BDTS - Bat Out of Hell Pt.I Meatloaf and the Thunderdome
So, despite my sick lusting after one Marvin Lee Aday, I can't help but pursue action against the lyrics to Bat Out of Hell. Now, before I go any further, I'd like to state for the record that Bat Out of Hell is my favourite Meatloaf song of all time, but it doesn't mean that the song itself isn't ridiculous.
Unfortunately, because the song, in all it's Epic'ness is just under 10 minutes long, I've decided to break the song down into 3 parts.
And without further adieu:
Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf
The 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 theres thunder in the sky
And a killers on the bloodshot streets
And down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising
Oh I swear I saw a young boy
Down in the gutter
He was starting to foam in the heat
Somehow, Meatloaf is trying to Escape from L.A. or is in the Thunderdome. This is a no holds society that will cut your tongue out for looking at someone the wrong way. Consequently, this is also the type of society that will let their children, ravaged by rabies, suffer until death in a ditch. I'd like to also point out that this is the type of society where a fat cat like Meatloaf is too "good" to give some gutter-begotten child a vaccination.
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
Theres 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 its over you know
Well both be so alone
Is it just me, or is Meatloaf trying to secure booty in like, every one of his songs? Look, Meatloaf: It's 1977. The second world war has been over for like, ever - you're not going to get some broad to give you a go-away gift of her "lady garden" just because you'll be outta there in the morning. Hell, if she has any sense at all, she'll kick you in the chode for not taking her along with you! I'm sure that hog has room enough for two, Meatloaf. Why you gotta be like that?
Like a bat out of hell
Ill be gone when the morning comes
When the night is over
Like a bat out of hell Ill be gone gone gone
Like a bat out of hell Ill be gone when the morning comes
When the day is done
And the sun goes down
And the moonlights shining through
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
Ill come crawling on back to you
This, Ladies and Gentlemen, is what we call the "inner monologue". See how the male's preemptive "flight" instinct kicks into high gear just moments before mating. But of course the burlier of the males generally return after flight, tails between their legs, begging for reentry into the pack from the savvier heads of household: The Female Meatloafs.
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