Def Leppard - Desert Song Lyrics






Dark and dirty
like you have never seen
a mind so twisted
with thoughts so unclean.
My heart is racing
all tattered and torn
I stand here naked
as the day I was born.

Over and over I stand
I'm holding the world in my hand
I got to believe

The sky is falling
on this setting son
Echoes of silence
ringing loud and long
This isolation
is the king of pain
A lost horizon
in an ocean of flames

Only the lonely will stand
I'm holding the world in my hand
I got to believe

I've been here before,
but not as I stand here today
I wait for the dawn
ready to walk
into the light





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  1. a.... z....

    🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  2. D.... P....

    Still rocking to this song in 2020.

  3. u.... w....

    My favorite DL song.

  4. D.... G....

    It has echoes of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir".

  5. D.... V....

    This is a great def leppard CD, a good song

  6. D.... A....

    The Arlington VA cemetery will never be the same. Not phenomena... The lights are tapped.

  7. D.... A....

    Well does politian run corruption stay after they are paid? Why should I ask now? Everyone's dead. We the people are crushed do you hear me crushed crushed technically crushed way-illegally crushed. C.R.U.shed.

  8. T.... S....

    I had this album on cassette tape way back when. And I've always been obsessed with this song. I don't know what it is, but it just sticks with you.

  9. J.... K....

    To black chick...dont matter your color on outside,as long as your red,white,and blue on inside

  10. S.... H....

    Hysteria would have been even more amazing with ''Shes to tough'' and ''Ring of fire'' on it, in place of 'Excitable' and 'Love and affection''!!

  11. T.... C....

    Remove Exciteable and Love & Affection from Hysteria and put this and Fractured Love on it instead

  12. C.... B....

    Metal....Thank G*d. !

  13. M.... T....

    This will be one of my favorite songs of all time now

  14. M.... T....

    I can't get enough of this song.... love it

  15. M.... T....

    this song is unbelievable....❤️💫

  16. M.... T....

    🌎💫☄️🔥

  17. M.... T....

    That's it time to start listening to full albums!!! Just wish they were timestamped

  18. M.... T....

    Galaxy guitar 🎸 💫❤️

  19. T.... ....

    Should have gotten more radio play...great tune!

  20. M.... H....

    Miles better than Hysteria imo , Hysteria made for the masses who don't get Hard rock and this for those who understand and love it

  21. V.... B....

    Bow to the Leppard!

  22. A.... G....

    : That's my ex-wife , Mona Dennis in the photo there !-

    A.... G....

    Really???

  23. S.... ....

    I can't be the only one seeing a skull

  24. j.... ....

    I used to blast this in my room when I was mad at someone :D

  25. D.... B....

    This whole album deserved MTV music videos.Especially this one. ROCK ON DL!!!....FOREVER!

  26. D.... D....

    The Best ⭐🌵🌵⭐

  27. S.... M....

    https://youtu.be/458fZ5SlpPw Desert Song Revised by Sickayda Mars, bring it into the future with us.

  28. V.... B....

    Tha POWAH!!!
    ======================
    Desert Song - Def Leppard - Lyrics


    Dark and dirty

    Like you have never seen

    A mind so twisted

    With thoughts so unclean.

    My heart is racing

    All tattered and torn

    I stand here naked

    As the day I was born.

    Over and over I stand

    I'm holding the world in my hand

    I got to believe

    The sky is falling

    On this setting son

    Echoes of silence

    Ringing loud and long

    This isolation

    Is the king of pain

    A lost horizon

    In an ocean of flames

    Only the lonely will stand

    I'm holding the world in my hand

    I got to believe

    I've been here before,

    But not as I stand here today

    I wait for the dawn

    Ready to walk

    Into the light

    =================================
    Songwriters: STANLEY MARVIN CLARKE

    © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

    For non-commercial use only.

    Data from: LyricFind

  29. p.... ....

    Into
    the
    LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!

    Great moment.

  30. w.... ....

    I don't know why, but I always listen to this song when doing history homework or reading about history.

  31. C.... B....

    Every fuckin time I click on this song I see a damn skull😂😂😂

  32. T.... W....

    Long lost song. Too bad. This rocks

  33. T.... ....

    Criminally underrated song from Def Leppard!

  34. D.... G....

    2018 and they're still rocking our worlds on tour.... "And there will be a next time !!"

  35. T.... T....

    Very, very nice.

  36. j.... t....

    kickass song from start to finish -- the guitar solo starting at 3:28 is hauntingly beautiful.

  37. O.... G....

    Happy Birthday today(August 1) to Joe Elliott. Cheers!

  38. J.... B....

    Badass Tune....Today's music can't hang with this Masterpiece.....#Awesome#NothingLikeThe80's...#jamminthereAss'soff....

  39. C.... S....

    While both of these songs are from the Hysteria sessions,Desert Song actually sounds like a Hysteria song,while Fractured Love has more of the vibe of a song from Pyromania.Both of them are great songs that are underappreciated!

  40. J.... N....

    I love this album.
    Honestly,it's not Def Leppard, but I still love it

    J.... N....

    what do you mean it's not Def Leppard?

  41. E.... J....

    E P I C !!

  42. A.... l....

    Is it me or dose it look like a skull

  43. J.... R....

    My favorite song off retro active Joe Rocks the voice to a whole new level I could've been on any of their main stream albums, Into the Liiiiiiiight!!!!!!

  44. M.... G....

    Most underaded cd by the greatest band!!!!!

  45. J.... B....

    A parting gift from Steve Clark! It’s a shame they made so many shitty records after this, they always had the ability to make killer songs like this..... but for whatever reason they continue to put out corny shit after Steve died.

    J.... B....

    I still thought Adrenalize was good. Joe's vocals took a hit after that record. Then they started sounding like a boy band in the 2000's.

  46. V.... B....

    ...Dark and Dirty...  hehehe

  47. W.... B....

    Best Def Leppard song recorded. Such a shame they only milk Pyro and Hysteria songs live, instead of playing songs like this.

  48. K.... B....

    Love this album!!

  49. 1.... ....

    Epic!!! I thought that in 90s, I do now. Thanks for the upload, long live rock'n'roll !

  50. w.... G....

    Dark and dirty
    Like you have never seen
    A mind so twisted
    With thoughts so unclean.
    My heart is racing
    All tattered and torn
    I stand here naked
    As the day I was born.

    Over and over I stand
    I'm holding the world in my hand
    I got to believe

    The sky is falling
    On this setting son
    Echoes of silence
    Ringing loud and long
    This isolation
    Is the king of pain
    A lost horizon
    In an ocean of flames

    Only the lonely will stand
    I'm holding the world in my hand
    I got to believe

    I've been here before,
    But not as I stand here today
    I wait for the dawn
    Ready to walk
    Into the light

  51. A.... N....

    the grunge era of def leppard

  52. C.... S....

    Been a fan of Lep for years and love pretty much all of their stuff.Desert Song and Fractured Love are my two favorite songs.They are just on a different level from other Leppard songs,too bad they don't get the recognition they truly deserve!

  53. S.... T....

    Absolutely amazing! Can't believe I'm just now hearing this.

  54. N.... L....

    is this a phrygian dominant scale?

  55. S.... ....

    Sounds Like Alice in Chains in This One

    S.... ....

    STACYSTWINTRACY before Alice in chains. Hysteria outtake

  56. p.... r....

    bestial

  57. M.... W....

    Phil Collen WOW !!! One of the best !!! A god and a metal legend !!!

  58. M.... W....

    25 dislikes ??? Maybe 25 Avenged sevenfold fans ... 😂

  59. D.... a....

    If you don't like this song, then you're just stupid. One of the lepps best ever!

  60. A.... W....

    My absolute Fave Def Leopard tune. I moved to the desert. I never forget this jam from years ago..

  61. D.... A....

    one of defs best!!!

  62. E.... r....

    Místic album

  63. R.... T....

    \m/ \m/ what didn't you expect, this was when Steve was writing even after death. Talent beyond the grave.

  64. K.... U....

    Awesome melodic solo.

  65. P.... �....

    Discaso!!!

  66. N.... B....

    A true classic.

  67. n.... ....

    Perfección hecho música

  68. W.... S....

    This song Kick ass! I am so loving it!

  69. I.... J....

    could never get my head around that this was a bit side album. it has some of the best material they wrote since pyromania

  70. A.... N....

    grunge era of def leppard

  71. C.... M....

    thiss song kick ass,, thats why they were class apart from those bands in the 80,s

  72. S.... L....

    This reminds me a lot of Queen's Innuendo with a side of Led Zeppelin's Kashmir.

  73. A.... N....

    "Echoes of silence
    Ringing loud and long
    This isolation
    Is the king of pain"... So this song is about depression ay?

  74. S.... S....

    That guitar tone's so damn powerful... I just shit YOUR pants!!

  75. b.... r....

    the captivating power of the terror twins.. Vivian is good but he's not one of the twins..he will never be..

  76. b.... r....

    why they didn't put this track on Hysteria? This song is so strong. I dont understand..

  77. M.... W....

    Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo F'ing good!

  78. J.... G....

    This song is sexy as hell

    J.... G....

    I agree.

  79. S.... M....

    This song is very powerful and has elements of supernatural spiritual tones and representations of meaningful values for spirit consumption, OUTSTANDING!

  80. S.... A....

    that vocal hold is just wicked then back down slow , just gold

  81. J.... E....

    This Album is the last of the Great Steve Clark this song was suppose to be on the hysteria album along with fractured love

  82. J.... B....

    This song and Fractured Love helped give Def Leppard a new sound, I love it!!

    J.... B....

    This song and Fractured Love were left over from the Hysteria sessions but didn't make it onto the Hysteria LP

  83. A.... N....

    What genre of music is this? This dose not sound like the happy glam rock style they had back in the 80s.

    A.... N....

    brogo ram is this grunge?.. because it sounds like something alice in chains would have done back in the 90s

    A.... N....

    no..this is NOT grunge AT ALL.. They were heavy metal on their first 3 albums. After their drummer's tragedy, they seems to turn into somekind of 'light hard rock', etc. This band is a guitar riff oriented band. But they are definitely not grunge.But starting from their 5th album, they lost their original touch and turned to a pub band. I never buy or hear their later stuffs. I dont like it. No Steve Clark means no DefLep.

    A.... N....

    Adam Ngangan to me the songs have a grittier/ darker grunge like sound to them.

    A.... N....

    brogo ram they were never heavy metal. they were hard rock with harmony starting on certain songs on High n Dry and then the formula with the harmonic hooks went into overdrive with Pyromania. They changed to more poppy hair "metal" on Hysteria, and continued this with Adrenalize but in a too saccharine and bland form. Adrenalize had a couple of good tunes, but that is when Lep died for most of us. Slang was very different and was hated by many but after revisiting it, there are a couple of great songs such as Pearl of Euphoria and Work it Out. But since then I can't listen to any more of their music. But I give credit to how many times they changed their sound. On thru doesn't sound like Pyro which doesn't sound like Hysteria which doesn't sound like Slang and onward...

    A.... N....

    TheAAOinfin hysteria sounds nothing like hair metal. It's Beatles/Zeppelin/queen/stones

  84. L.... B....

    Omg...this and "fractured love" are two of their finest. We miss you Steve! ~♡

    L.... B....

    idk, if that was subliminal on my side? But, WHOA!  (I love those dueling guitars!)

    L.... B....

    Lisa Bella Donna I agree 100%.🎸😎👍

    L.... B....

    Those 2 songs are just mind blowing,awesome. 24 years ago when i bought this album RETRO ACTIVE, for a long time after, i just had to listen to those songs daily, now that i have rediscovered them,i am doing it again. And these songs remain in my head during the day.

    L.... B....

    Agreed!!! Into the LIIIIIIIght!!!!!!!!!!!

    L.... B....

    Lisa Bella Donna fractured love is their greatest song in my opinion
    it would go straight to #1

  85. V.... B....

    THIS jam and Fractured Love HAS to be the most underplayed Def Leppard!  ROCK ON!!!

    V.... B....

    Such fun to play on a perfectly tuned Six-String!  ahh... Bliss!

    V.... B....

    Wait, fer, it... Bow-dowww-da-downn...

    V.... B....

    This, White Lightning, Paper Sun, etc. Have the very same melancholic riffs.

    V.... B....

    Genious

  86. R.... T....

    Has that 'Kashmir' and 'Stargazer' feel to it. In my top 5 favorite Def Leppard songs

  87. T.... R....

    Much better song than hysteria

  88. E.... T....

    Amazing tune! Really makes me feel like I'm stranded out in the middle of a desert. What an appropriate name.

  89. M.... S....

    My favourite song from Def Leppard! I'm not a huge fan of the band and i have only heard few dozen tracks but i have always loved this song. I had this compilation album when it was new and i thought that this album cover was creepy and cool at the same time :) 90's memories when i was still teenager :)

    M.... S....

    They even had to change the logo color to match the album's dark tone. That's why it's blue. I like the skull illusion as well, I have this cover set to my home screen!

  90. C.... ....

    Put speed to 2 for a seizurefest.

  91. L.... D....

    melodic rock at its best, also like fractured love and white lightning

  92. F.... ....

    You know what, it music sounds different when your drunk! sounds even better!

  93. j.... n....

    que temazo por dios

  94. r.... ....

    this is a grate jam

  95. C.... ....

    3:29 >:)

  96. J.... V....

    it would have been really cool to have Steve duet with George Lynch of Dokken!

  97. S.... R....

    My all time favorite Def Leppard song.

    S.... R....

    INCOMING!!!

    S.... R....

    Wait, fer, it,... Aww yeah....

  98. K.... D....

    SO GOOD! It should be a lot more known... such a shame it is not a very famous record

  99. G.... R....

    One of their very best songs.

    G.... R....

    Greg Renick Their best song, man.

    G.... R....

    For sure!!!!