Everything Louder than Everything Else
Written by Jim Steinman, 1993
Performed by Meat Loaf (1993)
I know that I will never be politically correct
I don’t give a damn about my lack of etiquette
as far as I’m concerned - the world could still be flat
and if the thrill is gone - then it’s time to take it back!
if the thrill is gone - then it’s time to take it back!
who am I? why am I here?
forget the questions! someone gimme another beer!
what’s the meaning of life
what’s the meaning of it all?
you gotta to learn to dance before you learn to crawl!
you gotta learn to dance before you learn to crawl!
so sign up all you raw recruits
throw away those designer suits
you got your weapons cocked and your targets on your sights
there’s a party raging somewhere in the world
you gotta serve your country - you gotta service your girl
you’re enlisted in the armies of the night
and I ain’t in it for the power
and I ain’t in it for my health
I ain’t in it for the glory of anything at all
and I sure ain’t in it for the wealth
but I’m in it till it’s over and I just can’t stop
if you wanna get it done
you got to do it yourself
and I like my music like I like my life
everything louder than everything else!
everything louder than everything else!
everything louder than everything else!
everything louder than everything else!
everything louder than everything else!
everything louder than everything else!
wasted youth!
wasted youth!
wasted youth!
wasted youth!
they got a file on me and it’s a mile long
and they say that they got all of the proof
that I’m just another case of arrested development
and just another wasted youth
they say that I’m in need of some radical discipline
they say I gotta face the truth
that I’m just another case of arrested development
and just another wasted youth
they say I’m wild and I’m reckless
I should be acting my age
I’m an impressionable child in a tumultuous world
and they say I’m at a difficult stage
but it seems to me to the contrary
of all the crap they’re going to put on the page
that a wasted youth is better by far
than a wise and a productive old age!
a wasted youth is better by far
than a wise and a productive old age!
a wasted youth is better by far
than a wise and a productive old age!
a wasted youth is better by far
than a wise and a productive old age!
a wasted youth is better by far
than a wise and a productive old age!
a wasted youth is better by far
than a wise and a productive old age!
if you want my views of history then there’s something you should know
the threee men I admire most are Curly, Larry and Mo!
if you don’t worry `bout the future - sooner or later it’s the past
and if they say the thrill is gone - then it’s time to take it back
if the thrill is gone then it’s time to take it back!
so sign up all you raw recruits
throw away those two-bit suits
you got your weapons cocked and your targets on your sights
there’s a party raging somewhere in the world
you gotta serve your country - you gotta service your girl
you’re enlisted in the armies of the night
and I ain’t in it for the power
and I ain’t in it for my health
I ain’t in it for the glory of anything at all
and I sure ain’t in it for the wealth
but I’m in it till it’s over and I just can’t stop
if you wanna get it done
you got to fight for yourself
and I like my music like I like my life
everything louder than everything else!
everything louder than everything else!