Metal Gods – English Lyrics

• By: Judas Priest
• Album: British Steel

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

We've taken too much for granted

And all the time it had grown

From techno seeds we first planted

Evolved a mind of its own

Marching in the streets

...

Dragging iron feet

Laser beaming hearts

Ripping men apart

From off I've seen my perfection

Where we could do as we please

In secrecy this infection

Was spreading like a disease

Hiding underground

Knowing we'd be found

Fearing for our lives

Reaped by robot's scythes

Metal gods

...

Metal gods

...

Metal gods

...

Metal gods

...

Machines are taking all over

With mankind in their command

In time they'd like to discover

How they can make their demand

Better be the slaves

To their wicked ways

But meeting with our death

Engulfed in molten breath

...

Key Grammar Structures

• We've taken too much for granted

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The use of 'have taken' indicates an action that started in the past and is relevant to the present.

• Evolved a mind of its own

  ➔ Past Simple Passive Voice

  ➔ The phrase 'evolved a mind' is in the passive voice, emphasizing the action rather than the doer.

• Marching in the streets

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ The use of 'marching' indicates an action happening now or around now.

• Dragging iron feet

  ➔ Present Participle

  ➔ 'Dragging' is a present participle, often used to describe an ongoing action.

• From off I've seen my perfection

  ➔ Present Perfect with 'From'

  ➔ The phrase 'from off I've seen' uses 'from' to indicate a starting point in time or space.

• Was spreading like a disease

  ➔ Past Continuous

  ➔ The use of 'was spreading' indicates an ongoing action in the past.

• Knowing we'd be found

  ➔ Future in the Past

  ➔ The phrase 'we'd be found' uses the future in the past to describe a future action from a past perspective.

• Reaped by robot's scythes

  ➔ Past Passive Voice

  ➔ The phrase 'reaped by robot's scythes' is in the passive voice, emphasizing the action and the instrument.