Ride the Lightning Lyrics


Guilty as charged  but damn it, it ain’t right

There’s someone else controlling me

Death in the air, strapped in the electric chair

This can’t be happening to me

Who made you God to say:

“I’ll take your life from you”?

Flash before my eyes

Now it’s time to die

Burning in my brain

I can feel the flames

Wait for the sign to flick the switch of death

It’s the beginning of the end

Sweat, chilling cold as I watch death unfold

Consciousness my only friend

My fingers grip with fear

What I am doing here?

Flash before my eyes

Now it’s time to die

Burning in my brain

I can feel the flames

Someone help me

Oh please, God help me

They’re trying to take it all away

I don’t want to die

Someone help me

Oh please, God help me

They’re trying to take it all away

I don’t want to die

Time moving slow, the minutes seem like hours

The final curtain call I see

How true is this? Just get it over with

If this is true, just let it be

Wakened by the horrid scream

Freed from the frightening dream

Flash before my eyes

Now it’s time to die

Burning in my brain

I can feel the flames