Def Leppard - From The Inside Lyrics






I am bad, I am evil
I am winter, I am pain
I'll mess up your life
I'll beat up your wife
I'll lose all your friends
And I'll win in the end

So you play the Joker
And I'll play the Clown
And I'll laugh while you're up there
And I'll laugh when you're down
Though your screams break the silence
Oh, they won't make a sound
Na na na na na na naaa

I will rise, I will take you
I will break you, never let you go
I'll shoot through your veins
I'll drive you insane
I'll poison your breath
And I'll love you to death

So you be the Joker
And I'll be the Clown
And you'll laugh when you're up there
But you'll cry when you're down
Though your screams break the silence
Oh, they won't make a sound
Na na na na na na naaa

[Repeat Chorus]

Na na na na na na naaa [x2]





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  1. C.... E....

    drugs abuse ho hla lo ni deuh reuh chuan...mizo in awm m.

  2. F.... B....

    Amazing voice and beautiful song

  3. D.... ....

    I am bad, I am evil
    I am winter, I am pain
    I'll mess up your life
    I'll beat up your wife
    I'll lose all your friends
    And I'll win in the end
    So you play the Joker
    And I'll play the clown
    And I'll laugh while you're up there
    And I'll laugh when you're down
    Though your screams break the silence
    Oh, they won't make a sound
    Na na na na na na na
    I will rise, I will take you
    I will break you, never let you go
    I'll shoot through your veins
    I'll drive you insane
    I'll poison your breath
    And I'll love you to death
    So you be the joker
    And I'll be the clown
    And you'll laugh when you're up there
    But you'll cry when you're down
    Though your screams break the silence
    Oh, they won't make a sound
    Na na na na na na na
    So you be the joker
    And I'll be the clown
    And you'll laugh when you're up there
    But you'll cry when you're down
    Though your screams break the silence
    Oh, they won't make a sound
    Na na na na na na naaa

  4. B.... A....

    One of the best songs ever written. A timeless masterpiece.....

  5. H.... P....

    Gran álbum retroactive

  6. H.... P....

    Cancionsota

  7. T.... G....

    Such an underappreciated song.

  8. W.... B....

    1993 what a year that was

  9. M.... H....

    This actually sounds Waterboys Esq lol

  10. S.... ....

    Beats the shit out of Hysteria.

  11. O.... G....

    The chorus reminds me of The Rolling Stones' "Time Waits For No One". Good song. Cheers!

  12. V.... B....

    Dare I even look up the Lyrics? (I just LOVE the Sonics!)

  13. I.... K....

    💚💛💜💙❤

  14. s.... ....

    One of my favourite DL songs, possibly my actual favourite, and completely overrated. Shows how versatile they could be. "Can't Keep Away From The Flame" is quite similar and I love that one too.

  15. l.... m....

    Les arrangements de cette chanson sont tout simplement splendides.

  16. C.... J....

    What a great song with great lyrics

  17. J.... h....

    como andino el tema....

  18. V.... A....

    Grandiosa canción (Fans de Chile).

  19. P.... ....

    One of my favorite Def Leppard songs.

  20. S.... F....

    Words are so true...such a great song!!!

  21. f.... k....

    Spotify?

  22. L.... O....

    I understand this song and can relate I had a drug abuse problem and over came it been sober 13 years

  23. C.... L....

    wonderful song !!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

  24. L.... G....

    R.I.p. Steve the reason I'm saying this is that Steve is my fave he is rally cool and this reminds me of him like white lightning and this is also a song about drugs so in my opinion this is about Steve :D

  25. J.... Z....

    THE BEST !!!!

  26. X.... ....

    Best Def Leppard album, period. I must have listened to this album a thousand times in my teens.

    X.... ....

    I remember the FIRST Def Leppard album! 1980! On Through The Night was played on 90.1FM in H-Town. THEN, I saw them LIVE at the Sam Houston Coliseum for their High 'N' Dry Tour! (I liked it ALOT!)

  27. R.... ....

    The song is about drug abuse from the drugs point of view! Great song!

  28. H.... K....

    和風な曲…とても綺麗です!

  29. K.... M....

    I post this to Facebook A LOT. Why? It is possibly one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard.

    K.... M....

    i am not a addict no smoke it is the whole world around me back at you

  30. D.... ....

    This MASTERPIECE has only 851 likes..... SERIOUSLY NOW ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? !!!!!!!!

    D.... ....

    1.4k now but 50 dumbasses

  31. M.... L....

    Amazing tune. I believe this featured Hothouse Flowers.

  32. J.... B....

    I don't understand why Retro Active doesn't get more play time, it's filled with amazing songs!

  33. a.... ....

    love this band, my favourite

  34. D.... M....

    Best two Leppard songs:
    This one & Gods of War

  35. V.... M....

    I love that song

  36. A.... D....

    scrolling through.the songs and recognised the album cover, god I had.forgot all about this!

  37. l.... ....

    Terrific song. i love the piano and guitar solo especially.

  38. S.... S....

    As an alcoholic I say yes to this song. Please support me

    S.... S....

    All my best wishes are with you:)

  39. J.... M....

    such a haunting song. especially coming from a band who did a lot of partying back in the day, then they come out with this gem hmmm

  40. �.... �....

    i dedicate this song to all the people that they are fighiting with there demons and i hope to kill them because we have more strength that we can imagine

  41. A.... C....

    Bravooooo!!!! Like It!!!!

  42. I.... B....

    it's Salvador Dali's tehnique double image-paranoid-kritical sollution- it is woman who look in the mirror AND also it is a scull

  43. d.... ....

    how true this song is

    d.... ....

    Yes my friend. so painful

  44. R.... S....

    when your screams break the silence no they wont.....make a sound 

  45. L.... A....

    mi esposa  mi hermano y yo buena cancion en grupo

  46. G.... ....

    someone else see a skull on the image?

    G.... ....

    Nope.  I see Rainbow's and Unicorns! 

    G.... ....

    Rodan Shadow that's the idea of the cover!!

    G.... ....

    Its supposed to

    G.... ....

    I saw both images instantly, and just saw/listened to this for the first time.

  47. p.... ....

    this song got me to thinking, after 25 years of smoking.... maybe i should try... to quit!

    p.... ....

    I've relapsed after being clean for just over 10 months, been struggling with recovery after admitting that I was an addict! I've relapsed several times in the last 3 years. I'm out again! I hope to make it back to recovery!

    p.... ....

    Steve Goulet I hope you do too!!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖

  48. O.... H....

    love this song..

  49. p.... ....

    Though this is about substance abuse, it can also apply to depression. Funny I find it again after all these years as I find myself slipping

    p.... ....

    That's the thing with depression my friend when you find yourself at the bottom the only way is up, onwards and upwards.

  50. I.... B....

    this time is for me....

  51. k.... 3....

    this is kind of like white lightning because  it more or less talks about  drugs and alcohol u wanna ride the white lightning u wanna dance with the devil

  52. Z.... ....

    This was on the B side of the 92 single for "Have you ever needed someone so bad". Brings back memories...

  53. A.... Z....

    GOOODDDDD SOUG

  54. A.... Z....

    NO MAMES PINCHE ROLLA DE POKA MADRE

    A.... Z....

    una rolota a toda regla!

  55. N.... S....

    this song in which album guys ??

    N.... S....

    The album is called 'Retro Active'.

    N.... S....

    yes Retro active, great album: 1993

    N.... S....

    Retro active.

  56. C.... M....

    This song is so fucking good. Why has it been so awkward to find a decent version of it?

  57. J.... B....

    Such a great album…

  58. j.... c....

    I have never and I do not know anyone with a heroin addiction ... however, this song can relate to most every addiction that ruins your life. In a time I felt DL had gone very soft and pop, this CD brought me back on board the bandwagon.

  59. A.... D....

    ...N'/& GR8@MASSIVE@UNIVERSAL GUNZ N' ROSEZ[GN'R]@#:AXL ARS/ALAN GUNZ ROSE LEOSKYNET[GALAXY]@:-[UNIVERSAL ARMIEZ@INTERPOL(INTERNATIONAL POLICE) To Date LayerZ] In DigitalityMine[Sweet child O' Mine & Sweet Love O' Mine]:Myself As An Open@Enlightened Book[Rays@Shadows Distributin'From Myself@:The DARKNESS@LightZ In UniverseZ Fillin' EveryWhere In Explosion[Explosion In The Dungeons O' GalaxieZ@@;Mind'Z Eye@Cool@Powerful & Influential+ETC@USW+So On..5 (highfive)

  60. R.... ....

    370 awesome people and still one idiot

    R.... ....

    49 dumbasses now

  61. d.... ....

    chingada madre!!!!

  62. d.... ....

    wonderfull song ive been an addict everything he says is true.

  63. p.... m....

    Me too :)

  64. Z.... K....

    i love this song. i have a lot of family that have had problems with alchol and this song makes total since. powerful

  65. D.... P....

    Probably cause only true Lep fans would know about this song.

  66. R.... ....

    I see 298 clever people and one idiot...

    R.... ....

    49 dumbasses now

  67. b.... ....

    50,475 one year after...

  68. E.... ....

    This song applies to any sort of drug that has a hold on you, be it herion, tobacco, alcohol, whatever. If you're addicted, and it has the repercussions mentioned in this song, then it applies. A very deep and underrated song by Def Leppard, but definitely one of my favorites.

  69. O.... ....

    yes this is a powerful lyrics. I love it.

  70. R.... O....

    Me too, dude... Me too.

  71. k.... ....

    This is one of my fav Leppard songs!

  72. P.... L....

    I have LOVED this song ever since it came out and understood totally what the song is all about. Rest in peace Steve! p.s. Is there an actual video that you can watch for this song?
    LOVE Def Leppard's # 1 favorite fan, Paula Linthorne, Bay Roberts, NL A0A 1G0

    P.... L....

    I love everything from Def Leppard

  73. D.... �....

    The picture looks like skull -,-

    D.... �....

    yeah from a distance it does

  74. s.... ....

    anybody who had demons rule their life can relate to this song.

    s.... ....

    if your friend has a demon do you go away leave them alone i like looking at the picture you go home

  75. N.... D....

    Its not a rock. this song in slow and boored..... :(

  76. M.... R....

    @michaelscarheart14 Huh.. MY 5th grade science teacher played this in class 5 years ago. Most of my grade forgot about it, but I haven't. Strange to see someone with the same story.

  77. G.... Y....

    I sing this cover with my band..yeah!!

  78. S.... ....

    Def Leppard makes a serious song about a heroin addiction with powerful lyrics and people take a shit on it....Personally, I love this song

  79. D.... ....

    Man this song sucks ass.. But I dont care its DL and its not rap so I will listen to it all day and all night cuz no matter HOW shitty a rock song is its better then the best rap shit song any day..

  80. h.... k....

    @rochillas try azlyrics .com

  81. r.... ....

    i fucking love this song, i want the lyrics.....can somebody?

  82. R.... O....

    Great guitars!! The best band!! And fuck off with today's crap!! Long live rockn'roll!!

  83. f.... ....

    @NathanClarkeYT it WAS recorded with the hothouse flowers ;)

  84. a.... a....

    22749 views!!!!!!!!!!!!! why so few!!!!!!!!

  85. l.... ....

    I remember taking this song in to my band director in high school (that's when Retroactive came out) to listen to 2:50-3:23 and asking him to guess who it was. Hilarious reaction when I told him it was Def Leppard. I loved Retroactive and Slang, oh well.

  86. w.... j....

    @kevintotoleppard for sure.

  87. V.... P....

    Amazing Song and Even More Amazing Lyrics!! I Love this Song!!

  88. a.... a....

    You Say Fat Joe: I say Def Leppard

    You Say 50 Cent: I say Scorpions

    You Say Joe Budden: I say Pink Floyd

    You Say Beyonce: I say Steve Lukather(guitarrist from Toto)

    You Say Rap: I Say ROCK

    You Say RnB: I Say METAL

    You Say Hanah Montana: I say Go To Hell

    TODAY 70% OF TEENS HAVE CONVERTED TO RAP, TECHNO, DANCE, RnB.

    IF YOU ARE THE ONES OF THE 30% THAT STILL LISTEN TO ROCK. PLEASE COPY PASTE THIS COMMENT IN OTHER 5 VIDEOS. DON'T LET THE SPIRIT OF ROCK'N'ROLL DIE!!!

  89. s.... s....

    I studied English only because this bend.Def Leppard,Thank You guys!You had teach me a lot..

  90. G.... Y....

    this song take me back to late 1993.

  91. T.... ....

    I've seen drugs ruin and end so many lives. Beautiful song, reminds me of those I've lost.

  92. Z.... F....

    So you play the Joker
    And I'll play the Clown
    And I'll laugh while you're up there
    And I'll laugh when you're down....

  93. T.... ....

    Its from the drugs point of view

  94. p.... ....

    this is and i think always will be my favorite song :D

  95. J.... S....

    No. Herion addiction is a problem with KIDS in Dublin. Joe saw some kids trying it under a bridge and did this song about them from the point of view of the drug.

  96. C.... ....

    I was amazed the Lep made this kind of song. I am bad, i am evil, I'll beat up your wife, and I'll win in the end. Is this supposed to be about Steve's drug problems?

    C.... ....

    Yes it is

  97. M.... S....

    Steve Clark died in 1991. I adore def leppard but this song did not sound that good to me. I think that there worst CD was slang!! And there best in my opinion was hysteria!! Which is strange because I hated that CD when it came out!!!!!!!!!!! And I am a guitar player for 21 years now. Thats why I most likely think hysteria is there best!!!l Layers upon layers of guitars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    M.... S....

    Mike Simpson Hysteria wasn't in CD form when it first came out

  98. l.... ....

    Great song, I really enjoy it because it is so distinct and different from most Leppard songs