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| Where Eagles Dare (Steve Harris) It�s snowing outside, the rumbling sound Of engines near 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 cars, 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 round the valley The mission complete, they make to escape Away from the eagles nest They dared to go, where no one would try They chose to fly, where eagles dare _________ |
| Revelations (Bruce Dickinson) �O God of Earth and Altar Bow down and hear our cry Our earthly rulers falter Our people drift and die The walls of gold entomb us The swords of scorn divide Take not thy thunder from us But take away our pride� (G.K. Chesterton: English Hymnal) Just a babe in a black abyss No reason for a place like this The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain An easy way for the blind to go A clever path for the fools who know The Secret of the Hangman, the smiles on his lips The light of the Blind, you�ll see The venom that tears my spine The Eyes of the Nile are opening, you�ll see She came to me with a serpent�s kiss As the Eye of the Sun rose on her lips Moonlight catches silver tears I cry So we lay in a black embrace And the Seed is sown in a holy place And I watched and I waited for the Dawn The light of the Blind, you�ll see The venom that tears my spine The Eyes of the Nile are opening, you�ll see Bind us all together Ablaze with Hope and Free No storm or heavy weather Will rock the boat, you�ll see The time has come to close your eyes And still the wind and rain For the one who will be King Is the watcher in the Ring It is You _________ |
| Flight of Icarus (Bruce Dickinson / Adrian Smith) As the sun breaks, above the ground An old man stands on the hill As the ground warms, to the first rays of light A birdsong shatters the still His eyes are ablaze See the madman in his gaze Fly, on your way, like an eagle Fly as high as the sun On your way, like an eagle Fly and touch the sun Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears Looks the old man in the eye As he spreads his wings and shouts and the crowd �In the name of God, my father, I�ll fly� His eyes seem so glazed As he flies on the wings of a dream Now he knows his father betrayed Now his wings turn to ashes, to ashes his grave Fly, on your way, like an eagle Fly as high as the sun On your way, like an eagle Fly as high as the sun __________ |
| Die With Your Boots on (Bruce Dickinson / Adrian Smith / Steve Harris) Another Prophet of Disaster Who says this ship is lost Another Prophet of Disaster Leaving you to count the cost Taunting us with Visions Afflicting us with fear Predicting War for millions In the hope that one appears No point asking when it is No point asking who�s to go No point asking what�s the game No point asking who�s to blame �Cause if you�re gonna die, if you�re gonna die �Cause if you�re gonna die, if you�re gonna die If you�re gonna die, die with your boots on If you�re gonna try, well stick around Gonna cry, just move along If you�re gonna die, you�re gonna die 13 the Beast is Rising The Frenchman did surmise Through earthquakes and starvation The Warlord will arise Terror, Death, Destruction Pour from the Eastern sands But the truth of all predictions Is always in your hands They died with their boots on Yes, they died They died with their boots on We died, we died, we died 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 �Cause if you�re gonna die, if you�re gonna die If you�re gonna die, die with your boots on If you�re gonna try, well stick around Gonna cry, just move along If you�re gonna die, you�re gonna die _________ |
| The Trooper (Steve Harris) 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, the charge begins But on this battlefield, no one wins The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath As I plunge on into certain death The horse, he sweats with freak, we break to run The mighty roar of the Russian guns And as we race towards the human wall The screams of pain as my comrades fall We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground And the Russians fire another round We get so near, yet so far away We won�t live to fight another day We get so close, near enough to fight When a Russian gets me in his sight He pulls the trigger and I fell the blow A burst of rounds take my horse below And as I lay there gazing at the sky My body�s numb and my throat is dry And as I lay, forgotten and alone Without a tear, I draw my parting groan _________ |
| Still Life (Steve Harris / Dave Murray) Take a look in the pool and what do you see? In the dark depths there, faces beckoning me Can�t you see them, it�s plain for all to see They were there, oh, I know you don�t believe me Oh... I�ve never felt so strange But... I�m not going insane I�ve no doubt that you think I�m off my head You don�t say, but it�s in your eyes instead Hours I spend out just gazing into that pool Something draws me there, I don�t know what to do Oh... they drain my strength away Oh... they�re asking me to stay Nightmares, spirit�s calling me Nightmares, they won�t leave me be All my life�s blood is slowly draining away And I feel that I�m weaker every day Somehow I know I haven�t long to go Joining them at the bottom of the pool Now... I feel they are so near I... begin to see them clear Nightmares, coming all the time Nightmares, will give me peace of mind Now it�s clear and I know what I have to do I must take you down there to look at them too Hand in hand, then we�ll jump right into the pool Can�t you see, not just me, they want you too Oh... we�ll drown together It... will be forever Nightmares, forever calling me Nightmares, now we rest in peace ________ |
| Quest for Fire (Steve Harris) In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth When the land was swamp and caves were home In an age when prize possession was fire To search for landscapes men would roam Then the tribes, they came to steal the fire And the wolves, they howled into the night As they fought a viscous, angry battle To save the power of warmth and light Drawn by quest for fire They searched through the land Drawn by quest for fire Discovery of man And they thought that when the embers died away That the flame of life had burnt and died Didn�t know the spars that made the fire Were made by rubbing sticks and stone So they ploughed through forest and swamps of danger And they fought the cannibal tribes and beasts In the search to find another fire To regain the power of light and heat Drawn by quest for fire They searched across the land Drawn by quest for fire Discovery of man _________ |
| Sun and Steel (Bruce Dickinson / Adrian Smith) You killed your first man at 13 Killer instincts, animal supreme By 16, you had learned to fight The way of the warrior, you took it as your right Sunlight, falling on your steel Death in life is your ideal Life is like a wheel Through earth and water, fire and wind You came at last, nothing was the end I�ll make a cut by fire and stones Take you and your blade, break you both in two Break you both in two Sunlight, falling on your steel Death in life is your ideal Life is like a wheel Rolling on and on Sunlight, falling on your steel Death in life is your ideal Life is like a wheel And it�s rolling still _________ |
| To Tame a Land (Steve Harris) He is the King of all the land In the kingdom of the sands Of a time tomorrow He rules the sandworms and the Fremen In a land among the stars Of an age tomorrow He is destined to be a King He rides over everything In a land called planet Dune Bodywater is your life And without it, you would die In the desert, the planet Dune Without a stillsuit, you would try On the sand, so hot and dry In a word called Arrakis It is a land that�s rich is spice The sandriders and the mice That they call the Muad Dib He is the Kwizatz Haderach He is born of Caladan And will take the Gob Jabbar He has the power to foresee Or to look into the past He is the ruler of the stars The time will come for him to lay claim his crown And then the foe, yes, they�ll be cut down You�ll see hell be the best that there�s been Messiah supreme, true leader of men And when the time for judgements 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 __________ |
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