Vicious Circle – English Lyrics

• By: Judas Priest
• Album: Invincible Shield

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

You tear my soul apart

By any means with wicked schemes, cut deep

...

The way that you contrive

Makes me wonder how you ever sleep

...

Still, I held out every chance

You'd come back to your senses

But that path was filled with smoke

To prove what you intended

I stand against you as you rage

My fate has struck your gilded cage

I knew you'd bite and hurt us

Vicious circle

...

A parody of truth is mirrored in the mask

You chose to wear

...

With empathy so numb

You never felt the lives that you despair

...

Master of hypocrisy

Who dislocates my reason

Through constant lies that you implant

This manifest of treason

Provoked to go to any length

I'll use up every ounce of strength

And break the chain that binds this

Vicious circle

...

Still, I held out every chance

You'd come back to your senses

But that path was filled with smoke

To prove what you intended

I stand against you as you rage

My fate has struck your gilded cage

I knew you'd bite and hurt us

Vicious circle

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/ C1	adjective - cruel or violent
circle /ˈsɜːrkəl/ A1	noun - a round shape; a group of people with shared interests
tear /teər/ B1	verb - to pull apart or into pieces by force
soul /səʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual part of a person, believed to exist after death
schemes /skiːmz/ C1	noun - secret plans to achieve something, often dishonest
contrive /kənˈtraɪv/ C2	verb - to create or bring about by deliberate use of skill and artifice
senses /ˈsensɪz/ B1	noun - the faculties of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch; normal mental condition
fate /feɪt/ B2	noun - the development of events beyond a person's control; destiny
gilded /ˈɡɪldɪd/ C2	adjective - covered with a thin layer of gold; appearing attractive but often deceptive
parody /ˈpærədi/ C1	noun - an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
truth /truːθ/ A2	noun - the quality or state of being true; that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality
hypocrisy /hɪˈpɒkrəsi/ C2	noun - the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform
treason /ˈtriːzn/ C2	noun - the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill or overthrow the sovereign or government
provoked /prəˈvəʊkt/ B2	verb - to stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a negative one)
break /breɪk/ A1	verb - to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain
chain /tʃeɪn/ B1	noun - a series of connected metal links used for fastening or pulling; a sequence