Never Satisfied – English Lyrics

• By: Judas Priest

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw, blues-infused origins of heavy metal with Judas Priest's "Never Satisfied." This compelling track from their debut album, "Rocka Rolla," offers a unique window into the band's foundational sound and poignant lyrical themes of unfulfilled desire. Learning English through its introspective verses will not only deepen your appreciation for this iconic band's roots but also provide rich vocabulary to express feelings of ambition, restlessness, and the continuous human quest for meaning.

[English]

(audience cheering)

- "Victim of Changes" from Sad Wings of Destiny,

that was our second release.

Before that was this one, "Rocka Rolla"!

(audience cheering)

There's some really good songs on that record

if you want to reinvestigate it.

They say that some of the best stuff is the early stuff,

and that's definitely the case with this one.

Some brilliant riffs off this record,

some riffs right out of Birmingham,

right at the heart of the Midlands,

and this is one of our favorite riffs

from a song called "Never Satisfied"!

(cymbals crashing) (rock music)

♪ Where do ♪

♪ we go from here? ♪

♪ There must be ♪

♪ something near ♪

♪ Changing you, ♪

♪ changing me ♪

♪ forever. ♪

♪ Places changes, ♪

♪ faces change. ♪

♪ Life is so ♪

♪ very strange. ♪

♪ Changing time, ♪

♪ changing rhyme ♪

♪ together. ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey! ♪

- [Audience] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

- ♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey! ♪

- [Audience] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

(musical interlude)

- ♪ There's nowhere ♪

♪ else to go. ♪

♪ This could be ♪

♪ our last show. ♪

♪ Changing dreams, ♪

♪ changing schemes ♪

♪ never. ♪

♪ We are ♪

♪ never satisfied. ♪

(musical interlude)

(audience cheering)

(audience cheering)

(musical interlude continues)

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey! ♪

- [Audience] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey! ♪

- [Audience] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

♪ Love is gone, ♪

♪ along with fun. ♪

♪ Now we're reaching ♪

♪ for the gun. ♪

♪ Changing cast, ♪

♪ changing fast, ♪

♪ no more tether. ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey! ♪

- [Audience] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

- ♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey! ♪

- [Audience] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

(musical interlude)

- ♪ We are never ♪

♪ Satisfied! ♪

(audience cheering)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	verb - to make or become different noun - the act of becoming different
satisfied /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/ A2	adjective - content or pleased with something
never /ˈnɛvər/ A1	adverb - not ever
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a particular position or area in space verb - to put something in a particular position
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the state of being alive
strange /streɪndʒ/ A2	adjective - unusual or unexpected
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the progression of events
together /təˈɡɛθər/ A1	adverb - in or into one company or group
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move or travel to a place
show /ʃoʊ/ A1	noun - a performance or display verb - to present or perform
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts or images experienced during sleep verb - to experience dreams during sleep
fast /fæst/ A1	adjective - moving or capable of moving at high speed adverb - at high speed
reach /riːtʃ/ A2	verb - to stretch out an arm or hand to touch or grasp something
cast /kæst/ B1	noun - the actors in a film, play, or show verb - to select actors for roles in a play or film
tether /ˈtɛðər/ B2	noun - a rope or chain used to fasten something verb - to tie or fasten with a tether

Key Grammar Structures

• Where do we go from here?

  ➔ Question formation with auxiliary verb

  ➔ This is a direct question formed using an interrogative adverb "Where", followed by the auxiliary verb "do", the subject "we", and the base form of the main verb "go". It asks about direction or future action.

• There must be something near

  ➔ Modal verb 'must' for deduction

  ➔ The modal verb "must" is used here to express a strong belief or logical deduction about the existence of "something near". It suggests a high degree of certainty.

• Changing you, changing me forever.

  ➔ Present participle (verb-ing form) describing continuous action/state

  ➔ The "-ing" forms, "changing you" and "changing me", are present participles used to describe an ongoing, continuous process or effect. They function adjectivally or adverbially, indicating what is happening or what the state is.

• Life is so very strange.

  ➔ Intensifiers 'so very' with an adjective

  ➔ The adverbs "so very" are used together as an intensifier to emphasize the degree of the adjective "strange". "So" and "very" both intensify, and "so very" combines them for even stronger emphasis.

• This could be our last show.

  ➔ Modal verb 'could' for possibility

  ➔ The modal verb "could" expresses possibility or uncertainty about a future event. It suggests that "this" might be "our last show," but it's not a definite statement.

• We are never satisfied.

  ➔ Adverb of frequency 'never' + past participle as adjective

  ➔ "Never" is an adverb of frequency indicating that an action or state does not happen at any time. "Satisfied" is a past participle used here as an adjective, describing the state of "we".

• Love is gone, along with fun.

  ➔ Prepositional phrase 'along with'

  ➔ The prepositional phrase "along with" means "together with" or "in addition to". It indicates that "fun" has disappeared at the same time as "love".

• Now we're reaching for the gun.

  ➔ Present Continuous tense

  ➔ The present continuous tense ("we're reaching") is used to describe an action that is happening at the moment of speaking ("Now").

• no more tether.

  ➔ Quantifier 'no more'

  ➔ The phrase "no more" is a quantifier meaning "not any more" or "none left". It indicates the complete absence or cessation of "tether".