Ride the Lightning

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

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"?

[Chorus]

Flash before my eyes

Now it's time to die

Burning in my brain

I can feel the flame

[Verse 2]

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 am I doing herе?

[Chorus]

Flash before my eyеs

Now it's time to die

Burning in my brain

I can feel the flame

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

Someone help me

Oh please, God, help me

They're trying to take it all away

I don't want to die (Ah)

[Instrumental Break]

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

Someone help me

Oh please, God, help me

They're trying to take it all away

I don't want to die (Ah)

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

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 horrid scream

Freed from this frightening dream

[Chorus]

Flash before my eyes

Now it's time to die

Burning in my brain

I can feel the flame

[Instrumental Outro]