It's a tongue-in-cheek comment made by Meat Loaf because of the lyrical content in the song.
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
A lot of what Meat says is take too literally and misinterpretted as fact, when it shouldn't be. Meat likes spinning a good yarn just like Steinman likes telling one.
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