anonymous March 7th, 2007 05:45PM  

Well its simple it's about being in jail while you hear the screams of people getting put in the electric chair and hoping that you don't get put in there....... I think

anonymous May 15th, 2007 06:23PM  

It's about someone being executed in the electric chair.

anonymous November 23rd, 2007 09:18AM  

Basically, the whole song is about someone who is dying for another mans crime. I read the actual interpretation of the song and they said that's what it's about. Guilty is charged/ but it aint right. It wasnt the persons fauly. Hes dying for someone else.

anonymous July 10th, 2008 10:18PM  

It's about a guy dying on the electric chair... Nothing more...

anonymous August 19th, 2008 11:13PM  

OK MORONS, LISTEN UP!

It's about a man having a dream of going to the electric chair: "Death in the air, strapped in the electric chair." But doesn't believe he should die for what he did: "Guilty as charged, but damn it, it ain't right." He sits there waiting: "Sweat chilling cold, as I watch death unfold." He waits for them to pull the lever: "Wait for the sign, to flick the switch of death - Time moving slow, the minutes seem like hours, the final curtain call I see. How true is this? Just get it over with." They pull the lever: "Flash before my eyes, now it's time to die. Burning in my brain, I can feel the flame." He ends up waking up to find that it was all a dream: "Wakened by horrid scream, freed from this frightening dream."

Kwizzel90210 February 8th, 2009 08:59PM  

The song is about being put to death in the electric chair. "There's someone else controlling me. Death in the air, strapped in the electric chair, this can't be happening to me." But, other interpretations say that he is innocent when he is in the electric chair. This is clearly contradicted in the lyrics; "Guilty as charged, but damn it ain't right." He is saying here that he wants to stay alive, but instead he is in the electric chair and sees his life flashing before his eyes.

anonymous February 18th, 2009 12:05AM  

James is standing against capitol punishment in this case death by electrocution the words Damn it It aint right he is saying the chair is a inhumane way to die. there for, ride the lightning

musicperson May 1st, 2009 11:14PM  

Its based on a twilightzone episode where some guy is charged for murder even though he didnt do it. he has to be executed in the electric chair and is afraid to die but in the end he just excepts it.

70BOSS302 June 3rd, 2009 12:43AM  

I love the guy who said it's based on the Green Mile. Yep, that's what I'm going with. Since The Green Mile was released in 1999 and Ride The Lightning was released in 1984, that makes perfect sense :) Dee dee dee

masterkin June 8th, 2009 07:58PM  

its based off a book where some one is put in jail for stuff he thinks he didnt do.He went crazy so he thinks he's being controled. The rest is about him in the chair dieing