Album: The Michael Schenker Group (1981)

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• Are you high tonight, are you feeling right,
  Cause I need you now, like I never did before,
  Is it hard enough, is it loud enough
  Cause if you don't approve,you can use the door
  Armed and ready, I gotta gun sight trained on you
  I'm in overdrive,and I feel alive,
  Got everything I need, and that ain't all,
  Got a thing to do, I want to do for you,
  I want to see you jump like hell when I call
  Armed and ready, I gotta spotlight trained on you
  Armed and ready, don't let me down tonight
  Are you high tonight, are you feeling right,
  Cause I need you now, like I never did before,
  Is it hard enough, is It loud enough
  Cause if you don't approve,you can use the door
  Armed and ready, I got my gun sight trained on you
  Armed and ready, don't let me down tonight
  Are you high tonight, are you feelin' right,
  Is it hard enough, is it loud enough,
  Are you high! Writer/s: GARY BARDEN, MICHAEL SCHENKER
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

• Ed from UsaThis being his first solo after leaving UFO and the Scorpions, it sounds as though he is a tad unsure how his solo career will pan out. This can be seen in the first verse, he is questioning whether the music is "hard enough" "loud enough"
  
  "Is it hard enough, is it loud enough,"
  
  and that he needs us now more than ever to enjoy HIS artistic endeavors. This is seen in the line,
  
  "Got a thing to do, I wanna do for you,"
  
  The title armed and ready displays his determination to make it all work, inspite of the unforseen variables of the music business and of the fanbase and jumping out to a solo caree can be nerve whacking in and of itself. Also, he is expressing his feelings of freedom from the restrictions of being a member of a band to putting his name out front. This is shown with the line
  
  "I'm in overdrive, and I feel alive,"
  
  Anyway.....
• Marla Hart from Pa, Md, NovaBrilliant masterpiece; one of my all time favorite songs! Michael Schenker you are amazing!

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