The Song I'm Loving Today

Bat Out of Hell (Meat Loaf)

So, this song. Not the best of all messages, I have to say. But still, there's something about it that just sucks you in. I think Meat Loaf (Meat Loaf? Really? And why do you think he picked that over some other equally awkward name, such as Beef Tenderloin?) hit the nail on the head with this song in terms of building to a musical zenith. It's long - nearly ten minutes - but the longer it goes on, the more I find myself rocking out as I'm cruising down the road, until I'm shouting the last few lines about the my heart, still beating, "breaking out of my body and flying away" at the top of my lungs. Awesome.



Sirens are screaming and the fires are howling
Way down in the valley tonight,
There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye
And a blade shining oh so bright.
There's evil in the air and there's thunder in the sky
And a killer's on the bloodshot streets.
Oh, and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising,
I swear I saw a young boy down in the gutter,
He was starting to foam in the heat.

Oh, baby you're the only thing in this whole world
That's pure and good and right.
And wherever you are and wherever you go,
There's always gonna be some light.
But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now,
Before the final crack of dawn.
So we gotta make the most of our one night together,
When it's over you know we'll both be so alone.

Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes.
When the night is over, like a bat out of hell, I'll be gone, gone, gone.
Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes.
When the day is done and the sun goes down and the moonlight's shining through,
Like a sinner before the gates of heaven,
I'll come crawling on back to you.

I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram
On a silver black phantom bike.
When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry
And we're all about to see the light.
Nothing ever grows in this rotten old hole
And everything is stunted and lost.
And nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls
And nothing's ever worth the cost.

And I know that I'm damned if I never get out,
And maybe I'm damned if I do.
But with every other beat I've got left in my heart,
You know I'd rather be damned with you.
Well if I gotta be damned, you know I wanna be damned
Dancing through the night with you.
Well if I gotta be damned, you know I wanna be damned
Gotta be damned, you know I wanna be damned,
Gotta be damned, you know I wanna be damned,
Dancing through the night,
Dancing through the night,
Dancing through the night with you.

Oh, baby you're the only thing in this whole world
That's pure and good and right.
And wherever you are and wherever you go,
There's always gonna be some light.
But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now,
Before the final crack of dawn.
So we gotta make the most of our one night together,
When it's over you know we'll both be so alone.

Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes.
When the night is over, like a bat out of hell, I'll be gone, gone, gone.
Like a bat out of hell I'll be gone when the morning comes.
When the day is done and the sun goes down and the moonlight's shining through,
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven,
I'll come crawling on back to you;
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven,
I'll come crawling on back to you.

I can see myself tearing up the road faster
Than any other boy has ever gone.
And my skin is raw but my soul is ripe
And no one's gonna stop me now, I'm gonna make my escape.
And I can't stop thinking of you,
And I never see the sudden curve 'til it's way too late.
And I never see the sudden curve 'til it's way too late.

And I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun,
Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike.
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell.
And the last thing I see is my heart, still beating,
Breaking out of my body and flying away,
Like a bat out of hell.

And I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun,
Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike.
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell.
And the last thing I see is my heart,
Still beating,
Still beating,
Breaking out of my body and flying away,
Like a bat out of hell,
Like a bat out of hell,
Like a bat out of hell,
Like a bat out of hell,
Like a bat out of hell,
Like a bat out of hell.