A bonus unreleased track from the Painkiller sessions, eventually released as part of the 2001 remaster of the album.
According to the liner notes of the remaster (some of which was mirrored on this site), Judas Priest weren’t really aware as to why this song never went on the album in the first pl...
[Verse 1]
I'm hypnotized and helpless
Beneath the pale full moon
My body is your sacrifice
Your spirit's coming soon
I stare up at a squalid night
It's been so cold and smooth
Turns tender kisses into bites
As you begin to move
[Pre-Chorus 1]
You look so weak and fragile
You seem to drip and sway
But you swept me up into your arms
And carried me away
[Chorus]
I'm living bad dreams
I can't run from you
I'm living bad dreams
This nightmare's coming true
[Verse 2]
You led me to temptation
Delivered me to pain
I walked upon your hallowed ground
My soul is yours to gain
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Your passion drains my energy
Fear starts running deep
I'm falling in slow motion
Into eternal sleep
[Chorus]
I'm living bad dreams
I can't run from you
I'm living bad dreams
This nightmare's coming true
[Lead: Glenn]
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Your passion drains my energy
Fear starts running deep
Falling in slow motion
Into eternal sleep
[Chorus]
I'm living bad dreams
I can't run from you
I'm living bad dreams
There's nothing I can do
I'm living bad dreams
I can't run from you
I'm living bad dreams
This nightmare's coming true
[Outro]
I'm living bad dreams
I don't want bad dreams
Living bad dreams
Living Bad Dreams was written by K.K. Downing & Rob Halford & Glenn Tipton.
Living Bad Dreams was produced by Judas Priest & Chris Tsangarides.
Why we decided not to release this track is still a mystery to us, as we feel it too would have been destined to become a classic.
Painkiller remaster liner note, 2001