Iced Earth : The Ripper

Lyrics for the Iced Earth song "The Ripper" from their "The Melancholy EP" album. Feel free to browse the rest of our Iced Earth lyrics here, or download the rest of our The Melancholy EP lyrics.

Band: Iced Earth
Album: The Melancholy EP
Song: The Ripper

(Originally performed by Judas Priest)

You're in for surprise
You're in for a shock
In London town streets
When there's darkness and fog
When you least expect me
And you turn your back
I'll attack

I smile when I'm sneaking
Through shadows by the wall
I laugh when I'm creeping
But you won't hear me at all

All hear my warning
Never turn your back
On the ripper

You'll soon shake with fear
Never knowing if I'm near
I'm sly and I'm shameless
Nocturnal and nameless
Except for 'The Ripper'
Or if you like 'Jack The Knife'

Any back alley street
Is where we'll probably meet
Underneath a gas lamp
Where the air's cold and damp
I'm a nasty surprise
I'm a devil in disguise
I'm a footstep at night
I'm a scream of the fright

All hear my warning
Never turn your back
On the ripper...the ripper....the ripper