Iron maiden
2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT ( Smith / Dickinson ) 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. The killer’s breed or 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. 2 minutes to midnight, The hands that threaten doom. 2 minutes to midnight, To kill the unborn in the womb. The blind men shout let the creatures out We’ll show the unbelievers, The Napalm screams of human flames Of a prime time Belsen feast....YEAH! As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy, We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies. Chorus: 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: Midnight... all night... (repeat) CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN TIME (Harris) If you had the time to lose An open mind and time to choose Would you care to take a look Or can you read me like a book Time is always on my side Time is always on my side Can I tempt you come with me Be Devil may care fulfill your dream If I said I’d take you there Would you go would you be scared Time is always on my side Time is always on my side Don’t be afraid you’re safe with me Safe as any soul can be.... Honestly Just let yourself go Chorus: Caught somewhere in time Caught somewhere in time Caught somewhere in time....oh oh Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing You try to hide your deepest sins Of all the things that you’ve done wrong And I know where you belong Time is always on my side Time is always on my side Make you an offer you can’t refuse You’ve only got your soul to lose... Eternally.... Just let yourself go! Chorus: Caught somewhere in time Caught somewhere in time Caught now in two minds! WASTED YEARS (Smith) From the coast of gold, across the seven seas I’m travellin on, far and wide But now it seems, I’m just a stranger to myself And all the things I sometimes do, it isn’t me but someone else I close my eyes, and think of home Another city goes by in the night Ain’t it funny how it is, you never miss it `til it’s gone away And my heart is lying there and will be `til my dying day Chorus: So understand Don’t waste your time always searching for those wasted years Face up... make your stand And realize you’re living in the golden years Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind Can’t ease this pain, so easily When you can’t find the words to say it’s hard to make it through another day And it just makes me wanna cry and throw my hands up to the sky Chorus: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY ( HARRIS ) She fell in love with his greasy machine She leaned over wiped his kick-start clean She’d never seen the beast before But she left there wanting more more more But when she was walking on down the road She heard a sound that made her heart explode He whispered to her to get on the back “I’ll take you on a ride from here to eternity” Hell ain’t a bad place Hell is from here to eternity Hell ain’t a bad place Hell is from here to eternity She must be having one of her crazy dreams She’d never sat on a piece so mean It made her feel like’s she’s on cloud nine She even thought she heard the engine sigh But like all dreams that come to an end They took a tumble at the devil’s bend The beast and Charlotte they were two of a kind They’d always take the line...from here to eternity Hell ain’t a bad place Hell is from here to eternity Hell ain’t a bad place Hell is from here to eternity (repeat x 3) Hell ain’t a bad place, Hell is from here to eternity. Wishlist I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off. I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on. I wish I was a sentimental ornamnet you hung on The christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top, I wish I was the evidence I wish I was the grounds for fifty million hands up raised and opened toward the sky. I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me. I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me. I wish I was a messenger, and all the news is good. I wish I was the full moon shining off your camaro's hood. I wish I was an alien, at home behind the sun, I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on. I wish I was the pedal break that you depended on. I wish I was the verb to trust, and never let you down. I wish I was the radio song, the one that you turned up, I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish, I guess it never stops. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back One Back to Main RUN TO THE HILLS ( Harris ) White man came across the sea, Brought us pain and misery. Killed our tribes, killed our creed, Took our game for his own need. We fought him hard, we fought him well, Out on the plains we gave him hell. But many came, too much for Cree, Oh will we ever be set free? Riding through dustclouds and barren wastes, Galloping hard on the plains. Chasing the redskins back to their holes, Fighting them at their own game. Murder for freedom, a stab in the back. Women and children and cowards attack. Run to the hills, run for your lives. Run to the hills, run for your lives. Soldier blue in the barren wastes, Hunting and killing for game. Raping the women and wasting the men, The only good Indians are tame. Selling them whisky and taking their gold, Enslaving the young and destroying the old. Run to the hills, run for your lives. (repeat to end) HALLOWED BE THY NAME ( Harris ) 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 5 o’clock they take me to the Gallows pole, The sands of time for me are running low. When the priest comes to read me the last rites, I take a look through the bars at the last sights, Of a world that has gone very wrong for me. Can it be that there’s some sort of error. Hard to stop the surmounting terror. Is it really the end, not some crazy dream. Somebody please tell me that I’m dreaming, It’s not so easy to stop from screaming, The 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, Though the end is near I’m not sorry. Catch my soul, it’s willing to fly away. Mark my words believe my soul lives on. 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 here is just a strange illusion ALIVE Son, she said, have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a... While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked... Oh I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey...oh... Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room She said I'm ready...for you I can't remember anything to this very day 'Cept the look, the look... Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare... I, I'm still alive Hey I, but, I'm still alive Hey I, boy, I'm still alive Hey I, I, I, I'm still alive, yeah Ooh yeah...yeah yeah yeah...oh...oh... Is something wrong, she said Well of course there is You're still alive, she said Oh, and do I deserve to be Is that the question And if so...if so...who answers...who answers... I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, but, I'm still alive Yeah I, ooh, I'm still alive Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back One Back to Main CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS ( SMITH/DICKINSON/HARRIS ) Give me the sense to wonder To wonder if I’m free Give me a sense of wonder To know I can be me Give me the strength to hold my head up Spit back in their face Don’t need no key to unlock this door Gonna break down the walls Break out of this bad place Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball Can I play with madness - there’s no vision there at all Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me Can I play with madness - he said you’re blind, too blind to see I screamed aloud to the old man I said don’t lie, don’t say you don’t know I say you’ll pay for your mischief In this world or the next Oh, and then he fixed me with a freezing glance And the hell fires raged in his eyes He said, do you want to know the truth son - I’ll tell you the truth Your soul’s gonna burn in the lake of fire Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball Can I play with madness - there’s no vision there at all Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me Can I play with madness - he said you’re blind, too blind to see Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball Can I play with madness - there’s no vision there at all Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me Can I play with madness - he said you’re blind, too blind to see FROM HERE TO ETERNITY ( HARRIS ) She fell in love with his greasy machine She leaned over wiped his kick-start clean She’d never seen the beast before But she left there wanting more more more But when she was walking on down the road She heard a sound that made her heart explode He whispered to her to get on the back “I’ll take you on a ride from here to eternity” Hell ain’t a bad place Hell is from here to eternity Hell ain’t a bad place Hell is from here to eternity She must be having one of her crazy dreams She’d never sat on a piece so mean It made her feel like’s she’s on cloud nine She even thought she heard the engine sigh But like all dreams that come to an end They took a tumble at the devil’s bend The beast and Charlotte they were two of a kind They’d always take the line...from here to eternity Hell ain’t a bad place Hell is from here to eternity Hell ain’t a bad place Hell is from here to eternity (repeat x 3) Hell ain’t a bad place, Hell is from here to eternity. Wishlist I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off. I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on. I wish I was a sentimental ornamnet you hung on The christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top, I wish I was the evidence I wish I was the grounds for fifty million hands up raised and opened toward the sky. I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me. I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me. I wish I was a messenger, and all the news is good. I wish I was the full moon shining off your camaro's hood. I wish I was an alien, at home behind the sun, I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on. I wish I was the pedal break that you depended on. I wish I was the verb to trust, and never let you down. I wish I was the radio song, the one that you turned up, I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish, I guess it never stops. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back One Back to Main RUN TO THE HILLS ( Harris ) White man came across the sea, Brought us pain and misery. Killed our tribes, killed our creed, Took our game for his own need. We fought him hard, we fought him well, Out on the plains we gave him hell. But many came, too much for Cree, Oh will we ever be set free? Riding through dustclouds and barren wastes, Galloping hard on the plains. Chasing the redskins back to their holes, Fighting them at their own game. Murder for freedom, a stab in the back. Women and children and cowards attack. Run to the hills, run for your lives. Run to the hills, run for your lives. Soldier blue in the barren wastes, Hunting and killing for game. Raping the women and wasting the men, The only good Indians are tame. Selling them whisky and taking their gold, Enslaving the young and destroying the old. Run to the hills, run for your lives. (repeat to end) HALLOWED BE THY NAME ( Harris ) 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 5 o’clock they take me to the Gallows pole, The sands of time for me are running low. When the priest comes to read me the last rites, I take a look through the bars at the last sights, Of a world that has gone very wrong for me. Can it be that there’s some sort of error. Hard to stop the surmounting terror. Is it really the end, not some crazy dream. Somebody please tell me that I’m dreaming, It’s not so easy to stop from screaming, The 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, Though the end is near I’m not sorry. Catch my soul, it’s willing to fly away. Mark my words believe my soul lives on. 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 here is just a strange illusion ALIVE Son, she said, have I got a little story for you What you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a... While you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen Your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him, but I'm glad we talked... Oh I, oh, I'm still alive Hey, I, I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey...oh... Oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room She said I'm ready...for you I can't remember anything to this very day 'Cept the look, the look... Oh, you know where, now I can't see, I just stare... I, I'm still alive Hey I, but, I'm still alive Hey I, boy, I'm still alive Hey I, I, I, I'm still alive, yeah Ooh yeah...yeah yeah yeah...oh...oh... Is something wrong, she said Well of course there is You're still alive, she said Oh, and do I deserve to be Is that the question And if so...if so...who answers...who answers... I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, oh, I'm still alive Hey I, but, I'm still alive Yeah I, ooh, I'm still alive Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back One Back to Main CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS ( SMITH/DICKINSON/HARRIS ) Give me the sense to wonder To wonder if I’m free Give me a sense of wonder To know I can be me Give me the strength to hold my head up Spit back in their face Don’t need no key to unlock this door Gonna break down the walls Break out of this bad place Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball Can I play with madness - there’s no vision there at all Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me Can I play with madness - he said you’re blind, too blind to see I screamed aloud to the old man I said don’t lie, don’t say you don’t know I say you’ll pay for your mischief In this world or the next Oh, and then he fixed me with a freezing glance And the hell fires raged in his eyes He said, do you want to know the truth son - I’ll tell you the truth Your soul’s gonna burn in the lake of fire Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball Can I play with madness - there’s no vision there at all Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me Can I play with madness - he said you’re blind, too blind to see Can I play with madness - the prophet stared at his crystal ball Can I play with madness - there’s no vision there at all Can I play with madness - the prophet looked and he laughed at me Can I play with madness - he said you’re blind, too blind to see