I have a phobia
A fear of the dark
Afraid to shoot strangers
The animal talks

Guns scare me shitless
But love gun's my friend
The sentinel's coming
But is this the end

Riding on this crazy train
I'm going paranoid
Watch me lose my mind
And break the law

It's close to midnight and
He's barking at the moon
The rainbow in the dark is shining

It's close to midnight and
He's barking at the moon
The kings of metal ride the sky

Is this s:t anger
The ultimate sin
Or have I really
A black knight within

The gates of Babylon
Are open and wide
Shout at the devil
There's nowhere to hide

Fighting for the world to keep
The wild child in it's cage
Broke my metal heart
Against the wall



Lyrics submitted by Arm

Track duration: 04:23

"Metal Machine" as written by Joakim Broden

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    General Comment:Heheh. Well, they were right, St. Anger was the ultimate sin. ;P

    But in all seriousness, FUCK YEAH SABATON.
    Flag SilenzXEon July 13, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:there was also a reference to "Balls To The Wall" by Accept
    Flag kede86on April 15, 2011   Link
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    Lyric Correction:Everyone forgets the last chorus. It's different than the others. The second part of the last chorus becomes:

    "No we will never fall,
    We're masters of the world!
    Come touch my metal machine!
    No we will never fall, we're
    Masters! Of the!"
    And the song ends.

    This adds in one of their own songs, Masters of the World, from their first album, Fist for Fight.
    Flag CthulhuAndYouon August 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Reminds me of Megadeth - Victory...

    As a correction to the above post, the Deep Purple song title is "Black Night", not "Black Knight".
    Flag Fliboon May 31, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:pretty cool song, im pretty sure its just metal bands they like. what i hear is….

    "fear of The Dark" - Iron Maiden
    "afraid To Shoot Strangers" - Iron maiden
    "Love Gun" - Kiss
    "Sentinel" - Judas Priest
    "Crazy Train" - ozzy
    "paranoid" Black Sabbath
    "breaking the law" - Judas Priest"
    ('its close to midnight….' possibly a reference to Iron maiden's "2 minutes to midnight??????)
    "rainbow In The dark" - Dio
    "Bark At The Moon" - Ozzy
    "St. Anger" - MMMetallica
    "Ultimate Sin" - Ozzy
    "Black Knight" - Deep Purple
    "Gates of Babylon" - Rainbow
    "Shout At The Devil" Motley Crue
    "Wild Child" - WASP
    "Metal Heart" - Accept

    Flag ErikSnowthornon February 10, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The lyrics are realy cool. There are a reference to a famous metal song in every line exept "I'm a metal machine"(witch is the title of this song:P)
    Flag Pekz0ron April 14, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Its Sabaton ackowledging those who came before
    Flag Byzantium90on April 10, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I think it's a cool and Happy Song
    Flag JoshPRon November 10, 2007   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:Putting titles of other metal songs together until you can consider the result as lyrics. Not as good as other sabaton songs but funny xD
    Flag IQon June 12, 2006   Link

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