Steeler – English Lyrics

• By: Judas Priest
• Album: British Steel

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Catch the play now, eye to eye

Don't let chances pass you by

Always someone at your back

Biding their time for attack

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Check for decoys, stay sharp-edged

Double-crossers, get your head

Carpetbaggers, bluff and strike

Kiss of Judas, spider-like

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Waiting like jackals to sneak up and trick you

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Wolves in sheep's clothing, so deft in consoling

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Lurking in shadows, they pounce least expected

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When you come to, they'll have gone right through you

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Tricksters guilters playing their game

Sleight-of-handers, all the same

Masquerader in his lair

Wants to tangle in your hair

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Catch the play now, eye to eye

  ➔ Present imperative

  ➔ The verb 'catch' is in the imperative form, used to give a direct command or advice.

• Always someone at your back

  ➔ Adverb of frequency + present simple

  ➔ 'Always' is an adverb of frequency used with the present simple to indicate habitual actions.

• Biding their time for attack

  ➔ Present participle + prepositional phrase

  ➔ 'Biding' is a present participle used with a prepositional phrase to describe an ongoing action.

• Wolves in sheep's clothing

  ➔ Possessive apostrophe

  ➔ 'Sheep's' uses the possessive apostrophe to show ownership.

• When you come to, they'll have gone

  ➔ Future perfect

  ➔ 'They'll have gone' is in the future perfect, indicating an action completed before a future time.

• Wants to tangle in your hair

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose

  ➔ 'To tangle' is an infinitive of purpose, showing the reason for the action.