Fear of The Dark
Be Quick Or Be Dead
Covered in sinners and dripping
with gilt
Making you money from slime
and from filth
Parading your bellies in ivory towers
Investing our lives in your schemes
and your powers
You got to watch them - Be quick
or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven - The thief
in your head
You've got to watch them - Be quick
or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven - The thief
in your head...
Be quick!
Or be dead!
Be quick!
Or be dead
See... what's ruling all our lives
See... who's pulling the strings...
I bet you won't fall on your face...
Your belly will hold you in place
The serpent is crawling inside of
your ear
He says you must vote for what you
want to hear
Don't matter what's wrong as long as you're
alright
So pull yourself stupid and rob
yourself blind
From Here To Eternity
She fell in love with his greasy machine
She leaned over wiped his head
kickstart clean
She'd never seen the beast before
But she left there wanting
more more more
But when she was walking on
down the road
She heard a sound that made
her heart explode
He whispered to her to get on the back
"I'll take you on a ride
from here to eternity"
Hell ain't a bad place
Hell is from here to eternity
Hell ain't a bad place
Hell is from here to eternity
She must be having one of her
crazy dreams
She'd never sat on a piece so mean
It made her feel like she's on cloud nine
She even thought she heard the
engine sigh
But like all dreams that come to an end
They took a tumble at the devil's bend
The beast and Charlotte they were
two of a kind
They'd always take the line...
from here to eternity
Hell ain't a bad place
Hell is from here to eternity
Hell ain't a bad place
Hell is from here to eternity
Afraid To Shoot Strangers
Lying awake at night I wipe the sweat
from my brow
But it's not the fear 'cos
I'd rather go now
Trying to visualize the horrors that
will lay ahead
The desert sand mound a burial ground
When it comes to the time
Are we partners in crime?
When it comes to the time
We'll be ready to die
God let us go now and finish what's
to be done
Thy Kingdom Come
Thy shall be done... on earth
Trying to justify to ourselves the
reasons to go
Should we live and let live
Forget or forgive
But how can we let them go on this way?
The reign of terror corruption must end
And we know deep down there's
no other way
No trust, no reasoning, no more to say
Afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid to shoot strangers
Fear Is The Key
We live our lives in fever
In a choking sweat of fear
In the heat of the night you can
feel so much
In the heat of the night I scream
"Don't touch!"
I remember a time when we
used and abused
And fought all our battles in vain
I remember a time we thought that
passion was free
In the heart of the night... bodies aflame
We live in fever...
I hear your secret heartbeat
I can hear your silent cries
The kids have lost their freedom
And nobody cares till somebody
famous dies...
I remember a time when we
used and abused
And fought all our battles in vain
I remember a time we thought that
passion was free
In the heart of the night... bodies aflame
Now we live, in a world of uncertainty
Fear is the key - to what you want to be
You don't get a say the majority
gets its way
You're outnumbered by the bastards
till the day you die...
Childhood's End
I'd sail across the ocean
I'd walk a hundred miles
If I could make it to the end
Oh just to see a smile
You see it in their faces
The sadness in their tears
The desperation and the anger
Madness and the fear
No hope, no life, just pain and fear
No food, no love, just greed is here
Starvation and the hunger
The suffering and the pain
The agonies of all-out war
When will it come again?
The struggle for the power
A tyrant tries again
Just what the hell is going on?
When will it ever end?
No hope, no life, just pain and fear
No food, no love, just greed is here
You see the full moon float
You watch the red sun rise
We take these things for granted
But somewhere someone's dying
Contaminated waters
Pollution and decay
Just waiting for disease to strike
Oh will we learn someday?
No hope, no life, just pain and fear
No food, no love, no seed
childhood's end
Wasting Love
Maybe one day I'll be an honest man
Up till now I'm doing the best I can
Long roads, long days, of sunrise, to sunset
Sunrise to sunset
Dream on brother, while you can
Dream on sister, I hope you find the one
All of our lives, covered up quickly
by the tides of time
Spend your days full of emptiness
Spend your years full of loneliness
Wasting love, in a desperate caress
Rolling shadows of nights
Dream on brother, while you can
Dream on sister, I hope you find the one
All of our lives, covered up quickly
by the tides of time
Sands are flowing and the lines
are in your hand
In your eyes I see the hunger, and the
desperate cry that tears the night
The Fugitive
On a cold October morning
As frost lay on the ground
Waiting to make my move
I make no sound
Waiting for the mist to cover all around
I carefully picked my time
then took the wall
I'm sick and tired of running
The hunger and the pain
A stop to look about then off again
Being at the wrong place
And the wrong time
Suspected of a hit that was my crime
I am a fugitive being hunted down
like game
I am a fugitive but I've got to clear
my name
Always looking 'round me
Forever looking back
I'll always be a target for attack
Ever moving onwards
Always on the run
Waiting for the sight of a loaded gun
I am a fugitive being hunted down
like game
I am a fugitive but I've got to clear
my name
Even if I find them
And get to clear my name
I know that things can never
be the same
But if I ever prove
My innocence some day
I've got to get them all to make them pay
I am a fugitive being hunted down
like game
I am a fugitive but I've got to clear
my name
Chains of Misery
There's a madman in the corner of
your eye
He likes to pry - into your sunlight
He wants to burst into the street
with you and I
A world of shadows and of rain
He's seen what love is...
He wants to pay you back with guilt...
He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned your key
He holds your chains of misery
There's a prophet in the gutter
in the street
He say "you're damned!" -
and you believe him...
He's got a vision but it shines out
through your eyes
A world of hatred and fear...
He's felt what love means...
He wants to pay you back with pain
He lies to you - he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned the key
He holds your chains of misery
It's only love that holds the key to
our hearts...
It's only love...
He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned the key
He holds your chains of misery
He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned the key
He holds your chains of misery
The Apparition
Now I'm here can you see me
'Cos I'm out on my own
When the room goes cold tell me
you can feel me
..........'cos I'm here
Here I am, can you see me
Passing through, on my way
To a place I'd been to only in my
dreams... before
In a world of delusion
Never turn your back on a friend
'Cos you can count your
real true friends on one hand
..........through life
There are those that deceive you
There are those that'll let you down
Is there someone out there that would
die for you
..........thought not
Live your life with a passion
Everything you do, do well
You only get out of life what you put in
..........so they say
In a world of confusion
People never say what they mean
If you want a straight answer
go look for one
..........right now
In a room full of strangers
Do you stand with your back to the wall
Do you sometimes feel like you're
on the outside
..........looking in?
You can make your own luck
You create your destiny
I believe you have the power
if you want to
..........it's true
You can do what you want to
If you try a little bit harder
A little bit of faith goes a long way
..........it does
Are we here for a reason?
I'd like to know just what you think
It would be nice to know what
happens when we die
..........wouldn't it?
There are some who are wise
There are some who are born naive
I believe that there are some that must
have lived before
..........don't you?
As for me, well I'm thinking
You gotta keep an open mind
But I hope that my life's not an
open and shut case
Extrasensory Perception
Life after death, telepathy
Can the soul live on and travel through
space and time?
You know I feel so elated
'Cos I'm about to find it out
And when I know all the answers
Maybe then I'll come back
..........to fill you in
You don't be alarmed now
If I try to contact you
If things go missing or get moved around
...it's me
And don't disbelieve it
No matter what your "friends"
might say
We'll meet up again someplace
some way
..........one day
Judas Be My Guide
Lights out - We live in a world
of darkness
No doubt - Everything's up for sale
We sleep - All of the world is burning
We pray - To god for a better deal
Nothing is sacred - Back then or now
Everything's wasted...
Is that all there is?
Can I go now?
Judas my guide
Whispers in the night
Judas my guide
Fight wars - Die in a blaze of glory
Come home - Meat in a plastic sack
Fall down - Better pray to your God
for mercy
So kneel - and help the blade cut clean
Nothing is sacred - Back then or now
Everyone's wasted...
Is that all there is?
Is that it now?
I live in the black
I have no guiding light
I'm whispering in your dreams...
Judas my guide
Whispers in the night
Judas my guide
Judas my guide
Whispers in the night
Judas my guide
Weekend Warrior
The rebel of yesterday, tomorrow's fool
Who are you kidding being that cool?
Trying to break away from running
with the pack
But they ain't listening so you've
gotta go back
You're a weekend warrior when
you're one of the crowd
But it's over, just look at you now...
You're not so brave the way you behave
It makes you sick, gotta get out quick
It's all bravado when you're out
with your mates
It's like a different person goes through
those gates
And the game begins
the adrenalin's high
Feel the tension maybe someone
will die...
A weekend warrior lately
A weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you ain't
that way anymore
You've gotta get out gotta get away
But you're in with a clique it's not
easy to stray
You've gotta admit you're just
living a lie
It didn't take long to work out why
It's hard to say why you got involved
Just wanting to be part
just wanting to belong...
A weekend warrior lately
A weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you ain't
that way anymore
Some of the things that you've done
you feel so ashamed
After all it's only a game... isn't it?
And after all the adrenalin's gone
What you gonna do on Monday?
A weekend warrior lately
A weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you were
never like that at all
Fear Of The Dark
I am a man who walks alone
And when I'm walking a dark road
At night or strolling through the park
When the light begins to change
I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when it's dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's
always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's
always there
Have you run your fingers down
the wall
And have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you're searching for the light?
Sometimes when you're scared
to take a look
At the corner of the room
You've sensed that something's
watching you
Have you ever been alone at night
Thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no one's there?
And as you quicken up your pace
You find it hard to look again
Because you're sure there's
someone there
Watching horror films the night before
Debating witches and folklores
The unknown troubles on your mind
Maybe your mind is playing tricks
You sense, and suddenly eyes fix
On dancing shadows from behind
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's
always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's
always there
When I'm walking a dark road
I am a man who walks alone
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Intro: Churchill's Speech 1:09
Aces High (Harris) 4:07
There goes the siren that warns of the air raid
Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak
Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne
Got to get up for the coming attack.
Jump in the cockpit and start up the engines
Remove all the wheelblocks there's no time to waste
Gathering speed as we head down the runway
Gotta get airborne before it's too late.
Running, scrambling, flying
Rolling, turning, diving, going in again
Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Run, fly to live, live to fly, Aces high.
Move in to fire at the mainstream of bombers
Let off a sharp burst and then turn away
Roll over, spin round, and come in behind them
Move to their blindsides and firing again.
Bandits at 8 o'clock move in behind us
Ten ME-109's out of the sun
Ascending and turning our spitfires to face them
Heading straight for them I press down my guns.
Running, scrambling, flying
Rolling, turning, diving, going in again
Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Run, fly to live, live to fly, Aces high.
2 Minutes to Midnight (Smith/Dickinson) 5:52
Kill for gain or shoot to maim
But we don't need a reason
The Golden Goose is on the loose
And never out of Season.
Some blackened pride still burns inside
This shell of bloody treason
Here's my gun for a barrel of fun
For the love of living death.
The killer's breed or the Demon's seed,
The glamour, the fortune, the pain,
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain,
But don't you pray for my soul anymore.
2 minutes to midnight,
The hands that threaten doom.
2 minutes to midnight,
To kill the unborn in the womb.
The blind men shout let the creatures out
We'll show the unbelievers,
The Napalm screams of human flames
Of a prime time Belsen Feast.....YEAH!
As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy,
We oil the jaws of our war machine and feed it with our babies.
The killer's breed or the Demon's seed,
The glamour, the fortune, the pain,
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain,
But don't you pray for my soul anymore.
The body bags and little rags of children torn in two,
And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right
on you,
As the Madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song,
To the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun
The killer's breed or the Demon's seed,
The glamour, the fortune, the pain,
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain,
But don't you pray for my soul anymore.
Midnight.....all night..... (repeat)
The Trooper (Harris) 3:59
You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand there's no turning back.
The Bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death.
The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race toward the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall.
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We won't live to fight another day.
We get so close near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds takes my horse below.
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan
Revelations (Dickinson) 5:59
"O God of Earth and Altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
But take away our pride."
(G. K. Chesterton: English Hymnal)
Just a babe in a black abyss
No reason for a place like this
The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain,
An easy way for the blind to go,
A cleaver path for the fools who know
The Secret of the Hanged Man -- the smile on his lips.
The light of the Blind -- you'll see,
The venom that tears my spin,
The Eyes of the Nile are opening -- you'll see
She came to me with a serpent's kiss,
As the Eye of the Sun rose on her lips,
Moonlight catches silver tears I cry,
So we lay in a black embrace,
And the Seed is sown in a holy place
And I watched, and I waited for the Dawn.
The light of the Blind -- you'll see,
The venom that tears my spin,
The Eyes of the Nile are opening -- you'll see
Bind all of us together,
Ablaze with Hope and Free,
No storm or heavy weather
Will rock the boat you'll see,
The time has come to close your eyes
And still the wind and rain,
For the one who will be King
Is the Watcher in the Ring
It is You.
Flight of Icarus (Smith/Dickinson) 3:21
As the sun breaks, above the ground,
An old man stands on the hill,
As the ground warms, to the first rays of light
A birdsong shatters the still
His eyes are ablaze,
See the madman in his gaze.
Fly, on your way, like an eagle,
Fly as high as the sun,
On your way, like an eagle,
Fly, and touch the sun.
Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears
Looks the old man in the eye
As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd
In the name of God my father I fly.
His eyes seem so glazed
As he flies on the wings of a dream,
Now he knows his father betrayed
Now his wings turn to ashes to ashes his grave.
Fly, on your way, like an eagle,
Fly as high as the sun,
On your way, like an eagle,
Fly as high as the sun.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Harris) 13:03
Hear the rime of the Ancient Mariner
See his eyes as he stops one of three
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests
Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the Sea.
And the music plays on, and the bride passes by
Caught by his spell and the Mariner tells his tale.
Driven south to the land of the snow and ice
To a place where nobody's been
Through the snow fog flies the albatross
Hailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings.
And the ship sails on, back to the North
Through the fog and the ice the albatross follows on
The mariner kills the bird of good omen
His shipmates cry against what he's done
But when the fog clears, they justify him
And make themselves part of the crime.
Sailing on and on and North across the sea
Sailing on and on and North 'till all is calm.
The albatross begins with its vengeance
A terrible thirst a curse has begun
His shipmates blame bad luck on the Mariner
About his neck, the dead bird is hung.
And the curse goes on and on at sea
And the curse goes on and on for them and me.
"Day after day, day after day, we stuck nor breath nor motion
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
Water, water, everywhere and all the boards did shrink
Water, water, everywhere nor any drop to drink."
(Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1798-1834))
There, calls the mariner, there comes a ship over the line
But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide.
See...onward she comes
Onward she nears, out of the sun
See...she has no crew
She has no life, wait but there's two.
Death and she Life in Death, they throw their dice for the crew
She wins the Mariner and he belongs to her now.
Then...crew one by one
They drop down dead, two hundred men
She...She, Life in Death.
She lets him live, her chosen one.
Narrative
"One after one by the star dogged moon, too quick for groan or sigh
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang, and cursed me with his
eye
Four times fifty living men (and I heard nor sigh nor groan),
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump. they dropped down one by one."
(Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1798-1834))
The curse it lives on in their eyes
The Mariner he wished he'd die
Along with the sea creatures
But they lived on, so did he.
And by the light of the moon
He prays for their beauty not doom
With heart he blesses them
God's creatures all of them too.
Then the spell starts to break
The albatross falls from his neck
Sinks down like lead into the Sea
Then down in falls comes the rain.
Hear the groans of the long dead seamen
See them stir and they start to rise
Bodies lifted by good spirits
None of them speak and they're lifeless in their eyes.
And revenge is still sought, penance starts again
Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on.
Now the curse is finally lifted
And the Mariner sights his home
Spirits go from the long dead bodies
Form their own light and the Mariner's left alone.
And then a boat came sailing towards him
It was a joy he could not believe
The Pilot's boat, his son and the hermit.
Penance of life will fall onto Him.
And the ship it sinks like lead into the sea
And the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins.
The Mariner's bound to tell of his story
To tell his tale wherever he goes
To teach God's word by his own example
That we must love all things that God made.
And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser man
And the tale goes on and on and on.
Powerslave (Dickinson) 7:06
Into the Abyss I'll fall -- the eye of Horus
Into the eyes of the night -- watching me go
Green is the cat's eye that glows -- in this Temple
Enter the risen Osiris -- risen again.
Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God, why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies, all around is laid waste,
And in my last hour, I'm a Slave to the Power of Death.
When I was living this lie -- Fear was my Game
People would worship and fall -- drop to their knees.
So bring me the blood and red wine for the one to succeed me,
For he is a man and a God -- and He will die too.
Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God, why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies, all around is laid waste,
And in my last hour, I'm a Slave to the Power of Death.
Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins,
Silent the terror that reigned -- marbled in stone.
Shell of a man God preserved -- a thousand ages,
But open the gates of my Hell -- I will strike from the grave.
Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God, why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies, all around is laid waste,
And in my last hour, I'm a Slave to the Power of Death.
Slave to the Power of Death.....
Slave to the Power of Death.....
The Number of the Beast (Harris) 4:48
I left alone my mind was blank
I needed time to get the memories from my mind
What did I see can I believe that what I saw
that night was real and not just fantasy
Just what I saw in my old dreams were they
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me
Cos in my dreams it's always there the evil face that twists my
mind
and brings me to despair
The night was black was no use holding back
Cos I just had to see was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist
was all this for real or some kind of hell
666 the Number of the Beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released
Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised
as they start to cry hands held to the sky
In the night the fires burning bright
the ritual has begun Satan's work is done
666 the Number of the Beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight
This can't go on I must inform the law
Can this still be real or some crazy dream
but I feel drawn towards the evil chanting hordes
they seem to mesmerise me...can't avoid their eyes
666 the Number of the Beast
666 the one for you and me
I'm coming back I will return
And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn
I have the fire I have the force
I have the power to make my evil take its course
Hallowed Be Thy Name (Harris) 7:17
I'm waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime
Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time
Cos at 5 o'clock they take me to the Gallows Pole
The sands of time for me are running low
When the priest comes to read me the last rites
I take a look through the bars at the last sights
Of a world that has gone very wrong for me
Can it be there's some sort of error
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end not some crazy dream
Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming
It's not so easy to stop from screaming
But words escape me when I try to speak
Tears they flow but why am I crying
After all I am not afraid of dying
Don't believe that there is never an end
As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Someone calls from a cell "God be with you"
If there's a God then why has he let me die?
As I walk all my life drifts before me
And though the end is near I'm not sorry
Catch my soul cos it's willing to fly away
Mark my words please believe my soul lives on
Please don't worry now that I have gone
I've gone beyond to see the truth
When you know that your time is close at hand
maybe then you'll begin to understand
Life down there is just a strange illusion.
Iron Maiden (Harris) 4:11
Won't you come into my room,
I want to show you all my wares,
I just want to see your blood,
I just want to stand and stare.
See the blood begin to flow,
As it falls upon the floor,
Iron maiden can't be fought,
Iron maiden can't be sought.
Oh well, wherever you are,
Iron maiden's gonna get you,
No matter how far,
See the blood flow,
Watching it shed,
Up above my head,
Iron maiden wants you dead.
Run to the Hills (Harris) 3:52
White man came across the sea
Brought us pain and misery
Killed our tribes killed our creed
Took our game for his own need
We fought him hard we fought him well
Out on the plains we gave him hell
But many came too much for Cree
Oh will we ever be set free?
Riding through dustclouds and barren wastes
Galloping hard on the plains
Chasing the redskins back to their holes
Fighting them at their own game
Murder for freedom a stab in the back
Women and children and cowards attack
Run to the hills run for your lives
Run to the hills run for your lives
Soldier blue on the barren wastes
Hunting and killing their game
Raping the women and wasting the men
The only good Indians are tame
Selling them whisky and taking their gold
Enslaving the young and destroying the old
Run to the hills run for your lives
(repeat to end)
Running Free (Harris/Di'anno) 8:16
Just sixteen a pickup truck
Out of money and out of luck
I've got no place to call my own
Hit the gas and here I go
I'm Running Free, yeah, I'm Running Free
I'm Running Free, yeah, I'm Running Free
Spend the night in an L.A. jail
Listen to the sirens wail
But they ain't got a thing on me
I'm running wild I'm Running free
I'm Running Free, yeah, I'm Running Free
I'm Running Free, yeah, I'm Running Free
Pulled her at the Bottle Top
whisky dancing disco hop
And all the boys are after me
And that's the way it's gonna be.
I'm Running Free, yeah, I'm Running Free
I'm Running Free, yeah, I'm Running Free
Wrathchild (Harris) 2:54
I was born into a scene
of angriness and greed
of dominance and persecution
My mother was a queen
my dad I'd never seen
I was never meant to be.
Now I spend my time
looking all around
For a man that's nowhere to
be found,
Until I find him, I'm never
gonna stop searching,
I'm gonna find my man,
gonna travel round
Cos I'm a wrathchild
Well I'm a wrathchild
Yeah I'm a wrathchild
Some say it shouldn't matter,
ain't nothing gonna alter
the course of my destination
But I know I've gotta find
some serious peace of mind
or I know I'll just go crazy.
22 Acacia Avenue (Harris/Smith) 6:04
(the continuing saga of Charlotte the Harlot)
If you're feeling down depressed and lonely
I know a place where we can go
22 Acacia Avenue meet a lady that I know
So if you're looking for a good time
And you're prepared to pay the price
Fifteen quid is all she asks for
Everybody's got their vice
If you're waiting for a long time for the rest to do their piece
You can tell her that you know me and you might even get it free
So any time you're down the East End don't you hesitate to go
You can take my honest word for it she'll teach you more than you
can know
Charlotte can't you get out from all this madness
Can't you see it only brings you sadness
When you entertain your men don't know the risk of getting disease
Some day when you're reaching the age of forty
I bet you'll regret the days when you were laying
Nobody then will want to know
You won't have any beautiful wares to show any more
22 the avenue that's the place where we all go
You will find it's warm inside the red light's burning bright tonight
Charlotte isn't it time you stopped this mad life
Don't you ever think about the bad times
Why do you have to live this way
Do you enjoy your lay or is it the pay
Sometimes when your strolling down the avenue
The way you walk it make men think of having you
When you're walking down the street
Everybody stops and turns to stare at you
Beat her mistreat her do anything that you please
Bite her excite her make her get down on her knees
Abuse her misuse her she can take all that you've got
Caress her molest her she always does what you want
You're running away don't you know what you're doing
Can't you see it'll lead you to ruin
Charlotte you've taken your life and you've thrown it away
You believe that because what you're earning
Your life's good don't you know that you're hurting
All the people that love you don't cast them aside
All the men that are constantly drooling
It's no life for you stop all that screwing
You're packing your bags and you're coming with me
Children of the Damned (Harris) 4:19
He's walking like a small child
But watch his eyes burn you away
Black holes in his golden stare
God knows he wants to go home
Children of the Damned
(repeat another 3 times)
He's walking like a dead man
If he had lived he would have crucified us all
Now he's standing on the last step
He thought oblivion well it beckons us all
Children of the Damned
(repeat another 3 times)
Now it burns his hand he's turning to laugh
Smiles as the flame sears his flesh
Melting his face screaming in pain
Peeling the skin from his eyes
Watch him die according to plan
He's dust on the ground what did we learn
You're Children of the Damned
Your back's against the wall
You turn into the light
You're Children of the Damned
Like candles watch them burn
Burning in the light
You'll burn again tonight
You're Children of the Damned
Die With Your Boots On (Smith/Dickinson/Harris) 4:51
Another Prophet of Disaster
Who says the ship is lost,
Another Prophet of Disaster
Leaving you to count the cost,
Taunting us with Visions,
Afflicting us with fear,
Predicting War for millions,
In the hope that one appears.
No point asking when it is,
No point asking who's to go,
No point asking what's the game,
No point asking who's to blame,
'Cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,
'Cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die.
If you're gonna die, die with your boots on,
If you're gonna try, just stick around,
Gonna cry, just move along,
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die.
In 13 the Beast is Rising,
The Frenchman did surmise,
Through earthquakes and starvation,
The Warlord will arise.
Terror, Death, Destruction,
Pour from the Eastern Sands,
But the truth of all predictions,
Is always in your hands.
If you're gonna die, die with your boots on,
If you're gonna try, just stick around,
Gonna cry, just move along,
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die.
Phantom of the Opera (Harris) 7:01
I've been looking so long for you now, you won't get away from my
grasp.
You've been living so long in hiding. Hiding behind that false mask.
You know and I know that you ain't got that long to last,
Your looks and feelings are just the remains of your past
Standing in the wings there, you wait for the curtain to fall.
Knowing the terror and holding you have on us all.
I know that you're gonna scratch me and maim me and maul.
You know I'm helpless from your mesmerising cat call.
Keep your distance, walk away don't take his bait.
Don't you stray don't fade away.
Watch your step, he's out to get you
Come what may,
Don't you stray, don't fade away.
I'm running and hiding, in my dreams you're always there.
You're the Phantom of the Opera, you're the devil you're just out
to scare.
You damaged my mind and my soul just floats through the air.
You haunt me, you taunt me, you torture me back at your lair.
IRON MAIDEN - NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING
TAILGUNNER
TRACE YOUR WAY BACK 50 YEARS
TO THE GLOW OF DRESDEN-BLOOD AND TEARS
IN THE BLACK ABOVE BY THE CRUEL SEARCHLIGHT
MEN WILL DIE AND MEN WILL FIGHT-YEAH|
WHO SHOT WHO AND WHO FIRED FIRST?
DRIPPING DEATH TO WHET THE BLOODTHIRST
NO RADAR LOCK ON-SKIN AND BONE
THE BOMBER BOYS ARE GOING HOME
CHORUS
CLIMB INTO THE SKY NEVER WONDER WHY-TAILGUNNER
YOU'RE A TAILGUNNER
(REPEAT)
NAIL THAT FOKKER KILL THAT SON.
GONNA BLOW YOUR GUTS OUT WITH MY GUN
THE WEATHER FORECASTS GOOD FOR WAR
COLOGNE AND FRANKFURT?HAVE SOME MORE|
TAIL END CHARLIE IN THE BOILING SKY
THE ENOLA GAY WAS MY LAST TRY
NOW THAT THIS TAILGUNNER'S GONE
NO MORE BOMBERS (JUST ONE BIG BOMB)
CHORUS
HOLY SMOKE
BELIEVE IN ME SEND NO MONEY
I DIED ON THE CROSS AND THAT AIN'T FUNNY
BUT MY SO CALLED FRIENDS THEY'RE MAKING ME A JOKE
THEY MISSED OUT WHAT I SAID LIKE I NEVER SPOKE
THEY CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANNA HEAR THEY DON'T TELL A LIE
THEY JUST LEAVE OUT THE TRUTH AS THEY'RE WATCHING YOU DIE
THEY'RE SAVING YOUR SOULS BY TAKING YOUR MONEY
FLIES AROUND SHIT BEES AROUND HONEY
CHORUS
HOLY SMOKE HOLY SMOKE
THERE'S PLENTY BAD PREACHERS FOR THE DEVIL TO STOKE
FEED 'EM IN FEET FIRST THIS IS NO JOKE
THIS IS THIRSTY WORK MAKING HOLY SMOKE YEAH
MAKING HOLY SMOKE
JIMMY REPTILE AND ALL HIS FRIENDS
SAY THEY GONNA BE WITH YOU AT THE END
BURNING RECORDS BURNING BOOKS
HOLY SOLDIERS NAZI LOOKS
CROCODILE SMILES JUST WAIT A WHILE
TILL THE TV QUEEN GETS HER MAKE-UP CLEAN
I'VE LIVED IN FILTH I'VE LIVED IN SIN
AND I STILL SMELL CLEANER THAN THE SHIT YOU'RE IN
REPEAT CHORUS
HOLY SMOKE
SMELLS GOOD
THEY AIN'T RELIGIOUS BUT THEY AIN'T NO FOOLS
WHEN NOAH BUILT HIS CADILLAC IT WAS COOL
TWO BY TWO THEY'RE STILL GOING DOWN
AND THE SATELLITE CIRCUS JUST LEFT TOWN
I THINK THEY'RE STRANGE AND WHEN THEY'RE DEAD
THEY CAN HAVE A LINCOLN FOR THEIR BED
FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENT TRICK OF THE TAIL
NOW THEY AIN'T GOT A PRAYER 100 YEARS IN JAIL
REPEAT CHORUS
HOLY SMOKE
HAH
NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I'VE WONDERED
AND TIMES WHEN I'VE CRIED
WHEN MY PRAYERS THEY WERE ANSWERED
AT TIMES WHEN I'VE LIED
BUT IF YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION
WOULD I TELL YOU TRUTH
NOW THERE'S SOMETHING TO BET ON
YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE
WHEN I'VE SAT BY THE WINDOW
AND GAZED AT THE RAIN
WITH AN ACHE IN MY HEART
BUT NEVER FEELING THE PAIN
AND IF YOU WOULD TELL ME
JUST WHAT MY LIFE MEANS
WALKING A LONG ROAD
NEVER REACHING THE END
GOD GIVE ME THE ANSWER TO MY LIFE
GOD GIVE ME THE ANSWER TO MY DREAMS
GOD GIVE ME THE ANSWER TO MY PRAYERS
GOD GIVE ME THE ANSWER TO MY BEING
PUBLIC ENEMA NUMBER ONE
WHEN IT ALL COMES DOWN THE LINE
AND THE LIGHTS THEY TURN TO GREED
AND YOU RACE OFF WITH YOUR TYRES SCREAMING
ROLLING THUNDER
AND THE PEOPLE CHOKE WITH POISON
CHILDREN CRY IN FEAR
BUT YOU'VE GOT YOUR FAST BULLET
ONE WAY TICKET OUTTA HERE
CHORUS
FALL ON YOUR KNEES TODAY
AND PRAY THE WORLD WILL MEND ITS WAYS
GET TO YOUR FEET AGAIN
REFUGEES FROM THE HEARTBREAK AND THE PAIN
IN THE CITIES IN THE STREETS
THERE'S A TENSION YOU CAN FEEL
BREAKING STRAIN IS FAST APPROACHING
GUNS AND RIOTS
POLITICIANS GAMBLE AND LIE TO SAVE THEIR SKINS
AND THE PRESS GET FED THE SCAPEGOATS
PUBLIC ENEMA NUMBER ONE
CHORUS
A MILLION NETWORK SLAVES
IN AN ADVERTISING NEW AGE
I DON'T NEED A CRYSTAL BALL TO SELL YA
YOUR CHILDREN HAVE MORE BRAINS
THAN YOUR DRUG INFESTED REMAINS
CALIFORNIA DREAMING AS THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING
CHORUS
FATES WARNING
WHY IS IT SOME OF US ARE DESTINED TO STAY ALIVE
AND SOME OF US ARE HERE JUST SO THAT WE'LL DIE
HOW COME THE BULLET HITS THE OTHER GUY
DO WE HAVE TO TRY AND REASON WHY
CHORUS
BE IT THE DEVIL OR BE IT HIM
YOU CAN COUNT ON JUST ONE THING
WHEN THE TIME IS UP YOU'LL KNOW
NOT JUST ONE POWER RUNS THE SHOW
ARE WE THE LUCKY ONES SAVED FOR ANOTHER DAY
OR THEY THE LUCKY ONES WHO ARE TAKEN AWAY
IS IT A HAND ON YOUR SHOULDER FROM THE LORD ABOVE
OR THE DEVIL HIMSELF COME TO GIVE YOU A SHOVE
CHORUS
A VOLCANO ERUPTS AND SWEEPS A TOWN AWAY
A HURRICANE DEVASTATES THE CITIES IN ITS WAY
THE GRIEF AND MISERY FOR THE ONES THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND
THE WORST IS YET TO COME A HELL TO FACE MANKIND
THE ASSASSIN
NOW THE CONTRACTS OUT
THEY'VE PUT THE WORD ABOUT
I'M COMING AFTER YOU
IT'S NOT THE MONEY I MAKE
IT'S THE THRILL OF THE CHASE
AND I'M COMING AFTER YOU
I WATCH YOUR EVERY MOVE
STUDY THE THINGS YOU DO
AND THE PATTERN OF YOUR WAYS
I WATCH THE WAY YOU WALK
I HEAR YOUR TELEPHONE TALK
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE WAY YOU THINK
CHORUS
BETTER WATCH OUT,COS I'M THE ASSASSIN,
BETTER WATCH OUT,BETTER WATCH OUT
(REPEAT)
I'M IN A COLD COLD SWEAT
I TASTE THE SMELL OF DEATH
I KNOW THE MOMENT'S GETTING CLOSER
AND AS YOU WALK TO THE LIGHT
I FEEL MY HANDS GO TIGHT
EXCITEMENT RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS
I'VE GOT YOU IN MY SIGHTS
I'VE GOT YOU DEAD TO RIGHTS
THE TRIGGERS WAITING FOR MY FINGER
I FEEL ADRENALIN RUSH
IT'S JUST THE FINAL TOUCH
YOU CAN KISS YOUR ARSE GOODBYE
CHORUS
RUN SILENT,RUN DEEP
THE CONVOY LIGHTS ARE DEAD AHEAD
THE MERCHANTMEN LAY IN THEIR BED
THE THUMP OF DIESELS HAMMERS DOWN
IN THE OILY SEA-THE KILLING GROUND
HIS KNUCKLES WHITE HIS EYES ALIGHT
HE SLAMS THE HATCH ON THE DEADLY NIGHT
A CUNNING FOX IN THE CHICKENS LAIR
A HOUND OF HELL AND THE DEVIL DON'T CARE
CHORUS
RUNING SILENT,RUNING DEEP,WE ARE YOUR FINAL PRAYER
WARRIORS IN SECRET SLEEP,A MERCHANTMAN'S NIGHTMARE
A SILENT DEATH LIES AWAITING,FOR ALL OF YOU BELOW
RUNNING SILENT,RUNNING DEEP,SINK INTO YOUR SILENT SLEEP
CHILL THE HEARTS OF FIGHTING MEN
IN OPEN OCEAN WONDERING WHEN?
THE LETHAL SILVER FISH WILL FLY
THE BOAT WILL SHIVER-MEN WILL DIE
A CAST OF MILLIONS-A PART TO PLAY
KILLER?VICTIM?OR FOOL FOR A DAY
OBEYING AN ORDER-MEN HAVE TO DIE
US OR THEM-A WELL REHEARSED LIE
CHORUS
THE LIFEBOATS SHATTERED THE HULL IS TORN
THE TAR BLACK SMELL OF BURNING OIL
ON THE WAY DOWN TO DAVY JONES
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF-YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN
THE WOLF EYES WATCH THE CROSSWIRE
'STERN TUBES READY','AIM AND FIRE|'
THEY CAN PIN SOME MEDAL ON YOUR CHEST
BUT IN TWO MORE WEEKS-DEAD LIKE THE REST
CHORUS
HOOKS IN YOU
I GOT THE KEYS TO VIEW AT NUMBER 22
BEHIND MY GREEN DOOR THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE
STONE COLD SOBER AND SITTING IN SILENCE,LAID
BACK AND LOOKING FOR SYMPHATY
I LIKE A GIRL WHO KNOWS WHERE SHE'S BOUND
I DON'T LIKE GIRLS WHO'VE BEEN HANGING AROUND
CHORUS
HOOKS IN YOU,HOOKS IN ME,HOOKS IN THE CEILING
FOR THAT WELL HUNG FEELING
NO BIG DEAL,NO BIG SIN,STRUNG UP ON LOVE I
GOT THE HOOKS SCREWED IN
CHORUS
SHE'S TIED UP SHE CAN'T COME TO THE PHONE
YOU MSUT HAVE GOT YOUR WIRES CROSSED COS SHE AIN'T HOME
KNOCK ON WOOD-YOU KNOW I LIKE THAT SOUND
SHE NEVER COULD KEEP HER FEET ON THE GROUND
CHORUS
RIGHT ON THE MONEY GOT IT WRAPPED UP TIGHT
NEW IDEAS FOR THE DECOR TONIGHT
GONNA MAKE THIS HOUSE A PRESERVATION ZONE
GONNA SET HER IN CONCRETE SET HER UP ON HER OWN
BRING YOUR DAUGHTER... ...TO THE SLAUGHTER
HONEY ITS GETTING CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT
AND ALL THE MYTHS ARE IN TOWN
TRUE LOVE AND LIPSTICK ON YOUR LINEN
BITE THE PILLOW MAKE NO SOUND
IF THERE'S SOME LIVING TO BE DONE
BEFORE YOUR LIFE BECOMES YOUR TOMB
YOU'D BETTER KNOW THAT I'M THE ONE
SO UNCHAIN YOUR BACK DOOR INVITE ME AROUND
HONEY ITS GETTING CLOSE TO DAYBREADK
THE SUN IS CREEPING IN THE SKY
NO PATENT REMEDIES FOR HEARTACHE
JUST EMPTY WORDS AND HUMBLE PIE
SO GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEEES HONEY
ASSUME AN ATTITUDE
YOU JUST PRAY THAT I'LL BE WAITING
COS YOU KNOW I'M COMING SOON
SO PICK UP YOUR FOOLISH PRIDE,NO GOING BACK
NO WHERE,NO WAY,NO PLACE TO HIDE
BRING YOUR DAUGHTER,BRING YOUR DAUGHTER TO THE SLAUGHTER
LET HER GO,LET HER GO,LET HER GO
MOTHER RUSSIA
MOTHER RUSSIA HOW ARE YOU SLEEPING
MIDDLE WINTER COLD WINDS BLOW
FROM THE TREES THE SNOWFLAKES DRIFTING
SWIRLING ROUND LIKE GHOSTS IN THE SNOW
MOTHER RUSSIA POETRY MAJESTIC
TELLS THE TIME OF A GREAT EMPIRE
TURNING ROUND THE OLD MAN PONDERS
REMINISCING AN AGE GONE BY
MOTHER RUSSIA
DANCE OF THE TSARS
HOLD UP YOUR HEADS
BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU ARE
NOW IT HAS COME
FREEDOM AT LAST
TURNING THE TIDES OF HISTORY
AND YOUR PAST
MOTHER RUSSIA
DANCE OF THE TSARS
HOLD UP YOUR HEADS
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
CAN YOU RELEASE
THE ANGER THE GRIEF
CAN YOU BE HAPPY
NOW YOUR PEOPLE ARE FREE
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
"And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes; and there shall be no more
Death. Neither sorrow, nor crying. Neither
shall there be any more Brain; for the
former things are passed away."
Revelations ch. XXI v.1.
Where Eagles Dare
It's snowing outside the rumbling sound
of engines roar in the night.
The mission is near the confident men
are waiting to drop from the sky.
The Blizzard goes on but still they must fly
No one should go where eagles dare.
Bavarian alps that lay all around
they seem to stare from below.
The enemy lines a long time passed
are lying deep in the snow.
Into the night they fall through the sky
No one should fly where eagles dare.
They're closing in the fortress is near
it's standing high in the sky.
The cable car's the only way in
it's really impossible to climb.
They make their way but maybe too late
They've got to try to save the day.
The panicking cries the roaring of guns
are echoing all around the valley.
The mission complete they make to escape
away from the Eagles Nest.
They dared to go where no one would try
they chose to fly where eagles dare.
Revelations
"O God of Earth and Altar,
Bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
But take away our pride."
(G. K. Chesterton; English Hymnal)
Just a babe in the black abyss,
No reason for a place like this,
The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain,
An easy way for the blind to go,
A clever path for the fools who know
the Secret of the Hanged Man-the smile on his lips.
The light of the Blind-you'll see,
The venom that tears my spine,
The Eyes of the Nile are opening-you'll see.
She came to me with a serpent's kiss,
As the Eye of the Sun Rose on her lips,
Moonlight catches silver tears I cry,
So we lay in the black embrace,
And the Seed is sown in a holy place
And I watched, and I waited for the dawn.
The light of the Blind-you'll see,
The venom that tears my spine,
The Eyes of the Nile are opening-you'll see.
Bind all of us together,
Ablaze with Hope and Free,
No storm or heavy weather
Will rock the boat you'll see.
The time has come to close your eyes
And still the wind and rain,
For the one who will be King
Is the Watcher in the Ring,
It is You.
Flight Of Icarus
As the sun breaks, above the ground,
An old man stands on the hill,
As the ground warms, to the first rays of light
A birdsong shatters the still.
His eyes are ablaze,
See the madman in his gaze.
Fly, on your way, like an eagle,
Fly as high as the sun,
On your way, like an eagle,
Fly and touch the sun.
Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears
Looks the old man in the eye
As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd
In the name of God my father I fly.
His eyes seem so glazed
As he flies on the wings of a dream,
Now he knows his father betrayed
Now his wings turn to ashes to ashes his grave.
Fly, on your way, like an eagle,
Fly as high as the sun,
On your way, like an eagle,
Fly as high as the sun.
Die With Your Boots On
Another Prophet of Disaster
Who says the ship is lost,
Another Prophet of Disaster
Leaving you to count the cost.
Taunting us with Visions,
Afflicting us with fear,
Predicting War for millions,
In the hope that one appears.
No point asking when it is,
No point asking who's to go,
No point asking what's the game,
No point asking who's to blame.
'cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,
'cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,
If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.
If you're gonna try, just stick around,
Gonna cry, just move along,
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die.
In 13 the Beast is rising,
The Frenchman did surmise,
Through earthquakes and starvation,
The warlord will arise.
Terror, Death, Destruction,
Pour from the Eastern Sands,
But the truth of all predictions,
Is always in your hands.
If you're gonna die, die with your boots on,
If you're gonna try, just stick around,
Gonna cry, just move along,
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die.
The Trooper
You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand there's no turning back.
The bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death.
The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We won't live to fight another day.
We get so close near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below.
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan
Still Life
Take a look in the pool and what do you see
In the dark depths there faces beckoning me
Can't you see them it's plain for all to see
They were there oh I know you don't believe me.
Oh...I've never felt so strange
But...I'm not going insane.
I've no doubt that you think I'm off my head
You don't say but it's in your eyes instead
Hours I spend out just gazing into that pool
Something draws me there I don't know what to do.
Oh...they drain my strength away
Oh...they're asking me to stay.
Nightmares...spirits calling me
Nightmares...they won't leave me be.
All my life's blood is slowly draining away
And I feel that I'm weaker every day
Somehow I know I haven't long to go
Joining them at the bottom of the pool.
Now...I feel they are so near
I...begin to see them clear
Nightmares...coming all the time
Nightmares...Will give me peace of mind.
Now it's clear and I know what I have to do
I must take you down there to look at them too
Hand in hand then we'll jump right into the pool
Can't you see not just me they want you too.
Oh...we'll drown together
It...will be forever.
Nightmares...forever calling me
Nightmares...Now we rest in peace.
Quest For Fire
In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth
When the land was swamp and caves were home
In an age when prize possession was fire
To search for landscapes men would roam.
Then the tribes they came to steal their fire
And the wolves they howled into the night
As they fought a vicious angry battle
to save the power of warmth and light.
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched all through the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man.
And they thought that when the embers died away
That the flame of life had burnt and died
Didn't know the sparks that made the fire
Were made by rubbing stick and stone.
So they ploughed through the forest and swamps of danger
And they fought the cannibal tribes and beasts
In the search to find another fire
To regain the power of light and heat.
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched across the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man.
Sun and Steel
You killed your first man at 13,
Killer instinct, Animal supreme,
By 16 you had learned to fight
The way of the warrior, you took it as your right.
Sunlight, falling on your steel,
Death in life is your ideal,
Life is like a wheel, rolling on and on.
Through earth and water, fire and wind,
you came at last-nothing was the end,
Make a cut by fire and stones,
Take you and your blade and break you both
in two-break you both in two.
Sunlight, falling on your steel,
Death in life is your ideal,
Life is like a wheel-and it's rolling still.
To Tame a Land
He is the king of all the land
In the Kingdom of the sands
Of a time tomorrow.
He rules the sandworms and the Fremen
In a land amongst the stars
Of an age tomorrow.
He is destined to be a King
He rules over everything
On the land called planet Dune.
Bodywater is your life
And without it you would die
On the desert the planet Dune.
Without a stillsuit you would fry
On the sands so hot and dry
In a world called Arrakis.
It is a land that's rich in spice
The sandriders and the "mice"
That they call the "Muad'Dib".
He is the Kwizatz Haderach.
He is born of Caladan
And will take the Gom Jabbar.
He has the power to foresee
Or to look into the past
He is the ruler of the stars
The time will come for him
to lay claim his crown,
And then the foe yes
they'll be cut down,
You'll see he'll be the
best that there's been,
Messiah supreme
true leader of men,
And when the time
for judgement's at hand
Don't fret he's strong
and he'll make a stand,
Against evil and fire
That spreads through the land,
He has the power
to make it all end.
Seventh son of a Seventh Son
1. MOONCHILD
2. INFINITE DREAMS
3. CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS
4. THE EVIL THAT MEN DO
5. SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON
6. THE PROPHECY
7. THE CLAIRVOYANT
8. ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG
MOONCHILD
Seven deadly sins
Seven ways to win
Seven holy paths to hell
And your trip begins
Seven downward slopes
Seven bloodied hopes
Seven are your burning fires
Seven your desires....
I am he the bornless one
The fallen angel watching you
Babylon, the scarlet whore
I'll infiltrate your gratitude
Don't you dare to save your son
Kill him now and save the young ones
Be the mother of a birth strangled babe
Be the devils own, Lucifer's my name
Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream
Moonchild - open the seventh seal
Moonchild - You'll be mine soon child
Moonchild - take my hand tonight
I count the heads of those unborn
The accursed ones I'll find them all
And if you die by your own hand
As a suicide you shall be damned
And if you try to save your soul
I will torment you - you shall not grow old
With every second and passing breath
You'll be so alone your soul will bleed to death
Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream
Moonchild - open the seventh seal
Moonchild - You'll be mine soon child
Moonchild - take my hand tonight
The twins they are exhausted, seven is this night
Gemini is rising as the red lips kiss to bite
Seven angels seven demons battle for his soul
When Gabriel lies sleeping, this child was born to die
One more dies one more lives
One baby cries one mother grieves
For all the sins you will commit
You'll beg forgiveness and none I'll give
A web of fear shall be your coat
To clothe you in the night
A lucky escape for you young man
But I'll see you damned in endless night
INFINITE DREAMS
Infinite dreams I can't deny them
Infinity is hard to comprehend
I couldn't hear those screams
Even in my wildest dreams
Suffocation waking in a sweat
Scared to fall asleep again
Incase the dream begins again
Someone chasing I cannot move
Standing rigid nightmare's statue
What a dream when will it end
And will I transcend?
Restless sleep the minds in turmoil
One nightmare ends another fertile
Getting to me so scared to sleep
But scared to wake now, in too deep
Even though its reached new heights
I rather like the restless nights
It makes me wonder it makes me think
There's more to this I'm on the brink
It's not the fear of what's beyond
It's just that I might not respond
I have an interest almost craving
But would I like to get too far in?
It can't be all coincidence
Too many things are evident
You tell me you're an unbeliever
Spiritualist? Well me I'm neither
But wouldn't you like to know
The truth
Of what's out there to have the proof
And find out just which side
You're on
Where would you end in Heaven or
In Hell?
Help me. Help me to find my true
Self without seeing the future
Save me, save me from torturing
Myself even within my dreams
There's got to be just more to it
Than this
Or tell me why do we exist
I'd like to think that when I die
I'd get a chance another time
And to return and live again
Reincarnate, play the game
Again and again and again
CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS
Give me the sense to wonder
To wonder if I'm free
Give me a sense of wonder
To know I can be me
Give me the strength to hold my head up
Spit back in their face
Don't need no key to unlock this door
Gonna break down the walls
Break out of this bad place
Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball
Can I play with madness - there's no vision there at all
Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me
Can I play with madness - he said you're blind too blind to see
I screamed aloud to the old man
I said don't lie don't say you don't know
I say you'll pay for your mischief
In this world or the next
Oh and then he fixed me with a freezing glance
And the hell fires raged in his eyes
He said do you want to know the truth son
- I'll tell you the truth
Your soul's gonna burn in the lake of fire
Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball
Can I play with madness - there's no vision there at all
Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me
Can I play with madness - he said you're blind too blind to see
Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball
Can I play with madness - there's no vision there at all
Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me
Can I play with madness - he said you're blind too blind to see
THE EVIL THAT MEN DO
Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade
Slept in the dust with his daughter, her eyes red with
The slaughter of innocence
But I will pray for her
I will call her name out loud
I would bleed for her
If only I could see her now
Living on a razors edge
Balancing on a ledge
Living on a razors edge
The evil that men do lives on and on.....
The evil that men do lives on and on.....
The evil that men do lives on and on.....
The evil that men do lives on and on.....
Circle of fire my baptism of joy at an end it seems
The seventh lamb slain, the book of life opens before me
But I will pray for you
And some day I may return
Don't you cry for me
Beyond is where I learn
SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON
Here they stand brothers them all
All the sons divided they'd fall
Here await the birth of the son
The seventh, the heavenly, the chosen one
Here the birth from an unbroken line
Born the healer the seventh, his time
Unknowingly blessed and as his life unfolds
Slowly unveiling the power he holds
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Then they watch the progress he makes
The Good and the Evil which path will he take
Both of them trying to manipulate
The use of his powers before it's too late
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Today is born the seventh one
Born of woman the seventh son
And he in turn of a seventh son
He has the power to heal
He has the gift of the second sight
He is the chosen one
So it shall be written
So it shall be done
THE PROPHECY
Now that I know that the right time has come
My prediction will surely be true
The impending disaster it looms
And the whole of the village is doomed
Why won't you listen to me
It is so hard to understand
That I am the real seventh son
Your life or death on me depends
Suffering and pain impending disaster
Souls crying the devil's laughter
Heard the cry of the seven whistlers
Lucifer smiles looks on and waits
I'll take your life in my hands
Your fate your fortune's in my visions
Heed what I say and you'll see
What will be
Please listen to me
Now that they see the disaster is done
Now they put all the blame unto me
They feel I brought on a curse
Don't they know that the torment
It stays with me knowing that I walk alone
Through the eyes of the future I see
They don't even know what fear is
Don't they know I'm the one who is cursed
Purgatory beckons souls lost forever
Life after death or heaven hereafter
Heard the call of the seven whistlers again
Now Lucifer laughs hell awaits
I had their lives in my hands
Their fate their fortunes in my visions
No one believed in my true prophecy
And now it's too late
THE CLAIRVOYANT
Feel the sweat break on my brow
Is it me or is it shadows that are
Dancing on the walls
Is this a dream or is it now
Is this a vision or normality I see
Before my eyes
I wonder why I wonder how
That it seems the powers getting stronger
Every day
I feel a strength an inner fire
But I'm scared I won't be able to control it anymore
There's a time to live and a time to die
When it's time to meet the maker
There's a time to live but isn't it strange
That as soon as you're born you're dying
Just by looking through your eyes
He could see the future penetrating right
In through your mind
See the truth and see your lies
But for all his power couldn't foresee his own demise
There's a time to live and a time to die
When it's time to meet the maker
There's a time to live but isn't it strange
That as soon as you're born you're dying...
... and reborn again?
ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG
The demon in your mind will rape you in your bed at night
The wisdom of ages, the lies and outrages concealed
Time it waits for no man
My future it is revealed
Time it waits for no man
My fate is sealed
If I cancel tomorrow the undead will thank me today
Fly in the face of your prophets I mock your morality plays
The moon is red and bleeding
The sun is burned and black
The book of life is silent
No turning back
Only the good die young
All the evil seem to live forever
Only the good die young
All the evil seem to live forever
Only the good die young
Only the good die young
Mystery madman a victim of cruel charade
Some innocent pawn in an end game one more stalemate
Is death another birthday?
A way to kiss your dreams goodbye?
Do the undead live within us
And look through our eyes?
Walking on water are miracles all you can trust
Measure your coffin does it measure up to your lust?
So I think I'll leave you
With your bishops and your guilt
So until the next time
Have a good sin
Only the good die young
All the evil seem to live forever
Only the good die young
All the evil seem to live forever
Only the good die young
Only the good die young
Seven deadly sins
Seven ways to win
Seven holy paths to hell
Seven downward slopes
Seven bloodied hopes
Seven are your burning fires
Seven your desires...
somewhere in time
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN TIME
If you had the time to lose,
An open mind and time to choose,
Would you care to take a look,
Or can you read me like a book?
Time is always on my side,
Time is always on my side.
Can I tempt you, come with me,
Be Devil may care, fulfill your dream,
If I said I'd take you there,
Would you go, would you be scared?
Time is always on my side,
Time is always on my side.
Don't be afraid, you're safe with me,
Safe as any soul can be ... honestly,
Just let yourself go.
Chorus:
Caught somewhere in time
Caught somewhere in time
Caught somewhere in time ... oh oh
Like a wolf in sheep's clothing,
You try to hide your deepest sins,
Of all the things that you've done wrong,
And I know where you belong.
Time is always on my side,
Time is always on my side.
Make you an offer you can't refuse,
You've only got your soul to lose...
Eternally...Just let yourself go!
Chorus:
Caught somewhere in time
Caught somewhere in time
Caught now in two minds!
WASTED YEARS
From the coast of gold, across the seven seas,
I'm travelling on, far and wide,
But now it seems, I'm just a stranger to myself,
And all the things I sometimes do, it isn't me but someone else.
I close my eyes, and think of home,
Another city goes by, in the night,
Ain't it funny how it is, you never miss it til it's gone away,
And my heart is lying there and will be til my dying day.
Chorus:
So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years,
Face up...make your stand,
And realise you're living in the golden years.
Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind,
Can't ease this pain, so easily,
When you can't find the words to say, it's hard to make it through
another day,
And it makes me wanna cry, and throw my hands up to the sky.
Chorus:
So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years,
Face up...make your stand,
And realise you're living in the golden years.
SEA OF MADNESS
Out in the street somebody's crying,
Out in the night the fires burn,
Maybe tonight somebody's crying,
Reached the point of no return.
Oh - my eyes they see but I can't believe,
Oh - my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave.
Chorus:
Like the eagle and the dove,
Fly so high on wings above,
When all you see can only bring you sadness,
Like a river we will flow,
On towards the sea we go,
When all you do can only bring you sadness,
Out on the sea of madness.
Somewhere I hear a voice that's calling,
Out in the dark there burns a dream,
You got to hope when you are falling,
To find the world that you have seen.
Oh - my eyes they see but I can't believe,
Oh - my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave.
Chorus:
Like the eagle and the dove,
Fly so high on wings above,
When all you see can only bring you sadness,
Like a river we will flow,
On towards the sea we go,
When all you do can only bring you sadness,
Out on the sea of madness.
It's madness,
The sun don't shine
On the sea of madness,
There ain't no wind to fill your sails,
Madness,
When all you see can only bring you sadness
On towards the sea we go...
HEAVEN CAN WAIT
Can't understand what is happening to me,
This isn't real, this is only a dream,
But I never have felt, no I never have felt this way before,
I'm looking down on my body below,
I lie asleep in the midst of a dream,
Is it now could it be that the angel of death has come for me?
I can't believe that really my time has come,
I don't feel ready, there's so much left undone,
And it's my soul and I'm not gonna let it get away.
Chorus:
Heaven can wait,
Heaven can wait,
Heaven can wait,
Heaven can wait til another day.
[Reapeat chorus]
I have a lust for the Earth below
And Hell itself is my only foe,
'Cause I've no fear of dying,
I'll go when I'm good and ready,
I snatch a glimpse of the light's eternal rays,
I see a tunnel, I stand amazed,
At all of the people standing there in front of me,
Into the paths of rightness I'll be led,
Is this the place where the living join the dead?
I wish I knew this was only just a nightmare.
[Chorus *2]
Take my hand, I'll lead you to the promised land,
Take my hand, I'll give you immortality,
Eternal youth, I'll take you to the other side,
To see the truth, the path for you is decided.
Oh Oh * lots.
My body tingles, I feel so strange,
I feel so tired, I feel so drained,
And I'm wondering if I'll ever be the same again,
Is this in limbo or in Heaven or Hell?
Maybe I'm going down there as well,
I can't accept my soul will drift forever.
I feel myself floating back down to Earth,
So could this be the hour of my rebirth?
Or have I died or will I wake from dreaming?
[Chorus]
THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER
Tough of the track,
With the wind,
And the rain that's beating down on your back.
Your heart's beating loud
And goes on getting louder
And goes on even more till the sound
Is ringing in your head,
With every step you tread,
And every breath you take,
Determination makes
You run,
Never stop,
Gotta win, gotta run till you drop,
Keep the pace,
Hold the race,
Your mind is getting clearer,
You're over halfway there but the miles
Just never seem to end
As if you're in a dream,
Not getting anywhere.
It seems so futile.
Chorus:
Run, on and on,
Run, on and on,
The loneliness of the long distance runner.
I've got to keep running the course,
I've got to keep running and win at all costs,
I've got to keep going, be strong,
Must be so determined and push myself on.
Run over stiles, across fields,
Turn to look at who's on your heels,
Way ahead of the field,
The line is getting nearer but do
You want the glory that goes,
You reach the final stretch,
Ideals are just a trace,
You feel like throwing the race,
It's all so futile.
Chorus:
Run, on and on,
Run, on and on,
The loneliness of the long distance runner.
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
Was many years ago that I left home and came this way,
I was a young man full of hopes and dreams,
But now it seems to me that all is lost and nothing gained,
Sometimes things ain't what they seem,
No brave new world, no brave new world,
No brave new world, no brave new world.
Night and day I scan horizon, sea and sky,
My spirit wanders endlessly,
Until the day will dawn and friends from home discover why,
Hear me calling, rescue me,
Set me free, set me free,
Lost in this place and leave no trace.
Chorus:
Stranger in a strange land,
Land of ice and snow,
Trapped here in this prison, yeah!
Lost and far from home.
One hundred years have gone and men again they came that way,
To find the answer to the mystery,
They found his body lying where it fell on that day,
Preserved in time for all to see,
No brave new world, no brave new world,
Lost in this place, and leave no trace.
Chorus:
Stranger in a strange land,
Land of ice and snow,
Trapped here in this prison, yeah!
Lost and far from home.
DEJA VU
When you see familiar faces,
But you don't remember where they're from,
Could you be wrong?
When you've been particular places,
That you know you've never been before,
Can you be sure?
'Cause you know this has happened before,
And you know that this moment in time is for real,
And you know when you feel Deja vu.
Chorus:
Feel like I've been here before,
Feel like I've been here before.
Ever had a conversation,
That you realise you've had before,
Isn't it strange?
Have you ever talked to someone,
And you feel you know what's coming next?
It feels pre-arranged.
'Cause you know that you've heard it before,
And you feel that this moment in time is surreal,
'Cause you know when you feel deja-vu.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT [356 - 323 BC]
"My son, ask for thyself another kingdom,
For that which I leave is to small for thee."
Near to the East, in a part of ancient Greece,
In an ancient land called Macedonia,
Was born a son to Philip of Macedon,
The legend his name was Alexander.
At the age of nineteen, he became the Macedon king,
And swore to free all of Asia Minor,
By the Aegian Sea in 334 BC,
He utterly beat the armies of Persia.
Chorus:
Alexander the Great,
His name struck fear into hearts of men,
Alexander the Great,
Became a legend 'mongst mortal men.
King Darius the third, Defeated fled Persia,
The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes,
Then Egypt fell to the Macedon king as well,
And he founded the city called Alexandria.
By the Tigris river, he met King Darius again,
And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela,
Entering Babylon and Susa, treasures he found,
Took Persepolis, the capital of Persia.
Chorus:
Alexander the Great,
His name struck fear into hearts of men,
Alexander the Great,
Became a god amongst mortal men.
A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke,
And Alexander cut the "Gordion knot",
And legend said that who untied the knot,
He would become the master of Asia.
Helonism he spread far and wide,
The Macedonian learned mind,
Their culture was a western way of life,
He paved the way for Christianity.
Marching on, Marching on.
The battle weary marching side by side,
Alexander's army line by line,
They wouldn't follow him to India,
Tired of the combat, pain and the glory.
Chorus:
Alexander the Great,
His name struck fear into hearts of men,
Alexander the Great,
He died of fever in Babylon.