Iron Maiden

Subject: Iron Maiden Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:51 pm

First topic message reminder :

I get in from work at 2a.m.
And sit down with a beer
Turn on the late night t.v.
And then wonder why I'm here
It's meaningless and trivial
And it washes over me
And once again I wonder
Is this all there is for me

Here I am again
Look at me again
Here I am again
On my own
Trying hard to see
What there is for me
Here I am again
On my own

Life seems so pathetic
I wish I could leave it all behind
This canvas chair, this bed,
these walls that fall in on my mind
Hold on for something better
That just drags you trough the dirt
Do you just let go or carry on
And try to take the hurt

Here I am again
Look at me again
Here I am again
On my own
Trying hard to see
What there is for me
Here I am again
On my own

Here I am again
Look at me again
Here I am again
On my own
Trying hard to see
What there is for me
Here I am again
On my own

Alone again
Alone again
I'm here on my own

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:30 pm

I feel the breeze on my face in expectance
Not very long before the storm reaches here
Off in the distance the lightning is flashing again
Feel something strong as the power draws near

Is it the rolling of thunder that scares you
Is it the crashing of clouds that hold fear
But all I know as I sit in a corner alone
It takes me back to my childhood again

And as I wait and I look for an answer
To all the things going round in my head
I ask myself could it be a disaster and when
It's maybe threatening to happen again

As the ominous light draws near
There's a lone dog howls in the park
All the people hurry inside
As a lightning flash lights dark
The storm is nearly here
Only God will know

You're sitting alone you watch
As the wind is blowing treetops
And the swaying rustling leaves
Plenty of time to perceive
As you wait for rain to fall
Only God knows
The whole sky glows

Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice

Only God knows
The whole sky glows

Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice
Maybe lightning strikes twice

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:31 pm

All my dark dreams
Drift like smoke in the breeze
The fear grips me as I fall towards my sleep
Here comes the nightmare that never ends
Here is the dream that makes monsters of men

Oooooooh, oooooooh.....

In the house of my soul
In rooms of ugliness and cold
Memories locked away
All the doubts and fears I never faced

Now they come again
I am falling down to meet with them
fear is within us all
Mine awake and they stand up tall

Look for the truth
Deepest cut of all from you
Knife of the truth
Blade of hatred slicing through

Oooooooh, oooooooh.....

I pray my sleep will break
Maybe this time I won't wake
Weakness I hide so well
This dagger in my mind will tell

It's my final stand
I make a fist out of each hand
To the shadows of the past
Take a breath and I scream attack

Look for the truth
Deepest cut of all from you
Knife of the truth
Blade of hatred slicing through

Here is the truth
Deepest cut of all from you
Knife of the truth
Blade of hatred slicing through

Ooooooh, ooooooooh....

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:33 pm

There are secrets that you keep
There are secrets that you keep
There are secrets that you tell to me alone
I can't reach things I can't see
You don't see this strange world quite the same as me
Don't deny me what I am
Nothing hidden still you fail to see the truth
These are things you can't reveal

These are things you can't reveal

We are part of some strange plan
Why the slaughter of the brotherhood of man
Infernal sacrifice of hell
Fire breathing lead the way
Mounds of bodies as they all burn into one
Revenge is living in the past
Time to look into a new millennium

Spiral path leads through the maze
Down into the fiery underworld below
Fire breathing lead the way
Lucifer was just an angel led astray

Free your soul and let it fly
Give your life to the Lord of Light
Keep your secrets and rain on me
All I see are mysteries

Free your soul and let it fly
Give your life to the Lord of Light
Keep your secrets and rain on me
All I see are mysteries

We are not worthy in your black and blazing eyes
We gather demons in the mirror every day
The bridge of darkness casts a shadow on us all
All our sins to you we give this day

Others wait their turn, their lives were meant to last
Use yours wisely as the light is fading fast
Free your soul and let it fly
Mine was caught I couldn't try
Time returns again to punish all of us

We are cast out by our bloody father's hand
We are strangers in this lonely promised land
We are the shadows of the one unholy ghost
In our nightmare world the only one we trust

Free your soul and let it fly
Give your life to the Lord of Light
Keep your secrets and rain on me
All I see are mysteries

Free your soul and let it fly
Give your life to the Lord of Light
Keep your secrets and rain on me
All I see are mysteries

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:33 pm

I don't care for this world anymore
I just want to live my own fantasy
Fate has brought us to these shores
What was meant to be is now happening

I've found that I like this living in danger
Living on the edge it makes feel as one
Who cares what's right or wrong,
it's reality
Killing so we survive
Wherever we may roam
Wherever we may hide
gotta get away!

I don't want existence to end
We must prepare ourselves for the elements
I just want to feel like we're strong
We don't need a code of morality

I like all the mixed emotion and anger
It brings out the animal the power you can feel
And feeling so high with this much adrenaline
Excited but scary to believe what we've become

Saints and sinners
Something within us
We are lord of the flies

Saints and sinners
Something willing us
To be lord of the flies

Saints and sinners
Something within us
We are lord of the flies

Saints and sinners
Something willing us
To be lord of the flies

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:34 pm

The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles
The car is an over and baking is wild
Nothing is ever the way it should be
What we deserve we just don't get you see

A briefcase, a lunch and a man on the edge
Each step gets closer to losing his head
Is someone in heaven are they looking down
Nothing is fair just you look around

Falling down (6x)

He's sick of waiting of lying like this
There's a hole in the sky for the angels to kiss
Branded a leper because you don't fit
In the land of the free you just live by your wits

Once he built missiles a nation's defence
Now he can't even give birthday presents
Across the city he leaves in his wake
A glimpse of the future a cannibal state

Falling down (6x)

The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles
The car is an over and baking is wild
Nothing is ever the way it should be
What we deserve we just don't get you see

A briefcase, a lunch and a man on the edge
Each step gets closer to losing his head
Is someone in heaven are they looking down
Nothing is fair just you look around

Falling down

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:37 pm

At a point below zero
There's no place left to go
Six hundred unknown heroes
Were killed like sleeping buffalo
Through the devil's canyon
Across the battlefield
Death has no companion
The spirit is forced to yield
There goes the bandolero
Through the hole in the wall
He's a coward but doesn't care though
In fact, he doesn't care at all
The general that's commanding
He's defending what he fears
While the troops they are depending
On reinforcements from the rear
If God is in the heavens
How can this happen here?
In His name, they used the weapons
For the massacre
There is a point below zero
Where the sun can see the land
Six hundred unknown heroes
Lay dead in the sand

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:49 pm

I stand alone in this desolate space. In death they are truly alive.
Massacred innocence, evil took place. The angels were burning inside.

Centuries later I wonder why. What secret that they took to their grave.
Still burning heretics under our skies. Religion still burning inside.

At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.
At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.
At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.
At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.

As we kill them all so god will know his own. The innocents died for the pope on his throne.
Catholic greed and its paranoid zeal. Curse of the grail and the blood of the cross.

Templar believers with blood on their hands. Joined in the chorus to kill on command.
Burned at the stake for their soul's liberty. To stand with the Cathars to die and be free.

The book of old testament crippled and black. Satan his weapon is lust.
Living this evil damnation of flesh, back to the torture of life.
The perfect would willingly have died at the stake and all of their followers slain.
As for the knowledge of god they had claimed. Religion still burning inside.

At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.
At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.
At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.
At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.

As we kill them all so god know his own. The innocents died for the pope on his throne.
Catholic greed and its paranoid zeal. Curse of the grail and the blood of the cross.

Templar believers with blood on their hands. Joined in the chorus to kill on command.
Burned at the stake for their soul's liberty. Still burning heretics under our skies.

As we kill them all so God WILL know his own. Laugh at the darkness and in God we trust.
The eye of the triangle smiling with sin. No passover feast for the curse of within.

Facing the sun as they went to their grave. Burn like a dog or you live like a slave.
Death is the price for your soul's liberty. To stand with the Cathars and to die and be free.

At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.
At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.
At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.
At the gates and the walls of Montségur. Blood on the stones of the citadel.

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:15 am

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

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

(Kick ass guitar)

One more dies and 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
For I'll see you damned in endless night

Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream
Moonchild - open the seventh seal
Moonchild - You'll be mine soon child
Moonchild - take my hand tonight

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:21 am

Anyone wondered where the vicar goes?
Anyone wondered how the vicar knows?

More Tea Vicar
More Tea Vicar

Anyone wondered who the vicar sees?
Anyone wondered why the vicar like teas?

More Tea Vicar
More Tea Vicar

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:24 am

Sitting waiting in the falling rain
Getting ready to begin again

Wounded lying crying
Bodies moving dying
All around there is the smell
Of death and fire

Here the planes are coming
Hear the soldiers running
Killing on a scale to comprehend

Why are we here
In this place...here to kill
Please God forgive us for
what we have done

I always thought I was doing right
As of now I'm not feeling so sure

I'm at a place of where
I give no grace
I'm a soldier of war

I sit waiting for my darkest hour
To come
I cannot think about the things
That I have done
It shouldn't take a fool to see
That I believe
Accept the consequence
Repent for what I've done

You tell me what is certain
But I'll tell you what is true
You tell me what is honesty
When all around is death
and cruelty

The making of a man is fire
Not giving in to our desires
Within the truth that lies
Within the only thing
Mother Of Mercy
Angel of death desire
Mother Of Mercy
Taking my last breath of fire

Mother Of Mercy
Angel of Pain
Mother Of Mercy
Taking my last breath

Some say you are a lost cause
Some say you're a Saint
Just being here's an act of
suffering and restraint

Walk down the long dark road
To ruin panic not
I'll die a lonely death of that
I'm certain of

Rivers flow with blood
There's nowhere left to hide
It's hard to comprehend
There's anyone left alive

Sick of all the killing
And the reek of death
Will God tell me
What religion is to man

I don't hold with bad religion
Understand what's underneath it
Now I come to think of it
I just don't hold at all you know it

You say you are a holy man
But what is it you do
From where I stand is nothing
But a hollow man I see

Mother Of Mercy
Angel of death desire
Mother Of Mercy
Taking my last breath

Mother Of Mercy
Angel of Pain
Mother Of Mercy
Taking my last breath

I'm just a lonely soldier fighting
In a bloody hopeless war
Don't know what I'm fighting
Who it is or what I'm fighting for

Thought it was for the money
Make my fortune now I'm not
So sure
Seem to just have lost my war

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:24 am

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 czars
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 Czars
Hold up your heads
Remember who you are
Can you release
The anger the grief
Can you be happy
Now your people are free

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:27 am

I remember it was plain as day
although it happened in the dark of the night.
I was strolling through the streets of Paris
and it was cold it was starting to rain.
And then I heard a piercing scream
and I rushed to the scene of the crime
what I found were the butchered remains
of two girls layin' side by side.

Murders in the Rue Morgue
someone call the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue
flee before the killers go free

There's some people coming down the street
at last someone heard my call
I can't understand why they're pointing at me
I never done nothing at all.
But I got some blood on my hands
because everybody's shouting at me
I can't speak French so I couldn't explain
and like a fool I started running away.

Murder in the Rue Morgue
someone call the Gendarmes
Murder in the Rue Morgue
am I ever gonna be free.

And now I've gotta get away from the arms of the law.
All of France is looking for me.
and I've gotta find my way across the border for sure
down the south to Italy.

Murders in the Rue Morgue
runnin' from the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue
I'm never going home.

Well I made it to the border with luck
But I can't remove the scene from my mind
Anytime somebody stares at me, well
I just start running blind
Well I'm moving through the shadows at night
Away from the staring eyes
Any day they'll be looking for me
'Cause I know I show the signs of...

Murders in the Rue Morgue
I'm running from the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue
running from the arms of the law

Murders in the Rue Morgue
running from the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue
am I ever gonna be free

It took so long and I'm getting so tired
I'm running out of places to hide
Should I return to the scene of the crime
Where the two young bitches died
If I could go to somebody for help
To get me out of trouble for sure
But I know that inside my mind
Well I've got to say I've done it before.

Murders in the Rue Morgue
they're never gonna find me
Murders in the Rue Morgue
I'm never going home.

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:27 am

People try to put us d-down TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
just because we get around. TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
Things they do look awful c-c-cold. TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
I hope I die before I get old. TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
This is my generation,
this is my generation, baby.

Why don't you all f-fade away? TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
Yeah, don't try and dig what we all s-s-say. TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
I'm not tryin' to cause a big s-s-sensation, TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation. TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
It's my generation,
it's my generation, baby.

Why don't you all f-fade away? TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
Yeah, don't try d-dig what we all s-s-s-s-s-say. TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
Not tryin' to cause a big sensation, TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
Just talkin' 'bout my g-generation. TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
Yeah, my generation,
this is my generation, baby,
generation, generation.

People try to put us d-down TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
just because we g-g-g-get around. TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
Things they do look awful c-c-cold. TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
I hope I die before I get old. TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION
It's my generation,
this is my generation, baby,
ma-ma-my generation.

TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION Talkin' about
TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION my generation,
TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION my generation,
TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION my generation,
TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION yes, my generation, baby
TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION yes, my generation,
TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION yes, my generation,
TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION yes, my generation,
TALKIN' 'BOUT MY GENERATION it's my generation.

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:28 am

Bleeding you dry from the start.
The sum of my parts.
To give it away.
New life in a day.
Some new Frankenstein.
Damned for all time.

Cursed by the angel who fell.
Who saves me from hell.
And who is my god.
And where is my soul.
Too tired to jump too young to run.

Never ending forever searching.
Chasing dreams, the dreams of our heart.
Always seeking always asking.
Questions right from the start.

Out beyond the new frontier.
Playing god without mercy without fear.
Create a beast made a man without a soul.
Is it worth the risk a war of god and man.

I want to end my life now, but I don't know how.
Recycled again a lifetime of pain.
The spawn of a man.
The devil has planned.

Never ending forever searching.
Chasing dreams, the dreams of our heart
Always seeking always asking.
Questions right from the start

Out beyond the new frontier.
Playing god without mercy without fear
Create a beast made a man without a soul.
Is it worth the risk a war of god and man.
Is it worth the risk a war of god and man.

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:28 am

There's a darkening sky before me.
There's no time to prepare.
Salvage a lost horizon
But no regrets from me.
Maybe i'll be back some other day. (some other day)
To live again, just who can say.
In what shape or form that i might be.
Just another chance for me.

A hurried time, no disgrace,
instead of racing to conclusion,
wishing all my life away,
no-one can stop me now.

Time is up, it couldn't last,
but there's more things i'd like to do,
i'm coming back,
to try again,
some day maybe i'll wait till then...
No More Lies x 8

They're all sitting at my table.
Talking tall and drinking wine.
Their time is up just like me
but They just don't know it yet.
So just a word of warning
When you're in your deepest dreams.
There's nothing you can hide from.
I've got my eye on you.

The clock is fast. The hour is near.
Eventful past is everclear.
My life is set. The time is here.
I think i'm coming home...

No More Lies x 8

-solo-

A hurried time, no disgrace,
instead of racing to conclusion,
wishing all your life away,
no-one can stop me now.

Time is up, it couldn't last,
but there's more things i have to do,
i'm coming back,
to try again,
don't tell me that this is the end...

No More Lies x 11

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:29 am

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 the 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

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:29 am

Settle down
She's got legs... like an airship, She's got an ass.... like a coaltip

She's got tits... just like hot air balloons, and I mean the hindenburg
She's the biggest girl, I'm gonna get there soon
Yeah you know what I mean

She's got love when you want it, but she never lets go when you get it
You disappear inside, you're never seen again... lost forever
She's the biggest girl, I'm gonna get there soon,
here we go... Should be some kind of guitar solo here...

Well I met her in a bar, she was Climbing up the wall
I don't think she was available, she was made of (inintelligible)
I met her in a bar, she was Climbing up the wall
In fact she was nailed to it
I got out my hammer and said babe,lets get down to it baby

She had a brain like a Sheepdip, She got rug, like a cesspit I didn't mind
She was a big girl, She was big. I mean she was big, she was fucking huge!
Enormous!
You could have sailed the hindenburg through her legs and never even had landing permission!

One more!
Oh we sailed across the ocean with me
I'd look like a flea on the back of a sperm whale
Oh yeah, I was waving a match inside the albert hall
yeah

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:29 am

Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea, for the devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short...
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number, its number is Six hundred and sixty-six

I lived alone, my mind was blank.
I needed time to think 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 own dreams,
was a reflections of my warped mind
staring back at me.

'Cause in my dreams, it’s always there,
The evil face that twists my mind and brings
me to despair.

Night was black, was no use holding back,
'Cause I just had to see, was someone
watching me.
In the mist, dark figures move and twist,
Was all this for real, or just some kind of hell.
666 the number of the beast.
Hell and fire was born 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 are 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 just some crazy dream.
But I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes,
seem to mesmerise...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'll have the fire, I'll have the force.
I'll have the power to make my evil take it’s course.

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:30 am

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...

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:30 am

Hold a halo 'round the world, golden is the day
Princes of the universe, your burden is the way
So there is no better time who will be born today
A gypsy child at daybreak
A king for a day

Out of the shadow and into the sun
Dreams of the past as the old ways are done
Oh there is beauty and surely there is pain
But we must endure it to live again

Dusty dreams in fading daylight
Flicker on the walls
Nothing new your life's adrift, what purpose to it all?
Eyes are closed and death is calling
Reaching out its hand
Call upon the starlight to surround you

Out of the shadow and into the sun
Dreams of the past as the old ways are done
Oh there is beauty and surely there is pain
But we must endure it to live again

Out of the shadow and into the sun
Dreams of the past as the old ways are done
Oh there is beauty and surely there is pain
But we must endure it to live again

Out of the shadow and into the sun
Dreams of the past as the old ways are done
Oh there is beauty and surely there is pain
But we must endure it to live again

Out of the shadow and into the sun
Dreams of the past as the old ways are done
Oh there is beauty and surely there is pain
But we must endure it to live again

A man who casts no shadow has no soul

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:33 am

Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are

Withered hands, withered bodies begging for salvation
Deserted by the hand of gods of their own creation
Nations cry underneath decaying skies above
You are guilty, the punishment is death for all who live
The punishment is death for all who live

Out of the silent planet – Dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet – Come the demons of creation
Out of the silent planet – Dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet – Come the demons of creation

The killing fields, the grinding wheels crushed by equilibrium
Separate lives no more disguise, no more second chances
Haggard wisdom spitting out the bitter taste of hate
I accuse you before you know the crime it's all too late
Before you know the crime it's all too late

Out of the silent planet – Dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet – Come the demons of creation
Out of the silent planet – Dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet – Come the demons of creation

Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are

Out of the silent planet – Dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet – Come the demons of creation
Out of the silent planet – Dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet – Come the demons of creation

Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:33 am

In a foreign field he lay
lonely soldier unknown grave
on his dying words he prays
tell the world of Paschendale

Relive all that he's been through
last communion of his soul
rust your bullets with his tears
let me tell you 'bout his years

Laying low in a blood filled trench
killing time 'til my very own death
on my face I can feel the falling rain
never see my friends again
in the smoke in the mud and lead
the smell of fear and the feeling of dread
soon be time to go over the wall
rapid fire and the end of us all

Whistles, shouts and more gun-fire
lifeless bodies hang on barbed wire
battlefield nothing but a bloody tomb
be reunited with my dead friends soon
many soldiers eighteen years
drowned in mud, no more tears
surely a war no one can win
killing time about to begin

Home, far away. From the war, a chance to live again
Home, far away. But the war, no chance to live again

The bodies of ours and our foes
the sea of death it overflows
in no-man's land God only knows
into jaws of death we go...

Crucified as if on a cross
allied troops, they mourn their loss
German war propaganda machine
such before has never been seen
swear I heard the angels cry
pray to God no more may die
so that people know the truth
tell the tale of Paschendale

Cruelty has a human heart
every man does play his part
terror of the men we kill
the human heart is hungry still

I stand my ground for the very last time
gun is ready as I stand in line
nervous wait for the whistle to blow
rush of blood and over we go...

Blood is falling like the rain
its crimson cloak unveils again
the sound of guns can't hide their shame
and so we die in Paschendale

Dodging shrapnel and barbed wire
running straight at canon fire
running blind as I hold my breath
say a prayer symphony of death
as we charge the enemy lines
a burst of fire and we go down
I choke I cry but no one hears
feel the blood go down my throat

Home, far away. From the war, a chance to live again
Home, far away. But the war, no chance to live again
Home, far away. From the war, a chance to live again
Home, far away. But the war, no chance to live again

See my spirit on the wind
across the lines beyond the hill
friend and foe will meet again
those who died at Paschendale

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:33 am

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 in hiding behind that false mask.
And you know and I know that you ain't got long now to last.
Your looks and your feelings are just the remains of your past.

You're standing in the wings, there you wait for the curtain to fall.
Knowing the terror and holding you have on us all.
Yeah, I know that you're gonna scratch me, 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, from the narrow way.

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 it just floats through the air.
Haunt me, you taunt me, you torture me back at your lair.

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:34 am

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.

CHORUS
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.

CHORUS

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.

CHORUS

Subject: Re: Iron Maiden Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:34 am

Listen to me Lamia, listen to what I've got to say.
I've got these feelings, and they won't go away.
I've got these fears inside that bring me to my knees.
Oh help me Lamia or I'm sure I'll die, oh please.

I feel unsettled, now I know that I've done wrong.
Messed around with mystic things and magic for far too long.
I feel I'm being paid with this nightmare inside me.
The devil's got a hold on my soul and he just won't let me be.

I'm on my knees, oh help me please.
I'm on my knees, help me please.

Oh Lamia please try to help me.
The devil's got hold of my soul and he won't let me be.
Lamia I've got this curse, I'm turning to bad.
The devil's got hold of my soul, and he's driving me mad. Oh

Oh Lamia please try to help me.
The devil's got hold of my soul and he won't let me be.
Lamia I've got this curse, I'm turning to bad.
The devil's got hold of my soul, and he's driving me mad. Oh

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