for something
bear /beər/ B2	verb - to carry or endure
repair /rɪˈpeər/ B1	verb - to fix or restore