Top 10 Greatest Lines in Metal Songs

The Top Ten
1 For every moment of truth, there's confusion in life - Heaven and Hell, Black Sabbath
2 You labeled me, I'll label you, so I dub thee Unforgiven - The Unforgiven I, Metallica
3 You'll take my life but I'll take yours, too - The Trooper, Iron Maiden
4 It's when life's so precious that every moment hurts - White Omega, Moonspell

@PositronWildhawk: you nailed it, too - the author of this line published 2 poetry books and has a degree in philosophy! Nobody on this list has this combination. He is also their singer. His name is Fernando Ribeiro and he's Portuguese but writes and sings in English.

This lyric nails it.

5 What do you mean I ain't kind, just not your kind - Peace Sells, Megadeth
6 Absolute horror, I cannot live, I cannot die - One, Metallica
7 Truth is a beast with a sad face, a demon, the cruelest of all - Doom, Blind Guardian
8 Don't smell the flowers, they're an evil drug to make you lose your mind - Don't Talk To Strangers, Dio
9 Military Intelligence: two words combined that can't make sense - Hangar 18, Megadeth

@visitor - Good God, you're difficult. Looks like I'm gonna have to explain everything to you again. Just because this item is on the list doesn't necessarily mean we think it's true. It's just a way of Dave Mustaine expressing HIS opinion. That we think is done in an impressive way. Maybe if you actually listened to the song you would understand. And for the record, I like other genres besides metal, even though it's my favourite. I listen to various artists of every genre.

@visitor- so basically you're saying I'm unworthy of arguing with you. I apologise, your Grace. You think because I'm 15 I haven't seen a lot of this world. You know nothing of me. How old are you exactly? 20? 30? 40? 16? And you smoke cigars, woah. I'm kneeling before you. Maybe try weed next. And I suppose you won't listen to the song either. But that's your problem.

Good grief. A dumbass, empty-headed slogan left over from the drug-addled hippies, yippies and yahoos that polluted the 60s. Upon whom do YOU depend to defend you and your country from it's deadliest enemies? Ozzy Osbourne?

10 Keep the world with all its sin, it's not fit for livin' in - Beyond The Realms Of Death, Judas Priest
The Contenders
11 Life down here is just a strange illusion - Hallowed Be Thy Name , Iron Maiden
12 We have the power make our lives what they are to be, reconnect with our humanity - Anthem, Iced Earth
13 How could he know this new dawn's light Would change his life forever? - The Unforgiven III, Metallica
14 No one but me can save myself, but it's too late - Fade to Black, Metallica
15 Yesterday seems as though it never existed - Fade to Black, Metallica
16 Can it be that there's some sort of error? Hard to stop the surmounting terror. Is it really the end, not some crazy dream? - Hallowed Be thy Name, Iron Maiden

Tears flow but why am I crying...

17 Tomorrow will take us away, far from home no one will ever know our names but the bards' songs will remain - The Bard's Song, Blind Guardian
18 He walked the streets a soldier , and he fought the world alone - 18 And Life, Skid row
19 Sweet child in time , you'll see the line , the line that's drawn between good and bad - Child In Time , Deep Purple
20 A country that's divided. Surely will not stand. - Holy Wars, Megadeth
21 Cruelty has a human heart, every man does play his part - Paschendale, Iron Maiden

The way Bruce sings this always gets to me.

22 Maybe all the things that you know that are precious to you, could be swept away by fate's own hand - Blood Brothers, Iron Maiden
23 Killing for religion, something I don't understand - Holy Wars, Megadeth
24 What do you mean I hurt your feelings, I didn't know you had any feelings - Peace Sells, Megadeth
25 Call Me What You Will but I'll Take My Time Anywhere, I'm Free to Speak My Mind Anywhere - Wherever I May Roam, Metallica
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