Jim Steinman Zitate

Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983)
Kontext: Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by.
Turn around
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes.
Turn around bright eyes.
Every now and then I fall apart.

Bat out of Hell (1977), Bat out of Hell (song)
Kontext: The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling
Way down in the valley tonight.
There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye
And a blade shining oh so bright.
There's evil in the air
And there's thunder in the sky
And a killer's on the bloodshot streets.

Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983)
Kontext: Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart.

Bat out of Hell (1977), Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Kontext: So now I'm praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don't think that I can really survive.
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow
But God only knows what I can do right now.
I'm praying for the end of time
It's all that I can do
Praying for the end of time, so I can end my time with you!

Bat out of Hell (1977), Bat out of Hell (song)
Kontext: Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
All torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell
And the last thing I see is my heart,
Still beating,
Breaking out of my body
And flying away
Like a bat out of Hell.

"Faster Than The Speed Of Night" from the Bonnie Tyler album Faster Than The Speed of Night (1983)
Kontext: Let me show you how to drive me crazy,
Let me show you how to make me feel so good,
Let me show you how to take me to the edge of the stars and back again.
You've gotta show me how to drive you crazy,
You've gotta show me all the things you wanna happen to you,
We've gotta tell each other everything, we always wanted someone to do.

Bat out of Hell (1977), Bat out of Hell (song)
Kontext: Like a bat out of Hell
I'll be gone when the morning comes.
But when the day is done
And the sun goes down
And the moonlight's shining through
Then like a sinner before the gates of heaven
I'll come crawling on back to you.

Bat out of Hell (1977), Bat out of Hell (song)
Kontext: Nothing ever grows in this rotten old hole
And everything is stunted and lost
And nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls
And nothing's ever worth the cost. And I know that I'm damned if I never get out
And maybe I'm damned if I do
But with every other beat I got left in my heart
You know I'd rather be damned with you.

"Bad for Good"
Bad for Good (1981)
Kontext: For the good of believing in a life after birth
For the good of your body so bright
For the good of the search for some heaven on earth
For the good of one hell of a night, for
the good of one hell of a night.

Making Love out of Nothing at All (1983)
Kontext: I know just how to fake it
And I know just how to scheme
I know just when to face the truth
And then I know just when to dream.
And I know just where to touch you
And I know just what to prove
I know when to pull you closer
And I know when to let you loose.
And I know the night is fading
And I know the time's gonna fly
And I'm never gonna tell you everything I gotta tell you
But I know I've got to give it a try.
And I know the roads to riches
And I know the ways to fame
I know all the rules and then I know how to break'em
And then I always know the name of the game
But I don't know how to leave you
And I'll never let you fall
And I don't know how you do it
Making love out of nothing at all.

Making Love out of Nothing at All (1983)
Kontext: I know just how to fake it
And I know just how to scheme
I know just when to face the truth
And then I know just when to dream.
And I know just where to touch you
And I know just what to prove
I know when to pull you closer
And I know when to let you loose.
And I know the night is fading
And I know the time's gonna fly
And I'm never gonna tell you everything I gotta tell you
But I know I've got to give it a try.
And I know the roads to riches
And I know the ways to fame
I know all the rules and then I know how to break'em
And then I always know the name of the game
But I don't know how to leave you
And I'll never let you fall
And I don't know how you do it
Making love out of nothing at all.

“Lost Boys And Golden Girls”.
Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)

(1983)

Bat out of Hell (1977), Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Opening caption to the video for "I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)" (1993)

"I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)"
Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)

As quoted in "The Bat out of Hell" by Jonathan Karp in The Washington Post (26 January 26 1997) http://www.jimsteinman.com/peterpan.htm

"Bad for Good"
Bad for Good (1981)

Bat out of Hell (1977), Paradise by the Dashboard Light

"Bad for Good"
Bad for Good (1981)

Bat out of Hell (1977), Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Making Love out of Nothing at All (1983)

Bat out of Hell (1977), Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Making Love out of Nothing at All (1983)

Bat out of Hell (1977), Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Bat out of Hell (1977), Paradise by the Dashboard Light

"Faster Than The Speed Of Night" (1983)

"Bad for Good"
Bad for Good (1981)

Bat out of Hell (1977), Bat out of Hell (song)