Iron Maiden (UK-1) : The Story So Far - Part I

NWOBHM / United-Kingdom
(1995 - EMI Records)
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DISC 1 - IRON MAIDEN (ORIGINAL ALBUM)


1. PROWLER

Walking through the city
Looking oh so pretty
I've just got to find my way

See the Ladies flashing
All their legs and lashes
I've just got to find my way

[Chorus]
Well you see me crawling through
The bushes with it open wide
What you seeing girl
Can't you believe that feeling
Can't you believe it
Can't you believe your eyes
It's the real thing girl

Got me feeling myself, and reeling around
Got me talking but feel like walking around

Got me feeling myself, and reeling ar'
Got me talking but nothing's kill me
Got me feeling myself, and reeling around

Walking through the city
Looking oh so pretty
I've just got to find my way

See the Ladies flashing
All their legs and lashes
I've just got to find my way

[Chorus]

Got me feeling myself, and reeling around
Got me talking but feel like walking around... Yeah !


2. REMEMBER TOMORROW

Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday sorrows, tomorrow white lies
Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire

Tears for remembrance and tears for joy
Tears for somebody and this lonely boy
Out in the madness the all seeing eye
Flickers above us to light up the sky

Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday sorrows, tomorrow white lies
Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire


3. RUNNING FREE

Just sixteen, a pick up truck
Out of money, out of luck
I've got nowhere to call my own
Hit the gas and here I go

[Chorus]
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... yeah !

[Chorus]

Get out of my way !

[Chorus]

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... yeah !

[Chorus] (x3)


4. TRANSYLVANIA

Instrumental


5. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

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

You know and I know that you ain't got that long to last
Your looks and your 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

And I know that you're gonna scratch me and maim me and maul
And you know I'm helpless from your mesmerising cat call

Keep your distance, walk away
Don't take this 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 are 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 fair

...Torture me back at your fair !


6. STRANGE WORLD

The only place where you can dream
Living here is not what it seems
Ship of white light in the sky
Nobody there to reason why

Here I am, I'm not really there
Smiling faces ever so rare
Let's walk in deepest space
Living here just isn't the place

Stalks of light grow from the ground
When I cry there isn't a sound
All my feelings cannot behold
I'm happy in my new strange world

Shades of green in grasses twine
Girls drinking plasma wine
A look at love a dream unfolds
Living here you'll never grow old

Oh, baby... Don't you hear me call...


7. CHARLOTTE THE HARLOT

Giving a swish with your arse in the air, don't you know what they're saying
Charlotte you're so refined when you take all the love that they're giving

Sticking with every man that you find, don't you know what they're after
Charlotte you've got your legs in the air, don't you hear all their laughter

[Chorus]
Charlotte the harlot - Show me your legs
Charlotte the harlot - Take me to bed
Charlotte the harlot - Let me see blood
Charlotte the harlot - Let me see love

Taking so many men to your room, don't you feel no remorse
You charge them a fiver only for starters and ten the main course

You've got no feelings, they died long ago, don't you care who you let in
Don't you know you're breaking the law with the service you're giving

[Chorus]

There was a time when you left me standing there picking up pieces of love from the floor
Well, Charlotte you left me alone in there to make your ends as a bloody whore

Well, Charlotte you told me you love me true picking up pieces of love yesterday
Well, Charlotte your drawers are off colour too 'cause you're making love all day

Giving a swish with your arse in the air, don't you know what they're saying
Charlotte you're so refined when you take all the love that they're giving

Sticking with every man that you find, don't you know what they're after
Charlotte you've got your legs in the air, don't you hear all their laughter

[Chorus]


8. IRON MAIDEN

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, 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 for dead

(all the song played 3 times)



DISC 2 - "IRON MAIDEN" BONUS CD


1. SANCTUARY

Out of the winter came a warhorse of steel
I've never killed a woman before but I know how it feels

[Chorus #1]
I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law

I met up with a stranger last night, to keep me alive
He spends all his time on gambling and guns to survive

[Chorus #1]

[Chorus #2]
So give me sanctuary from the law
And I'll be alright
Just give me sanctuary from the law
And love me tonight... tonight

[Chorus #1]

I can laugh at the wind, I can howl at the rain
Down in the canyon or out on the plains

[Chorus #1]

[Chorus #2]

Love me tonight...


2. BURNING AMBITION

So you think you can own me, well you'd better just think again
You'd better watch your steps now woman, 'cause I ain't like those other men
There's something burning inside me that makes me want to be free
And when I get these feelings honey, you better keep away from me

There's things in life now baby, that I know I've got to do
And I need your love now baby, to help me see it through
So you think you can own me, well you'd better just think again
You'd better watch your steps now woman, 'cause I ain't like those other men

Look out... yeah !

So you think you can own me, well you'd better just think again
You'd better watch your steps now woman, 'cause I ain't like those other men
There's something burning inside me that makes me want to be free
And when I get these feelings honey, you better keep away from me


3. DRIFTER

Walk away !

Look out now, baby won't you take me away
Sittin' here it's gonna be a new day
Gotta get my song and I can't go wrong
Gotta keep on roaming, gotta sing my song

What you feeling when you hold me tight
I'm gonna cuddle up with you tonight
Gonna get to feeling so secure
Listen child, don't you see there's a cure

[Chorus]
Anywhere got to get you away
Feels so good, think it's gonna be a new day
I'm gonna get my song 'till I can't go on
I'm gotta keep on roaming, gotta sing my song

What you feeling when you hold me tight
I'm gonna cuddle up with you tonight
Gonna get to feeling so secure
Listen child, don't you see there's a cure

[Chorus]

Gotta sing my song, yeah !
And it won't take long
I'm gotta sing my song, yeah !
And won't you sing it along ?

I want you to sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it along (x4)

'Cause I'm a drifter drifting you...


4. I'VE GOT THE FIRE

If you're looking for someone that you can keep then, baby, pass me by
And if you wanted something that's twenty years deep, baby, don't even try
And if you wanted someone to take your soul I'll lift you up little bit higher

I've got the fire

So you think I'm skinny, don't you sell me cheap, I'm as wide as a country-mile
Some like it wide, I like it deep, guess which one is my style
So you think you can beat me by my own game, maybe I call you a liar

I've got the fire
I've got the fire... !
I've got it !



DISC 3 - KILLERS (ORIGINAL ALBUM)


1. THE IDES OF MARCH

(Instrumental)


2. WRATHCHILD

I was born into a scene
Of angriness and greed
Of dominance and persecution

My mother was a queen
My dad I've never seen
I was never meant to be

[Chorus #1]
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

[Chorus #2]
'Cause I'm a wrathchild
Well, I'm a wrathchild
Yeah, I'm a wrathchild
I'm coming to get you, oh yeah, yeah !

Some say I 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

[Chorus #1]

[Chorus #2]


3. MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE

I remember it as 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 rush to the scene of the crime
But all I found was the butchered remains of two girls lay side by side

Murders in the rue Morgue, someone call the gendarmes
Murders in the rue Morgue, run before the killers go free

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

Murders in the rue Morgue, someone call the gendarmes
Murders in the rue Morgue, am I ever gonna be free ?

And now I've gotta get away from the arms of the law, all France is looking for me
I've gotta find my way across the border for sure down the South to Italy

Murders in the rue Morgue, running from the gendarmes
Murders in the rue Morgue, I'm never going home

Well, I made it to the border at last but I can't erase the scene from my mind
Anytime somebody stares at me, well I just start running blind
Well, I've 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 sign of...

Murders in the rue Morgue, 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 tool 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 victims died
If I could go to somebody for help, I'd get me out of trouble for sure
But I know that it's on my mind, that my doctor said 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


4. ANOTHER LIFE

As I lay here lying on my bed, sweat voices come into my head
Oh, what it is ? I wanna know... Please won't you tell me it's got to go
There's a feeling that's inside me, telling me to get away
But I'm so tired of living, I might as well end today

(all the song played 3 times)


5. INNOCENT EXILE

My life is so empty, nothing to live for
My mind is all confusion 'cause I defied the law
When you weren't there to help me, I lost my mind and ran
I never had no trouble before this all began

My life is so empty, nothing to live for
My mind is all confusion 'cause I defied the law
When you weren't there to help me, I lost my mind and ran
I never had no trouble before this all began

I'm running away, I've nowhere to go
I'm lost and tired and I just don't know, yeah !
They say I killed a woman, they know it isn't true
They're just trying to frame me, and all because of you, yeah !

Long I'm running...


6. GENGHIS KHAN

(Instrumental)


7. KILLERS

You walk through the subway, his eyes burn a hole in your back
A footstep behind you, he lunges prepared for attack
Scream for mercy, he laughs as he's watching you bleed
Killer behind you, his blood lust defies all his needs

My innocent victims are slaughtered with wrath and despise
The mocking religion of hatred that burns in the night
I have no one, I'm bound to destroy all this greed
A voice inside me compelling to satisfy me

I can't see what a knife's meant to be
And you'll never know how I came to foresee, see, see

My faith in believing is stronger than lifelines and ties
With the glimmer of metal my moment is ready to strike

The death call arises, a scream breaks the still of the night
Another tomorrow, remember to walk in the light !
I have found you and no there is no place to run
Excitement shakes me, oh God help me, what have I done ?

Oh, yeah ! I've done it...

You walk through the subway, my eyes burn a hole in your back
A footstep behind you, he lunges prepared for attack
Scream for mercy, he laughs as he's watching you bleed
Killer behind you, my blood lust defies all my needs

Oh, look out ! I'm coming for you...


8. PRODIGAL SON

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'll 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
I've 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 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 a hold on my soul and he won't let me be
Lamia, I've got this curse, I'm turning to bad
The devil's got a hold on my soul and it's driving me mad, oh...

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


9. PURGATORY

Thinking of an age old dream
Places I've never seen
Fantasies lived times before
I split my brain, melt through the floor

Over clouds my minds will fly
Forever now I can't think why
My body tries to live my soul
Or is it me, I just don't know

Memories rising from the past
The future's shadow overcast
Something's clutching at my head
Through the darkness I'll be led

Oh, another time, another place
Oh, another smile, another face
When you see me floating up beside you
You get the feeling that all my love's inside of you

Please take me away, take me away, so far away (x3)

(all the song played 2 times)


10. DRIFTER

Walk away !

Look out now, baby won't you take me away
Sittin' here it's gonna be a new day
Gotta get my song and I can't go wrong
Gotta keep on roaming, gotta sing my song

What you feeling when you hold me tight
I'm gonna cuddle up with you tonight
Gonna get to feeling so secure
Listen child, don't you see there's a cure

[Chorus]
Anywhere got to get you away
Feels so good, think it's gonna be a new day
I'm gonna get my song 'till I can't go on
I'm gotta keep on roaming, gotta sing my song

What you feeling when you hold me tight
I'm gonna cuddle up with you tonight
Gonna get to feeling so secure
Listen child, don't you see there's a cure

[Chorus]

Gotta sing my song, yeah !
And it won't take long
I'm gotta sing my song, yeah !
And won't you sing it along ?

I want you to sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it along (x4)

'Cause I'm a drifter drifting you...



DISC 4 - "KILLERS" BONUS CD


1. TWILIGHT ZONE

She lays in bed at night and that is when I make my call
But when she stares at me, she can't see nothing at all
Because, you see, I can't take no shape or form
It's been three long years since I've been gone

I can't get used to purgatory, you know it really makes me cry
I'll never know the reason why I had to go

Oh, oh, I'm crying
Oh, oh, oh, deep inside of me
Oh, oh, oh, can't you see me ?
Ah, ah, ah, can't you see me ?

I'm looking forward to her spirit coming over to me
I feel so tempted to bring her over to see
Just what it's like to be hanging to the other side
I feel so lonely, it's a long time since I died

I try to show her that she's never gonna be alone
Because my spirit is imprisoned in the twilight zone

Oh, oh, I'm crying
Oh, oh, oh, deep inside of me
Oh, oh, oh, can't you hear me ?
Ah, ah, ah, can't you see me ?


2. WOMEN IN UNIFORM

Beehive hairdo, 45 on the hip
Patrolwoman Saunders, don't you give her no whip
Took me to the station for a breath test
Then back to the bedroom for some house-arrest

[Chorus]
Women in uniform
Sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform
But oh ! They feel so warm

Coming back to London on a 747
Stewardess made me feel like I'm in Heaven
Looking up the aisle to see what I could see
She leaned over, said give it to me

White apron, brown leather shoes
The nurse at the clinic left my heart all bruised
Gave me a massage, sprained my right
Now she takes my temperature every night

[Chorus]

Women in uniform (x4)

Commando raid on the lebanese border
Sergeant Anita, she gives the order
Khaki jacket and a love gun
Baby, I surrender, let's have some fun

[Chorus] (x2)

Women in uniform (x4)

Women in uniform
Can't live by the rule
Women in uniform
Coming up to you

Women in uniform
Sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform
But oh yeah ! Oh yeah !

Women in uniform
Can't live by the rule
Women in uniform
Coming up to you

Women in uniform
Sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform
Look out ! Look out !


3. INVASION

The Vikings are coming
You'd better get ready for, we're having a fight
The longboats are coming
It's looking like their in the dead of the night

Muster the men from all the villages
You'd better get ready to fight with your enemies

Beacons are burning
I'm giving the word to get ready to fight
The battle is nearing
You'd better get ready to fight for your lives

Muster the men from all the villages
You'd better get ready to fight with your enemies

[Chorus #1]
The Norsemen are coming, The Norsemen are coming
The warnings are given, The Norsemen are coming
The Norsemen are coming, The Norsemen are coming
The warnings are given, The Norsemen are coming

[Chorus #2]
Raping and pillaging
Robbing and looting the land
Raping and pillaging
Robbing and looting the land
Viking raiders from afar

[Chorus #1]
[Chorus #2]


4. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

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

You know and I know that you ain't got that long to last
Your looks and your 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

And I know that you're gonna scratch me and maim me and maul
And you know I'm helpless from your mesmerising cat call

Keep your distance, walk away
Don't take this 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 are 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 fair

...Torture me back at your fair !



DISC 5 - THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST (ORIGINAL ALBUM)


1. INVADERS

Longboats have been sighted and the evidence of war has begun
Many nordic fighting men, their swords and shields gleam in the sun
Call to arms, defend yourselves, get ready to stand and fight for your lives
Judgement Day has come around se be prepared, don't run stand your ground

They're coming in from the sea
They've come the enemy
Beneath the blazing sun
The battle has to be won

Invaders... Pillaging
Invaders... Looting

Set ablaze the campfires and alert the other men from island
Warning must be given, there's not enough men here for a stand
The Vikings are too many, too powerful, to take on your own
We must have reinforcements, we cannot fight this battle alone

They're coming over the hill
They've come to attack
They're coming in for the kill
There's no turning back

Invaders... Fighting
Invaders... Marauding

Axes grind and maces clash as wounded fighters fall to the ground
Severed limbs and fatal wounding bloody corpses lay all around
The smell of death and burning flesh, the battle weary fight to the end
The Saxons have been overpowered victims of the mighty Norsemen

You'd better scatter and run
The battle's lost and not won
You'd better get away
To fight another day

Invaders... Raping
Invaders... Plundering


2. CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED

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

[Chorus]
Children of the damned (x4)

He's walking like a dead man
If he had lived, he would have crucified us all
Now he's standing on his last step
He thought oblivion well it beckons us all

[Chorus]

Now it's burning his hands, he's turning to laugh
Smiles as the flames 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
Your turn into the light
You're burning in the night
You're children of the damned
Like candles watch them burn
Burning in the light
You'll burn again tonight
Children of the damned...


3. THE PRISONER

"We want information, information, information... Who are you ?
The new number two... Who is number one ? You are number six..."

"I am not a number... I am a free man !"

"Ah, ah, ah !!!"

I'm on the run, I kill to eat
I'm starving now, feeling dead on my feet
Going all the way, I'm nature's beast
Do what I want and do as I please

Run, fight to breathe, it's tough
Now you see me - Ah ! Ah ! Now you don't
Break the walls, I'm coming out

[Chorus #1]
Not a prisoner, I'm a free man
And my blood is my own now
Don't care where the past was
I know where I'm going...

Out !

If you kill me, it's self defence
If I kill you, then I call it vengeance
Spit in your eye, I will defy
You'll be afraid when I call out your name

Run, fight to breathe, it's gonna be tough
Now you see me, and now you don't
Break the walls, I'm coming out

[Chorus #1]

[Chorus #2]
I'm not a number, I'm a free man
Live my life where I want to
You'd better scratch me from your black book
'Cause I'll run rings around you

[Chorus #1]
[Chorus #2]
[Chorus #1]


4. 22, ACACIA AVENUE

If you're feeling down depressed and lonely, I know a place were 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, 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 of this madness
Can't you see it only brings you sadness
When you entertain your men
Don't you 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 anymore

[Chorus]
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 you're strolling down the Avenue
The way you walk it makes men think of having you
When you're walking down the street
Everybody stops and turns to stare at you

[Chorus]

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 is 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, you're coming with me...


5. THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST

"How 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"
(Revelations, chapter XIII, V. 18)

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 dream were they
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 have 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 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 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 some crazy dream
But I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes
They seem to mesmerise me... Can't avoir 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


6. RUN TO THE HILLS

White man came across the sea
He brought us pain and misery
He killed our tribes, he killed our creed
He 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 dust clouds and barren wastes
Galloping hard on the plains
Chasing the redskins back to their holes
Fighting them at their own game
Murder for freedom, the stab in the back
Women and children and cowards attack

[Chorus]
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives

Soldier blue in the barren wastes
Hunting and killing their game
Raping the women and wasting the men
The only good Indians are tame
Selling them whiskey and taking their gold
Enslaving the young and destroying the old

[Chorus] (x3)


7. GANGLAND

Shadows may hide you but also may be your grave
You're running today, maybe tomorrow you'll be saved
You pray for the daylight to save you for a while
You wonder if your children will face the killer's smile

[Chorus]
Dead men - Tell no tales
Gangland - Murders up for sale
Dead men - Tell no tales
Gangland - Where the jail birds die

Face at the window leers into your own
But it's only your reflection still you tremble in your bones
How long can you hide ? How long 'til they come ?
A rat in a trap but you've got to survive

Once you were glad to be free for a while
The air tasted good and the world was your friend
Then came the day when the hard times began
Now you're alone but alive for how long ?

[Chorus]

A knife at your throat, another body on the pile
A contract to keep and it's service with a smile
Murder for vengeance or murder for gain
Death on the streets or a blacked out jail

[Chorus]

Gangland, gangland - Murder...
Gangland - Tell no tales...


8. HALLOWED BE THY NAME

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
'Cause at five o'clock they take me to the Gallows Pole
The sands of time for me are running low... 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 been 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 easy to stop from screaming
But words escape me when I try to speak

Tears flow but why am I crying
After all I'm not afraid of dying
Don't I believe that there never is an end

As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Somebody cries from a cell "God be with you"
If there's a God then why has he let me go ?

As I walk all my life drifts before me
And though the ends is near I'm not sorry
Catch my soul 'cause 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

Yeah... Hallowed be thy name (x2)



DISC 6 - "THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST" BONUS CD


1. TOTAL ECLIPSE

Cold as steel the darkness waits, its hour will come
A cry of fear for the chosen worshipping the sun
Mother natures black revenge on those who waste her life
War babies in the garden of Eden shall turn our ashes to ice

Sunrise is gone, freezing up the fires
Sunrise is gone, numbing all desires
Sunrise is gone, sunrise is gone

Around the world the people stop with terror-stricken eyes
A shadow cast upon them all to crush them like a fly
In the icy rain and whiplashed seas there's nowhere left to run
The hammer blows of winter fall like a hurricane

Sunrise is gone, freezing up the fires
Sunrise is gone, numbing all desires

Around the world the nations wait for some wise words from their leading light
You know it's not only madmen who listen to fools
"Is this the end ?" the millions cried clutching their riches as they died
Those who survive must weather the storm

Gone are the days when man looked down
They've taken away his sacred crown
To be so free, it took so long
It's not the journey's end, it's just begun


2. REMEMBER TOMORROW

Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday sorrows, tomorrow white lies
Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire

Tears for remembrance and tears for joy
Tears for somebody and this lonely boy
Out in the madness the all seeing eye
Flickers above us to light up the sky

Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday sorrows, tomorrow white lies
Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire



DISC 7 - PIECE OF MIND (ORIGINAL ALBUM)


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 'roung 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


2. 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 scorns divide
Take not my 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 clever path for the fools who know
The secret of the hanged man - The smile on his lips

[Chorus]
The light of the blind - You'll see
The venom 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 rise 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

[Chorus]

Blind 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
The watcher in the ring
It is you ...? Oh, it is you ...?


3. 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

[Chorus]
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 seems 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

[Chorus]

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

On your way, like an eagle
Fly and touch the sun
On your way, like an eagle
Fly... Fly as high as the sun !


4. 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

[Chorus #1]
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
'Cause if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die
If you're gonna die, if you're gonna die

[Chorus #2]
If you're gonna die, die with your boots on
If you're gonna try, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die...
...Gonna die, die with your boots on
If you're gonna try, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die !

In thirteen the beast is rising
The frenchman did sunrise
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

[Chorus #1]

[Chorus #2]

They die, with their false storm... It's the game... They die !
They die, with their... with their false storm... They die !
We die ! We die ! We die ! We die ! We die !

[Chorus #1]

[Chorus #2]
If you're gonna die... die !


5. 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 horse breath
As I plunge into a certain death

[Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh !
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh !

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

[Chorus]

We get so close, near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pull 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

[Chorus]


6. STILL LIFE

Take a look in a pool and what do you see
In the dark dephts 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 piece 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


7. QUEST FOR FIRE

In a time when dinosaurs walked the Earth
When the land was swamp and caves where 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 die
Didn't know the sparks that made the fire
Were made by rubbing stick and stone

So they ploughed through forest and swamps of danger
And they though the cannibal tribes and beasts
In the search to find another fire
To regain the power of light and heat

[Chorus]
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched across the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man

[Chorus] (x2)


8. SUN AND STEEL

You killed your first man at thirteen
Killer instinct, animal supreme
By sixteen you had learned to fight
The way of the warrior, you took it as your right

[Chorus]
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel
Sunlight, falling on your steel
Death in life is your ideal
Life is like a wheel

Through earth and water, fire and wind
You came at last - Nothing was the end
Make your cut by fire and stones
Take you and your blade, break you both in two
Break you both in two...

[Chorus]
...Rolling on and on

[Chorus]

[Chorus]
And it's rolling still


9. TO TAME A LAND

He his the king of all the land
In the kingdom of the sands
Of a time tomorrow

He rules the sandworms and the freemen
In a land amongst the stars
Of an age tomorrow

He his destined to be a king
He rules over everything
On the land called planet Dune

Body water is your life
And without it you would die
In 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 his the Kwisatz Haderach
He his born of Caladan
And will take the Gom Jabbar

He has the power to foresee
Or to look into the past
He his 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, he'll make a stand
Against evil the fire that spreads through the land
He has the power to make it all end



DISC 8 - "PIECE OF MIND" BONUS CD


1. I'VE GOT THE FIRE

If you're looking for someone that you can keep then, baby, pass me by
And if you wanted something that's twenty years deep, baby, don't even try
And if you wanted someone to take your soul I'll lift you up little bit higher

I've got the fire

So you think I'm skinny, don't you sell me cheap, I'm as wide as a country-mile
Some like it wide, I like it deep, guess which one is my style
So you think you can beat me by my own game, maybe I call you a liar

I've got the fire
I've got the fire... !
I've got it !


2. CROSS-EYED MARY

Who would be a poor man a beggerman a thief
If he had a rich man in his hand
And who would steal the candy from a laughing baby's mouth
If he could take it from the money man

[Chorus #1]
Cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in again
She signs no contracts but she always plays the game
She dines in Hampstead village on expense accounted gruel
And the jack knife barber drops her off at school

Laughing in the playground get no kicks from little boys
Would rather make it with a letching gray
Or maybe her attention is drawn by aqualung
Who watches through the railings as they play

[Chorus #2]
Cross-eyed Mary finds it hard to get along
A poor man's rich girl and she'll do it for a song
A rich man's stealer but her favour's good and strong
She's the Robin Hood of highgate helps the poor man get along

Laughing in the playground get no kicks from little boys
Would rather make it with a letching gray
Or maybe her attention is drawn by aqualung
Who watches through the railings as they play

[Chorus #1]

Cross-eyed Mary
Oh, Mary !
Oh, cross-eyed Mary...



DISC 9 - POWERSLAVE (ORIGINAL ALBUM)


1. ACES HIGH

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
Running, scrambling, flying
Rolling, turning, diving
Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Won't you... run, live to fly, fly to live, 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

Rolling, turning, diving
Rolling, turning, diving, going in again
Rolling, turning, diving
Rolling, turning, diving
Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Won't you... run, live to fly, fly to live, aces high


2. 2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

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
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

[Chorus #1]
The killer's breed of the demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
Don't you pray for my soul anymore

[Chorus #2]
Two minutes to midnight
The hands that threaten doom
Two minutes to midnight
To kill the unborn in the womb

The blind men shout let the creatures out
We'll show the unbelievers
Napalm screams of human flames
For a prime time belsen feast... Yeah !
As the reasons for the carnage cut
Their meat and lick the gravy
We oil the jaws of the war machine
And feed it with our babies

[Chorus #1]

[Chorus #2]

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

[Chorus #1]

[Chorus #2]

Midnight, midnight, midnight... It's all night ! (x2)
Midnight... All night !


3. LOSFER WORDS (BIG 'ORRA)

Instrumental


4. FLASH OF THE BLADE

As a young boy chasing dragons
With your wooden sword so mighty
You're Saint George or you're David
And you always killed the beast
Times change very quickly
And you had to grow up early
A house in smoking ruins
And the bodies at your feert

[Chorus]
You'll die as you lived
In a flash of the blade
In a corner forgotten by no one
You lived for the touch
For the feel of the steel
One man and his honour

The smell of resined leather
The steely iron mask
As you cut and thrust and
Parried at the fencing master's call
He taught you all he ever knew
To fear no mortal man
And now you'll wreak your vengeance
In the screams of evil man

[Chorus] (x3)


5. THE DUELLISTS

He threw down a glove you made the mistake
Of picking it up now you're gone
The choosing of guns or fighting with swords
The choise of weapons is done
He'll tear you apart as soon as you start
You know you don't have a chance

[Chorus]
Oh... Oh...
Fight for the honour
Fight for the splendour
Fight for the pleasure
Oh... Oh...
Fight for the honour
Fight for the splendour
Fight for your life !

Ready to start, the duel begins
The best man wins in the end
A lunge and a feint, a parry too late
A cut to the chest and you're down
Seeing the stain then feeling the pain
Feeling the sweat on your brow

[Chorus]

The fighting resumes, a silence looms
The swordsmen move against each other
A cut and a thrust, a parry, a blow
A stab to the heart and you're down
The angel of death hears your last breath
Meanwhile the reaper looks on

Oh... Oh...
Fought for the honour
Fought for the splendour
Fought for the pleasure
Oh... Oh...
Fought for the honour
Fought for the splendour
Fought to the death...


6. BACK IN THE VILLAGE

Turn the spotlights on the people
Switch the dial and eat the worm
Take your chances, kill the engine
Drop your bombs and let it burn

White flags shot to ribbons
The truce is black and burned
Shellshock in the kitchen
Tables overturned

[Chorus]
Back in the village again, in the village
I'm back in the village again

Throwing dice now, rolling loaded
I see sixes all the way
In a black hole, and I'm spinning
As my wings get shot away

Questions are a burden
And answers are a prison for oneself
Shellshock in the kitchen
Tables start to burn

[Chorus]

No breaks on the inside
Paper cats and burning barns
There's a fox among the chickens
And a killer in the hounds

Questions are a burden
And answers are a prison for oneself
Shellshock in the kitchen
Tables start to burn... burn... burn ! burn !! burn !!!

[Chorus]

But still we walk into the valley
And others try to kill the inner flame
We're burning brighter than before
I don't have a number, I'm a name

[Chorus] (x2)

Back in the village
Back in the village
Back in the village again


7. POWERSLAVE

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
The shell of a man God preserved... for a thousand ages
But open the gates of my Hell... I'll strike from the grave

[Chorus]

Slave to the power of death (x2)


8. RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

Hear the time of the ancient mariner
See his eye 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, as the bride passes by
Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his tales

Driven South to the land of the snow and ice
To a place where nobody's been
Through the snow fog flies on 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 ice, and 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 a part of the crime

Sailing on and on and North across the sea
Sailing on and on and North 'til all is calm

The albatross begins with its vengeance
A terrible curse a thirst 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 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 too

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

"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 blessed 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 guests a sad and wiser man
And the tale goes on, and on, and on, and on...



DISC 10 - "POWERSLAVE" BONUS CD


1. RAINBOW'S GOLD

In the heat of the morning when your day is still dawning
And your bird, she's singing, catch your soul, he's willing to fly away

Packed your bags in a hurry, because your mind's in a worry
Mark my words, you're gonna be sorry if your ever fly away

Sweet little girl with the saint da Vinci-smile
Stares at me with sadness in her eyes
I'm not sure if she's really real or make-believe
Maybe she's a vision that comes to only me

'Cause I'm so tired, yes I'm so tired
So tired, yes I'm so tired

In the heat of the morning when your day is still dawning
And your bird, she's singing, catch your soul, he's willing to fly away


2. MISSION FROM 'ARRY

Steve :
"...Anyways, he did not deserve to get a bollocking... At the time, I know why he got a

bollocking, because you, you know, you dunno what the fuck he's goin' on about, but he didn't

really deserve it. All he's trying to do is relay a message from me to you, right? And he went

the wrong way about it, okay?"

Nicko :
"Yeah, he did go the wrong way about it."

Steve :
"Well then..."

Nicko :
"Well I'm... I... I... I... I tell you what, I mean it ain't gonna happen again."

Bruce:
"I don't see where you get steamed, I mean, if the truss was gonna..."

Nicko :
"Why I got steamed up Bruce is because he fucked me right up. And I knew there was a problem, I

still didn't know what it was even after he... I, I fucked! I fucking fucked up!"

Steve :
"I know that. Look, it's like..."

Nicko :
"...And I stopped, and it was like "Oh, for fuck's sake!". Come on kids, and I'm looking

around... What is he trying to tell me? What's the problem?"

Steve :
"Can't you understand? Can't you understand if I'm trying to get a fucking message through to ya,

right? ...I'd have still... It'd a been a lot worse. If I... If I had to go me gear done... as it

happens, just in the nick of the time I got it done. If I..."

Nicko :
"Yeah, I still didn't get the message."

Steve :
"I know you didn't. But what we're saying, it didn't... whatever happens if I got him trying to

get a fuckin' message to ya. Y'know what I mean?"

Nicko :
"Sure Steve, but the fact is that the guy was not handling it the right way."

Steve :
"You don't think of things like that Nick."

Nicko :
"But that's diff... Look..."

Steve :
"I bollocked... I was shouting at ya, "Look, my gear's gone down"."

Nicko :
"It's me that fucked-up."

Steve :
"Listen..."

Nicko :
"I'm the one out there all on me own..."

Steve :
"I know."

Nicko :
"...I'm doing a drum solo. And I've got fuckin' talkin' to..."

Steve :
"No, I'm the one, I'm only one ‘a thinking, I've got fucking like a minute to go before m..., to

get this fucking gear right."

Bruce :
"Yeah, but if somebody gives a message to me..."

Steve :
"No?"

Bruce :
"...I mean, it doesn't matter who it is, I mean, the message gets through."

Nicko :
"Bruce, it's different..."

Steve :
"It's a different situation."

Nicko :
"...It's different for you. You're not standing there all on your fucking own having a somebody

try to get your attention and talk to you. I'm playin' a drum solo, and the guy's standing a

yard, or two yards behind my drum riser goin'..."

Steve :
"Yeah, all I'm trying a..."

Nicko :
"...fucking anga-yangna-baba"..."wha?"..."BABA-BABA-BABA!"..."WHAAAA???..." the fuck! Uhhhhh! By

the time I've got that far, I'm fuckin' totally fucked. Because I'm p..., I'm not paying

attention to my gig..."

Steve :
"Hey, look..."

Nicko :
"...I'm paying attention to what he's trying to tell me."

Bruce :
"Yeah, but nobody woulda noticed."

Steve :
"I complete..."

Nicko :
"I noticed!"

Steve :
"I completely understand that."

Nicko :
"Fucked me right up."

Steve :
"But he, he was only doing what I told him to do, and that was get a message to you. Now that the

fucking heat of the moment and just, everything on hand... He don't think to fucking tell Bill,

he wants to get the message to you, not to fucking Bill, so he don't think of that, he just tries

to get the message to you, right? So, he don't fucking deserve to get a bollocking for that, I

mean, alright he got one I know... not sayin' that. But I just don't, you know..."

Bruce :
"Attente! Attente!"

Steve :
"...Bob was a nice guy. He's not like he's, fuckin', he's an asshole..."

Nicko :
"No, no..."

Steve :
"...or an idiot, or anything like that."

Nicko :
"Oh no, but he was out of order, because he didn'..."

Bruce :
"He wasn't out of order."

Nicko :
"He was."

Steve :
"He wasn't out of order. He was wrong."

Nicko :
"He was, ‘cause he fucked me up by tryin' to tell me..."

Steve :
"Nicko."

Nicko :
"If he'd of come up to the riser..."

Steve :
"Nicko."

Nicko :
"Look..."

Steve :
"Nicko."

Nicko :
"...If he'd of come up to the riser there, I coulda fuckin' heard him!!!"

Steve :
"But Nick..."

Nicko :
"Cunt was standin' behind, I was sittin' down."

Steve :
"Yeah..."

Nicko :
"..."bada-bada-ba"..."

Steve :
"He was wrong. He made a mistake, but he wasn't out of order."

Bruce :
"It wasn't deliberate."

Steve :
"He made a mistake..."

Nicko :
"Now, I know it ain't deliberate."

Steve :
"...for fuck's sake."

Nicko :
"I didn't know that at the time, right? I still didn't know that Steve had a problem with his

bass..."

Steve :
"That's what I'm saying."

Nicko :
"...Luckily enough, by the time I finished the poxy solo, he had his bass working again."

Steve :
"It was all that fucking grief..."

Bruce :
"All it takes is the guy..."

Nicko :
"The grief was, because I bollocked him up, and I happened to tell ya, and you go "don't bollock

him, go out and apologize," right. Fuck him, I'm gonna go and apologize to him."

Bruce :
"Well all you gotta do..."

Nicko :
"It's not for me to apologise. I bollocked him ‘cause he fucked me up. Right there, he fucked me

up. He was wrong."

Bruce :
"All you gotta do... No he wasn't wrong."

Nicko :
"He was."

Steve :
"He wasn't wrong."

Nicko :
"He did not handle it... He's not even fucking communicating, right?"

Steve :
"Aw! I don' wanna fuckin argue about this, it's fucking stupid... I think you're really out of

order, I think... honestly."

Nicko :
"No bollocks! Oh, I am not out of order."

Steve :
"You are. You're attitude is out of order."

Nicko :
"He... no it ain't."

Steve :
"It is."

Nicko :
"No it ain't. The guy fucked me up."

Steve :
"I know he did..."

Nicko :
"Well then that's out of order..."

Steve :
"...He didn't mean to."

Nicko :
"Look, I'm not sayin' he fuckin' meant to ‘Arry!!! The fact is that he was a dumbkopf, 'cause he

don't know how to fuckin' communicate with me on stage..."

Bruce :
"But he's not a dumbkopf."

Nicko :
"Aww!"

Steve :
"He's not fuckin' stupid."

Nicko :
"Well, he fuckin' certainly did a good job out there this afternoon, didn't he?"

Steve :
"He made a mistake, because I..."

Nicko :
"What do you mean "He made a mistake"?"

Steve :
"Because I..."

Nicko :
"You sent him. How could he make a mistake?"

Steve :
"That's right."

Nicko :
"How did he make a mistake?"

Steve :
"Well, he made the mistake by not sending Bill first, right?"

Nicko :
"Well, well he made a mistake, right?"

Steve :
"Yeah."

Nicko :
"Well, why?..."

Bruce :
"There's a difference between making a mistake..."

Steve :
"Well that's what I'm saying."

Bruce :
"...And a difference between making a human error..."

Nicko :
"Right, so he made a mistake, right?"

Steve :
"Yeah!"

Nicko :
"And I'm griefed up cause he fuckin' made me make a mistake. Now that he... Now I can understand

what he was talking about after the fact... It remains to be seen, he was on a mission from you."

Steve :
"Aw, I'm not gonna argue about it."

Nicko :
"Right? Fuck my old boots, it just... I can't hack... I can't handle that situation when people

think some can't make me grief, and it's important to me to get a message like that... Fucking

hell! How can I get some... get, get... When I also fucked as well... I would'na minded if I'd

have gotten what it was happening straight. Like, on the end "alright, 'Arris got his bass

fucked, right I'll carry on and do something else", then that's fine, if I didn't fuck-up... But

he made me fuck. It totally threw me right out, and he wasn't..."

Steve :
"I know it did."

Nicko :
"...He didn't know how to talk to me about it. And, and I've... I've told him "don't do that

again"."

Steve :
"Because, see... It's not, it's not, it's not fair relaying a message to people. He was just..."

Nicko :
"And he never turned ‘round."

Steve :
"...Look, it coulda been anybody. It was just that he was the first one on hand."

Nicko :
"‘Arry."

Steve :
"He was just standing there."

Nicko :
"He never turned around, he never even turned around afterwards and said "Listen, did you?...I'm

sorry, but you didn't understand what I was saying right?"..."

Steve :
"Well why should he?"

Nicko :
"Well then, then, then because..."

Steve :
"He got a fuckin' bollocking."

Nicko :
"...He woulda stood up for himself because he knows he was gotten a bollocking wrong, because he

was on a mission from you."

Steve :
"He was probably..."

Bruce :
"No."

Steve :
"He was probably fuckin' upset..."

Bruce :
"He's probably a bit upset."

Steve :
"...Because you gave him a fucking bollocking."

Nicko :
"Well, rightly."

Steve :
"You gave him up for...as far as he's con..."

Bruce :
"No, not rightly."

Nicko :
"Rightly, yeah."

Steve :
"But no, it's not rightly."

Bruce :
"No!"

Nicko :
"I told him "Don't ever do that again!""

Steve :
"No."

Bruce :
"That's crazy."

Steve :
"But what?..."

Bruce :
"What happens if the lighting truss is gonna fall down on your head? Does he go?..."

Nicko :
"Well then somebody drags me out of the fuckin' way, or else I'm dead, right?"

Bruce :
"Yeah, but don't... I mean... you know."

Steve :
"I think your attitude is totally fucking out of order."

Nicko :
"No it ain't. No it ain't."

Steve :
"Yes it is."

Nicko :
"No it ain't. If I'd have known... Now I'm the fuckin' cunt all of a sudden."

Steve :
"No, you're not the cunt."

Bruce :
"You're not a cunt."

Nicko :
"Because I told him he was out of order, and I didn't know he was on a mission from you to tell

me that his bass, your bass was fucked!"

Steve :
"I know you didn't."

Bruce :
"All you've got to do Nicko, is just go to the guy and say..."

Steve :
"You didn't know, and he didn't know, alright?"

Bruce :
"..."Sorry about, sorry about shouting. It was a misunderstanding. But in future, tell Bill"..."

That's all you gotta say."

Nicko :
"No. No."

Bruce :
"And that way, he's a fuckin' proud geezer..."

Steve :
"What's, what's the matter with ya?"

Bruce :
"He goes..."

Nicko :
"Look..."

Steve :
"'Cause if this is some sorta pride thing or what?"

Nicko :
"I bollocked him... no it ain't pride. It's... it's not fuckin' pride."

Steve :
"Well what's the matter with ya?"

Bruce :
"It is pride."

Nicko :
"Oh bollocks!"

Steve :
"What's the matter with ya?"

Nicko :
"The guy was wrong to have been fuckin' there to do what he done."

Steve :
"I know. All I'm, all I'm gonna say is that when you're going up tomorrow..."

Bruce :
"No it isn't wrong. What's he supposed to do? Turn around..."

Steve :
"...This is a different attitude, ‘cause this is fucking stupid."

Nicko :
"I told him straight out not to do it again."

Bruce :
"What's he supposed to do? What's he?..."

Nicko :
"I'm not gonna go out and apologize for saying that to him..."

Bruce :
"He's not!"

Nicko :
"...He was outta fuckin' order."

Bruce :
"He's not out of order."

Bruce :
"What happens..."

Nicko :
"Bruce."

Bruce :
"...If I fucking go and tell somebody to do something, he goes "No, fuck off! I'm not gonna do

that."..."

Nicko :
"Listen, Bruce..."

Bruce :
"Then he's out of order."

Nicko :
"Bruce..."

Bruce :
"But he goes and tells him to go and do something..."

Nicko :
"...I'm not concerned with... with... with... with... with other people that can't fucking talk

to me on stage, who don't know how to fucking communicate with me..."

Bruce :
"But he's not out of order trying to do it."

Nicko :
"...He did not know how to communicate with me."

Steve :
"Some cunt's recording this!"


3. KING OF TWILIGHT

I've been trying, trying so hard
I've been crying, crying in the dark
Don't forsake me, the time of mine is near
Don't ever break me and the world that brought me here

Sick and lonely, waiting for you
Sick and lonely, wondering what you do
Can you hear me, when I say to you
You give me your hand, I'll give mine to you

[Chorus #1]
When the king of twilight shows me
I will take ten steps to see
Forty lives I pay for freedom
For a chance to be free
For a chance to be free

[Chorus #2]
When the king of twilight calls you
Take a step and you will see
We all need a quick solution
For a chance to be free
For a chance to be free

Free... !

[Chorus #1]


4. THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST

"How 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"
(Revelations, chapter XIII, V. 18)

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 dream were they
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 have 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 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 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 some crazy dream
But I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes
They seem to mesmerise me... Can't avoir 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


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