Shut Up And Shout

(album: Thunder Over London - 2021)

Run down the clock, are you ready or not?
Your mouth is in motion but all that I'm hearing is void
No time for static, the pace is frenetic
Pulling the string in your back and repeating the noise
You wanna fight, get to the back of the line
You got no class, like school in the summertime
Seeing the cracks, tension is certain to break
I gotta ask, how much more can you take?

Live with your back to the wall
You think you've heard it all?
A fist, coming out of your mouth
Just wanna let it out

Don't scream in silence, just scream with violence
They take you down but they can't knock you out
Put up, shut up
Don't scream in silence, just scream with violence
It's time to put your metal in your mouth
Get up, stand up, shut up and shout

You came into my town and thought I would lie down
Put pennies on your ass and say goodnight
Ride in on a stallion and dice with the hellion
The size of the fight in the dog and the dog in the fight
Out in the street, the place I do my stuff
You want a war, but this you cannot touch
The viper is hot, coiled and ready to strike
Ready or not, like a knight on a motorbike

Live with your back to the wall
Here comes a wrecking ball
A fist, coming out of your mouth
Just wanna let it out

Now you're a rager, mysterious stranger
Your trousers are tight and your jacket is off at the sleeve
You prowl like a dingo, talk my kinda lingo
You live for the hunt and ain't got time to bleed
If you had a car, the car would be black
If you had a fight, you'd always be on the attack
If you wanna join my gang of the hardest steel
Show me the goods the penitent man must kneel

Live with your back to the wall
You know you're bound to fall
A fist, coming out of your mouth
Just wanna let it out