Following the surreal and fantastic letters of its predecessor (Dreamer Deceiver), which is about drugs, the lyrics here are apocalyptic and chaotic.
This time around, the song is not about living in a fantasy, but waking up from it. Seeing how you were deceived by the ‘dreamer’ and, as you can not...
[Verse 1]
Solar winds are blowing
Neutron star controlling
All is lost, doomed and tossed, at what cost forever
[Verse 2]
Meteors fly around me
Comets die, and then they
And then they, you wanna see how they try to surround me
I can say, here today, we shall stay forever
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
If you want to find us in a hurry
Oh let me tell you don't you worry
I can't say, here today, we shall stay forever
Deceiver was written by Glenn Tipton & K.K. Downing & Rob Halford.
Deceiver was produced by Judas Priest & Jeffey Calvert & Max West.
Judas Priest released Deceiver on Tue Mar 23 1976.