While initially thought to be about substance abuse and how it can control a person, the is instead about a person (the narrator) falling in love with another who will clearly cause him more pain. However, the narrator is blinded by his love and is simply unable to resist his lover’s “bite.”
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[Verse 1]
You mesmerise slowly
Till I can't believe my eyes
Ecstasy controls me
What you give just serves me right
Without warning you're here
Like magic you appear
I taste the fear
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm so afraid
But I still feed the flame
[Chorus]
In the night
Come to me
You know I want your touch of evil
In the night
Please set me free
I can't resist a touch of evil
[Verse 2]
Aroused with desire
You put me in a trance
A vision of fire
I never had a chance
A dark angel of sin
Preying deep from within
Come take me in
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm so afraid
But I still feed the flame
[Chorus]
In the night
Come to me
You know I want your touch of evil
In the night
Please set me free
I can't resist a touch of evil
[Lead: Glenn]
[Verse 3]
Arousing me now with a sense of desire
Possessing my soul until my body's on fire
A dark angel of sin
Preying deep from within
Come take me in
You're possessing me
[Chorus]
In the night
Come to me
You know I want your touch of evil
In the night
Please set me free
I can't resist a touch of evil
[Chorus]
In the night
Come to me
You know I want your touch of evil
In the night
Please set me free
I can't resist a touch of evil
[Outro]
Touch of evil
Touch of evil
Touch of evil
Touch
A Touch of Evil was written by Rob Halford & K.K. Downing & Chris Tsangarides & Glenn Tipton.
A Touch of Evil was produced by Judas Priest & Chris Tsangarides.
Judas Priest released A Touch of Evil on Mon Sep 03 1990.