Angel
Put sad wings around me now
Protect me from this world of sin
So that we can rise again

Oh angel
We can find our way somehow
Escaping from the world we're in
To a place where we began
And I know we'll find
A better place and piece of mind
Just tell me that it's all you want
For you and me

Angel won't you set me free
Angel
Remember how we chased the sun
Then reaching for the stars at night
As our lives had just begun
When I close my eyes
I hear your velvet wings and cry
I'm waiting here with open arms
Oh can't you see
Angel shine your light on me

Angel we'll meet once more I'll pray
When all my sins are washed away
Hold me inside your wings and stay
Angel take me far away

Put your sad wings around me now
Angel take me far away
Put sad wings around me now
So that we can rise again
Put sad wings around me now
Angel take me far away
Put sad wings around me now
So that we can rise again


Lyrics submitted by JudasPriest1977, edited by KelvinAntony

Angel Lyrics as written by Robert Halford Kenneth Downing

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING

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  • +1
    General Comment
    It's about how they believe in an afterlife
    JudasPriest1977on February 25, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    I think It's about the fallen angel....it's about the state of being "fallen" .... "Oh Angel we can find our way somehow Escaping from the world we're in To a place where we began" he says to the place where they began
    amisson February 05, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    I know that I'm always wrong about this kind of stuff but I can see the song being about drugs or something,"And I know we'll find A better place and peace of mind Just tell me that it's all you want For you and me Angel won't you set me free"
    YAAMANon March 30, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    Actually now that i think about it alot of other lines make sense with it being about drugs: "Angel put sad wings around me now Protect me from this world of sin So that we can rise again" "Angel we'll meet once more, I'll pray When all my sins are washed away Hold me inside your wings and stay Angel take me far away " i think i could pretty much take this whole song but you can see the lyrics above, anyway i hope someone tells me what they think.
    YAAMANon June 22, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment
    I always thought of Rob Halford longing back to Judas Priest. To get back together with the greatest band of the world, I think Judas Priest is the Angel.
    bazizon January 20, 2010   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation
    This song always reminds me of one person I love, but I mever had a chance to tell her about what I feel.
    dom1155on August 19, 2018   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation
    Singer is referring his lost lover as an angel. She might be dead or long gone for some reason. The second paragraph makes it all so clear. Anyway, this couple had their misunderstandings, now the singer want to reset everything again between them, he started asking by "Just tell me that its all you want, for you and me"
    shafat1067on April 18, 2021   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    I'm very disappointed in the low turn-out on the Judas Priest pages. Especially right when the new album comes out and it's rumored that it sold 70,000 copies in it first week in America alone.
    JudasPriest1977on March 07, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    Pretty song.
    RainbowDemonon March 08, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    Not many metal heads go to songmeanings.net, that's why there's so few comment, I believe.
    HungerForMoreon April 06, 2005   Link

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