Devil's Child
Judas Priest Lyrics


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Hypnotize me
Mesmerize me
Feel my willpower slip
Light my fire with cold desire
Losing all my grip

Eat my diamonds (eat my diamonds)
Drinking all my gin
Feast your eyes on (feast your eyes on)
A whole lotta sin

Oh no, you're so damned wicked
You got me by the throat
Oh no, gotcha claws stuck in me
You never let me go
I believe you're the devil
I believe you're the devil's child
I believe you're the devil
I believe you're the devil's child

Took my dreams
Now it's seems you're nothing but a liar
Smash and grab at all I had
Build my funeral pyre
Stop pretendin' (stop pretendin')
Got me growin' old
Your torment is (your torment is)
Fit to snap my soul

Oh no, you're so damned wicked
You got me by the throat
Oh no, gotcha claws stuck in me
You never let me go
I believe you're the devil
I believe you're the devil's child
I believe you're the devil
I believe you're the devil's child

You took my heart
And left it blown to smithereens
I gave my body as a slave
You cut my flesh
And drank my blood that poured in streams
I'm left here broken and ashamed

Goin' under
Hear the thunder
Death defying grace
Your condition breeds ammunition
Shoots me in the face
Vicious talkin' (vicious talkin')
Stabs me like a knife
Scratched and bruised (so abused)
I'm a human sacrifice

Oh no, you're so damned wicked
You got me by the throat
Oh no, gotcha claws stuck in me
You never let me go
I believe you're the devil
I believe you're the devil's child
I believe you're the devil
I believe you're the devil's child
I believe you're the devil
I believe you're the devil's child
I believe you're the devil
I believe you're the devil's child
I believe you're the devil
I believe you're the devil's child




I believe you're the devil
I believe you're- I can't stand it anymore

Overall Meaning

In "Devil's Child," Judas Priest sings about an intense and dangerous seduction. The singer describes being hypnotized and losing their willpower to the devil's child who has seduced them. The devil's child is described as wicked and tormenting, constantly tormenting the singer's soul. The seduction is described as a complete takeover of the singer's life, with the devil's child taking everything from them and leaving them broken and ashamed.


Line by Line Meaning

Hypnotize me
As a victim of your seduction, I am pleading for you to move on


Mesmerize me
I am spellbound with your charm, but now I need to escape


Feel my willpower slip
My determination to resist you is fading away


Light my fire
Using your cold, calculated desires, you are igniting something dangerous within me


With cold desire
Your passion for destruction is so intense, it has a chilling effect


Losing all my grip
I am falling apart under the weight of your influence


Eat my diamonds
You are consuming all that I have, leaving me stripped bare


Drinking all my gin
You are taking everything that gives me pleasure, leaving me with nothing but pain


Feast your eyes on
You are enjoying the sight of my downfall, reveling in my misery


A whole lotta sin
I am being dragged down into a world of immoral behavior, with you leading the way


Oh no you're so damned wicked
I am fully aware of the evil that lies within you


You got me by the throat
Your grip on me is absolute and unrelenting


Oh no gotcha claws stuck in me
You have dug your claws deep into my soul


You never let me go
Escaping your grasp seems impossible


I believe you're the devil
Your actions are so monstrous, it is easy for me to imagine you as a servant of Satan


I believe you're the devil's child
Your behavior is so demonic, it is as if you were born directly from the devil himself


Took my dreams
You shattered my hopes and aspirations


And now it's seems you're nothing but a liar
Every word you ever spoke to me was false, every promise nothing but empty words


Smash and grab at all I had
You took everything from me without a second thought


Build my funeral pyre
Your actions are leading me down a path towards my own destruction


Stop pretendin'
You can no longer hide behind a mask of kindness and deception


Got me growin' old
Your torment is aging me beyond my years


Your tormentin's
You revel in causing others pain and suffering


Fit to snap my soul
The pressure you are putting on me is enough to break me entirely


You took my heart
You were the only one who ever had access to my true feelings


And left it blown to smithereens
You shattered my heart into tiny pieces, completely destroying it


I gave my body as a slave
I submitted to your will entirely, abandoning all autonomy and self-respect


You cut my flesh
You inflicted physical harm on me with your actions


And drank my blood that poured in streams
You consumed everything I had, leaving nothing but my own pain and anguish


I'm left here broken and ashamed
You have left me completely destroyed, humiliated and hopeless


Goin' under
I am sinking deeper into despair under your influence


Hear the thunder
The chaos and destruction caused by your actions is growing stronger


Death defying grace
Your actions are so bold and destructive, it is as if you are defying the natural order of life and death


Your condition breeds ammunition
Your nature is such that you constantly fuel conflict and strife


Shoots me in the face
The destructive nature of your actions has serious consequences for me personally


Vicious talkin'
Your words are cruel and malicious, designed to inflict maximum damage


Stabs me like a knife
Each of your words feels like a direct attack on my soul


Scratched and bruised, so abused
Your actions have left me with physical and emotional scars


I'm a human sacrifice
I am nothing more than a pawn in your twisted machinations




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Glenn Raymond Tipton, Kenneth Downing, Robert Halford

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Hypnotize me
Mesmerize me
Feel my willpower slip.
Light my fire
With cold desire
Losing all my grip.
Eat my diamonds
Drinkin' all my gin
Feast your eyes on
A whole lotta sin.
On no you're so damned wicked
You got me by the throat
Oh no got your claws stuck in my
You never let me go
I believe you're the devil
I believe you're the devil's child.

Took my dreams
And now it seems you're nothing but a liar
Smash and grab at all I had
Build my funeral pyre.
Stop pretendin'
Got me growin' old
Your tormentin's
Fit to snap my soul.

You took my heart
And left it blown to smithereens.
I gave my body as a slave
You cut my flesh
And drank my blood that poured in streams
I'm left here broken and ashamed.
Goin' under
Hear the thunder
Death defying grace.
Your condition breeds ammunition
Shoots me in the face.
Vivious talkin'
Stabs me like a knife
Scratched and bruised, so abused
I'm a human sacrifice.



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F*cking Great!!! Who's still jamming this in 2023?!

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I sing this to my cat

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