Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift out of it, to take them away. That's what rock n' roll should do - take you to a better place.

You've been cold to me so long, I'm crying icicles instead of tears.

You can lose yourself in pleasure, 'til your body's going numb, but will it ever be enough.

What about your school? It's defective, it's a pack of useless lies.

I know the territory, I've been around. It'll all turn to dust, and we'll fall down, and sooner or later you'll be screwing around.

You know, people think I named myself Meat Loaf, even though I didn't. And they think anyone who would name himself Meat Loaf couldn't have an IQ higher than four.

I was lost til you were found, but I never knew how far down I was falling before I reached the bottom.