Iron Maiden (UK-1) : From Fear to Eternity

Teksty

DISC 1

1. THE WICKER MAN

Hand of fate is moving
And the finger points to you
He knocks you to your feet
And so what are you gonna do
Your tongue has frozen
Now you've got something to say
The piper at the gates of dawn
Is calling you his way

You watch the world exploding
Every single night
Dancing in the sun
A newborn in the light
Say goodbye to gravity
And say goodbye to death
Hello to eternity
And live for every breath

Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come

The ferryman wants his money
You ain't going to give it back
He can push his own boat
As you set up off the track
Nothing you can contemplate
Will ever be the same
Every second is a new spark
Sets the universe aflame

You watch the world exploding
Every single night
Dancing in the sun
A newborn in the light
Brothers and their fathers
Joining hands and make a chain
The shadow of the Wicker Man
Is rising up again

Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come

Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come


2. HOLY SMOKE

Believe in me
I Send no money
I died on the cross
And that ain't funny
But my so-called friends
Are making me a joke
They missed out what I said
Like I never spoke
They choose what they wanna hear
Don't tell a lie
They just leave out the truth
As they're watching you die
Saving your souls
By taking your money
Flies round shit
Bees around honey

Holy smoke
Holy smoke
Plenty bad preachers
For the Devil to stoke
Feed'em in feet first
This is no joke
This is thirsty work
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

Holy smoke
Holy smoke
Plenty bad preachers
For the Devil to stoke
Feed'em in feet first
This is no joke
This is thirsty work
Making holy smoke

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

Holy smoke
Holy smoke
Plenty bad preachers
For the Devil to stoke
Feed'em in feet first
This is no joke
This is thirsty work
Making holy smoke


3. ELDORADO

Got to tell you a story on a
Cold winter's night
You’ll be sailing for glory before
you know what is right
So come over here now
I got a vision for you
It’s my personal snake oil
It’s just something I do

I’m the jester with no tears
And I’m playing on your fears
I’m a trickster smiling underneath
This mask of love and death
The eternal lie I’ve told about
The pyramids of gold
I've got you hooked at every turn
Your money’s left to burn

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

You’ll be wanting a contract
Ha! You’ll be waiting a while
I'd like to give you my contact
But that isn’t my style
Well you only get one chance
And it’s too good to miss
If I didn’t lie to you
Then I wouldn’t exist

Greed lust and envy pride
It's the same old same old ride
The smoke and mirrors visions
That you see are just like me
I’m a clever banker's face
With just a letter out of place
I know someone just like you
Knows someone just like me

El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold
See my ship is oversold
You’ve got once last chance to try

So gone is the glory
And gone is the gold
Well if you knew the story
How come it has to be told
Well you can say I’m a devil
And I wouldn’t say no
But out here on the dark side
Hey on with the show

So now my tale is told
Big and bad and twice as bold
This ship of fools is sinking
As the cracks begin to grow
There is no easy way
For an honest man today
Which is something you should
Think on as my life boat sails away

El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold see my
Ship is oversold
You’ve got one last chance to try

El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold see my
Ship is oversold
You’ve got one last chance to try


4. PASCHENDALE

In a foreign field you 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 about 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
Smell the 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
Drown 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 cannon 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 a 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


5. DIFFERENT WORLD

You lead me on the path
Keep showing me the way
I feel a little lost
A little strange today

I think I'll take a hold
Of whatever comes my way
Then we'll see what happens
Take it day by day

I thought I had it all
I had it all worked out
Just what my future held
That there would be no doubt

But then the card came up
And I took another turn
But I don't know if it's
Fulfilment that I yearn

Tell me what you can hear
And then tell me what you see
Everybody has a different way
To view the world

I would like you to know
When you see the simple things
To appreciate this life
It's not too late to learn

Don't want to be here
Somewhere I'd rather be
But when I get there
I might find it's not for me

Tell me what you can hear
And then tell me what you see
Everybody has a different way
To view the world

I would like you to know
When you see the simple things
To appreciate this life
It's not too late to learn

Tell me what you can hear
And then tell me what you see
Everybody has a different way
To view the world

I would like you to know
When you see the simple things
To appreciate this life
It's not too late to learn

Don't want to be here
Somewhere I'd rather be
But when I get there
I might find it's not for me

Don't know what I want
Or where I want to be
I'm feeling more confused
The more the days go by


6. MAN ON THE EDGE (LIVE)

The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles
The car is an oven 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 (x6)

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 (x6)

The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles
The car is an oven 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


7. THE REINCARNATION OF BENJAMIN BREEG

Let me tell you about my life
Let me tell you about my dreams
Let me tell you about the things that happen
Always real to me

Let me tell you of my hope
Of my need to reach the sky
Let me take you on an awkward journey
Let me tell you why
Let me tell you why

Why should these curses be laid upon me
I won't be forgiven 'til I can break free
What did I do deserve all this guilt
Pay for my sins with the sale of my soul
Demons are trapped all inside of my head
My hopes are gone reach for heaven from hell

My sins are many, my guilt is too heavy
The pressure of knowing, of hiding what I know
I'm able to see things,
Things I don't want to see
The lives of a thousand souls,
Weigh heavy down on me

I know they're crying for help reaching out
The burden of them will take me down as well
The sin of a thousand souls not died in vain
Reincarnate still in me live again

Someone to save me
Something to save me from myself
To bring salvation
To exorcise this hell

Someone to save me
Something to save me from myself
To bring salvation
To exorcise this hell

Someone to save me
Something to save me from my hell
A destination
Away from this nightmare

Someone to save me
Something to save me from myself
To bring salvation
To exorcise this hell


8. BLOOD BROTHERS

And if you're taking a walk through the garden of life
What do you think you'd expect you would see?
Just like a mirror
Reflecting the moves of your life
And in the river reflections of me

Just for a second a glimpse of my father I see
And in a movement he beckons to me
And in a moment the memories are all that remain
And all the wounds are reopening again

We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers

And as you look all around at the world in dismay
What do you see, do you think we have learned
Not if you're taking a look at the war-torn affray
Out in the streets where the babies are burned

We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers

There are times when I feel I'm afraid for the world
There are times I'm ashamed of us all
When you're floating on all the emotion you feel
And reflecting the good and the bad

Will we ever know
What the answer to life really is?
Can you really tell me what life is?
Maybe all the things
That you know that are precious to you
Could be swept away by fate's own hand

We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers

When you think that we've used
All our chances
And the chance to make everything right
Keep on making the same old mistakes
Makes untipping the balance so easy
When we're living our lives on the edge
Say a prayer on the book of the dead

We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers

And if you're taking a walk through the garden of life...


9. RAINMAKER

When I was wandering in the desert
And I was searching for the truth
I heard a choir of angels calling out my name
I had the feeling that my life would never be the same again
I turn my face towards the barren sun

And I know of the pain,
That you feel the same as me
And I dream of the rain
As it falls upon the leaves
And the cracks in our lives
Like the cracks upon the ground
They are sealed and are now washed away

You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something
To wash the tears away

You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something
To wash the tears

And I know of the pain,
That you feel the same as me
And I dream of the rain
As it falls upon the leaves
And the cracks in the ground
Like the cracks are in our lives
They are sealed and now far away

You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something
To wash the tears away

You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something
To wash the tears

You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something
To wash the tears away

You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something
To wash the tears

And I know of the pain,
That you feel the same as me
And I dream of the rain
As it falls upon the leaves
And the cracks in the ground
Like the cracks are in our lives
They are sealed and now far away


10. SIGN OF THE CROSS (LIVE)

Eleven saintly shrouded men
Silhouettes stand against the sky
One in front with a cross held high
Come to wash my sins away

Standing alone in the wind and rain
Feeling the fear that is growing
Sensing the change in the tide again
Brought by the storm that is brewing
Feel the anxiety hold off the fear
Some of the doubt in the things you believe
Now that your faith will be put to the test
Nothing to do but await what is coming

Why then is God still protecting me
Even when I don't deserve it
Though I am blessed with an inner strength
Some they would call it a penance
Why am I meant to face this alone
Asking the question time and again
Praying to God won't keep me alive
Inside my head feel the fear start to rise

They'll be saying their prayers
When the moment comes
There'll be penance to pay
When it's judgement day
And the guilty'll bleed
When that moment comes
They'll be coming to claim
Take your soul away

The sign of the cross
The name of the rose
A fire in the sky
The sign of the cross

They'll be coming to bring the eternal flame
They'll be bringing us all immortality
Holding communion so the world be blessed
My creator, my God'll lay my soul to rest

The sign of the cross
The name of the rose
A fire in the sky
The sign of the cross

The sign of the cross
The name of the rose
A fire in the sky
The sign of the cross
The name of the rose
The sign of the cross

Lost the love of heaven above
Chose the lust of the earth below
Eleven saintly shrouded men
Came to wash my sins away


11. BRAVE NEW WORLD

Dying swans twisted wings
Beauty not needed here
Lost my love, lost my life
In this garden of fear
I have seen many things
In a lifetime alone
Mother love is no more
Bring this savage back home

Wilderness house of pain
Makes no sense of it all
Close this mind dull this brain
Messiah before his fall
What you see is not real
Those who know will not tell
All is lost sold your souls
To this brave new world

A brave new world
In a brave new world
A brave new world
In a brave new world
In a brave new world
A brave new world
In a brave new world
A brave new world

Dragon kings dying queens
Where is salvation now
Lost my life lost my dreams
Rip the bones from my flesh
Silent screams laughing here
Dying to tell you the truth
You are planned and you are damned
In this brave new world

A brave new world
In a brave new world
A brave new world
In a brave new world
In a brave new world
A brave new world
In a brave new world
A brave new world

A brave new world
In a brave new world
A brave new world
In a brave new world
In a brave new world
A brave new world
In a brave new world
A brave new world

Dying swans twisted wings
Bring this savage back home


12. FEAR OF THE DARK (LIVE)

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 fade
I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when it's dark

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a 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

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a 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 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

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that something's always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark

Watching horror films the night before
Debating witches and folklores
The unknown troubles on your mind
And though 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 a constant fear that something's always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a 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


DISC 2

1. BE QUICK OR BE DEAD

Covered in sinners
And dripping with gilt
Making your 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...
See... what's ruling all our lives
See... who pulls 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 rub yourself blind

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!

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


2. 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 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

Climb into the sky never wonder why
Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why
Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why
Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why
Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner

Nail that Fokker, kill that son
Gonna blow your guts out with my gun
The weather forecast's 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

Climb into the sky never wonder why
Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why
Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why
Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why
Tailgunner, you're a Tailgunner


3. NO MORE LIES

There's a darkening sky before me,
There's no time to prepare
Salvage a last horizon,
But no regrets from me
Maybe I'll be back 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 conclusions
And 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
Someday maybe I'll wait till then

No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies

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 ever clear
My life is set, the time is here,
I think I'm coming home

No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies

A hurried time, no disgrace,
Instead of racing to conclusions
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, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies

No more lies
No more lies
No more lies


4. COMING HOME

When I stand before you shining
In the early morning Sun
When I feel the engines roar
And I think of what we've done

Oh the bittersweet reflection
As we kiss the earth goodbye
As the waves and echoes of the
Towns become the ghosts of time

Over borders that divide the
Earthbound tribes
No creed and no religion
Just a hundred winged souls

We will ride this thunderbird
Silver shadows on the earth
A thousand leagues away
Our land of birth

To Albion's land
Coming home when I see the
Runway lights
In the misty dawn the night
Is fading fast
Coming home far away
As the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight
You know I will not stay

Curving on the edge of daylight
'Til it slips into the void
Waited in the long night dreaming
'Til the Sun is born again

Stretch the fingers of my hand
Cover countries with my span
Just a lonely satellite
A speck of dust in cosmic sand

Over borders that divide the
Earthbound tribes
Flown the dark Atlantic
Over mariners stormy graves

We will ride this thunderbird
Silver shadows on the earth
A thousand leagues away
Our land of birth

To Albion's land
Coming home when I see the
Runway lights
In the misty dawn the night
Is fading fast
Coming home far away
As the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight
You know I will not stay

Coming home far away
When I see the
Runway lights
In the misty dawn the night
Is fading fast
Coming home far away
As the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight
You know I will not stay


5. THE CLANSMAN (LIVE)

Wake alone in the hills
With the wind in your face
It feels good to be proud
And be free and a race
That is part of a clan
And to live on highlands
And the air that you breathe
So pure and so clean

When alone on the hills
With the wind in your hair
With a longing to feel ..
Just to be free

Is it right to believe
In the need to be free
It's a time when you die
And without asking why
Can't you see what they do
They are grinding us down
They are taking our land
That belongs to the clans

Not alone with a dream
Just want to be free
With a need to belong
I am a clansman .....Freedom

It's a time wrought with fear
It's a land wrought with change

Ancestors could hear
What is happening now
They would turn in their graves
They would all be ashamed
That the land of the free
Has been written in chains
And I know what I want

When the timing is right
Then I'll take what is mine
I am the clansman

And I swear to defend
And we'll fight to the end
And I swear that I'll never
Be taken alive
And I know that we'll stand
And we'll fight for our land
And I swear that my bairns Will be born free

And I know what I want
When the timing is right
Then I'll take what i want
I am the clansman .....freedom

No, no we can't let them take anymore
No we can't let them take anymore
We've the land of the free
Freedom

Is it right to believe
In the need to be free
It's a time when you die
And without asking why
Can't you see what they do
They are grinding us down
They are taking our land
That belongs to the clans

Not alone with a dream
Just want to be free
With a need to belong
I am a clansman

And I know what I want
When the timing is right
Then I'll take what is mine
I am the clansman
Freedom

And I know what I want
When the timing is right
Then I'll take what is mine
I am the clansman


6. FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF GOD

Are you a man of peace
Or man of holy war
Too many sides to you
Don't know which anymore
So many full of life
But also filled with pain
Don't know just how many
Will live to breathe again

A life that's made to breath
Destruction or defense
A mind that's vain corruption
Bad or good intent
A wolf in sheep's clothing
Or saintly or sinner
Or some that would believe
A holy war winner

They fire off many shots
And many parting blows
Their actions beyond a reasoning,
Only god would know
And as he lies in heaven
Or it could be in hell
I feel he's somewhere here
Or looking from below
But I don't know, I don't know

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

More pain and misery in the history of mankind
Sometimes it seems more like
The blind leading the blind
It brings upon us more of famine, death and war
You know religion has a lot to answer for

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

And as they search to find the bodies in the sand
They find it's ashes that are
Scattered across the land
And as their spirits seem to whistle on the wind
A shot is fired somewhere another war begins

And all because of it you'd think
That we would learn
But still the body count the city fires burn
Somewhere there's someone dying
In a foreign land
Meanwhile the world is crying stupidity of man
Tell me why, tell me why

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is

For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God

He gave his life for us he fell upon the cross
To die for all of those who never mourn his loss
It wasn't meant for us to feel the pain again
Tell me why, tell me why


7. THESE COLOURS DON'T RUN

It's the same in every country
When you say you're leaving
Left behind the loved ones
Waiting silent in the hall
Where you're going lies adventure
Others only dream of
Red and green light this is real
And so you go to war

For the passion, for the glory,
for the memories, for the money
You're a soldier, for your country,
what's the difference, all the same

Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run, from cold bloody war

There is no one that will save you,
Going down in flames
No surrender certain death you
Look it in the eye
On the shores of tyranny you
Crashed a human wave
Paying for my freedom with your
Lonely unmarked graves

For the passion, for the glory,
For the memories, for the money
You're a soldier, for your country,
What's the difference, all the same

Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run, from cold bloody war

Ohohoh ohohohohoh ohohoh ohohoh
Ohohoh ohohohohoh ohohoh ohohoh

Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run, from cold bloody war

Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run, from cold bloody war

These colours don't run, from cold bloody war


8. BRING YOUR DAUGHTHER TO THE SLAUGHTHER

Honey, it's getting close to midnight
And all the myths are still 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

Bring your daughter
Bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Bring your daughter
Bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Let her go, yeah!

Honey, it's getting close to daybreak
The sun is creeping in the sky
No patent remedies for heartache
Just empty words and humble pie
So get down on your knees, honey
Assume an attitude
You just pray that I'll be waiting
'Cause you know I'm coming soon

Bring your daughter
Bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Bring your daughter
Bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go

So pick up your foolish pride, no going back
No where, no way, no place to hide

Bring your daughter, bring your daughter
Bring your daughter, bring your daughter
Bring your daughter
Bring your daughter to the slaughter
Bring your daughter, fetch your daughter
Bring your daughter, fetch your daughter
Bring your daughter
Fetch your daughter to the slaughter

Bring your daughter
Bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Bring your daughter
Bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go

I'm gonna get you!


9. AFRAID TO SHOOT STRANGERS

Lying awake at night
I wipe the sweat from my brow
But it's not the fear
'Cause I'd rather go now
Trying to visualise
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, afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid, afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid, afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid, afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid, afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid, afraid to shoot strangers

Afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid to shoot strangers


10. DANCE OF DEATH

Let me tell you a story to chill the bones,
About a thing that I saw
One night wandering in the Everglades
I'd one drink but no more

I was rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight,
Gazing up at the stars
Not aware of a presence so near to me,
Watching my every move

Feeling scared and I fell to my knees
As something rushed me from the trees
Took me to an unholy place
And that is where I fell from grace

Then they summoned me over to join in with them
To the dance of the dead
Into the circle of fire I followed them,
Into the middle I was led

As if time had stopped still I was numb with fear
But still I wanted to go
And the blaze of the fire did no hurt upon me
As I walked onto the coals

Then I felt I was in a trance
And my spirit was lifted from me
And if only someone had the chance
To witness what happened to me

And I danced and I pranced and I sang with them,
All had Death in their eyes
Lifeless figures they were undead all of them,
They had ascended from Hell

As I danced with the dead my free spirit
Was laughing and howling down at me
Below my undead body just danced
The circle of Death

Until the time came to reunite us both,
My spirit came back down to me
I didn't know if I was alive or dead
As the others all joined in with me

By luck then a skirmish started
And took the attention away from me
When they took their gaze from me
Was the moment that I fled

I ran like hell, faster than the wind,
But behind I did not glance
One thing that I did not dare
Was to look just straight ahead

When you know that your time has come around
You know you'll be prepared for it
Say your last goodbyes to everyone,
Drink and say a prayer for it

When you're lying in your sleep,
When you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams
To go dancing with the dead
When you're lying in your sleep,
When you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams
To go dancing with the dead

To this day I guess I'll never know
Just why they let me go
But I'll never go dancing no more
'Till I dance with the dead


11. WHEN THE WILD WIND BLOWS

Have you heard what they said on
The news today
Have you heard what is coming
To us all
That the World as we know it
Will be coming to an end
Have you heard have you heard

He sees them in the distance
Where the darkened clouds roll
He can feel tension in the
Atmosphere
He would look in the mirror
See an old man now
Does it matter they
Survive somehow

They said there's nothing can
Be done about the situation
They said there's nothing we can
Do at all
To sit and wait around for
Something to occur
Did you know did you know

As he stares across the garden
Looking at the meadows
Wonders if they'll ever
Grow again
The desperation of the situation
Getting graver
Getting ready when the
Wild wind blows

Have you seen what they said on
The news today
Have you heard what they said
About us all

Do you know what is happening
To just everyone of us
Have you heard have you heard

There will be a catastrophe
The like we've never seen
There will be something that
Will light the sky
That the World as we know it
It will never be the same
Did you know did you know

He carries everything into the
Shelter not a fuss
Getting ready when the
Moment comes
He has enough supplies
To last them for a year or two
Good to have because you
Never know

They tell us nothing that we
Don't already know about
They tell us nothing that is
Real at all
They only fill us with the stuff
That they want
Did you know did you know

He's nearly finished with the
Preparations for the day
He's getting tired that'll do
For now
They are preparing for the very
Worst to come to them
Getting ready when the
Wild wind blows

He sees the picture on the wall
It's falling down upside down
He sees a teardrop from his wife
Roll down her face saying grace

Remember time they had
They flash right through his mind
Left behind
Of a lifetime spent together
Long ago will be gone

They've been preparing for
Some weeks now
For when the crucial
Moment comes
To take their refuge in the shelter
Let them prepare for what
Will come

They make a tea and
Sit there waiting
They're in the shelter feeling snug
Not long to wait for absolution
Don't make a fuss just sit and wait

Can't believe all the lying
All the screens are denying
That the moments of truth
Have begun
Can't you see it on the T.V.
Don't believe them in the least bit
Now the days of our ending
Have begun

Say a prayer when it's all over
Survivors unite all as one
Got to try and help each other
Got the will to overcome

I can't believe all the lying
All the screens are denying
That the moments of truth
Have begun
Can't you see it on the T.V.
Don't believe them in the least bit
Now the days of our ending
Have begun

When they found them had their
Arms wrapped around each other
Their tins of poison laying
Nearby their clothes
The day they both mistook an
Earthquake for the fall out
Just another when the
Wild wind blows...

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