Live After Death — Lyrics
1. Intro: Churchill's Speech
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!
2. 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 wheel blocks there's no time to waste Gathering speed as we head down the runway Got to 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 (Solo: Dave Murray) (Solo: Adrian Smith) Move in to fire at the mainstream of bombers Let off a sharp burst and then turn away Roll over, come round to spin in behind them Move to their blind sides and firing again Bandits at 8 O'clock move in behind us Ten Me 109s out of the sun Ascending and turning our spitfires to face them Heading straight for them I press down my guns Rolling, turning, diving Running, scrambling, flying, going in again Rolling, turning, diving Running, scrambling, flying, going in again Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die Won't you run, live to fly, fly to live, Aces high
3. 2 Minutes to Midnight
Well good evening Long Beach Arena! 'Two 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 The killer's breed or the demon's seed The glamour, the fortune, the pain Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain But 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 The killer's breed or the demon's seed The glamour, the fortune, the pain Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain But 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 (Solo: Dave Murray) (Solo: Adrian Smith) 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 The killer's breed or the demon's seed The glamour, the fortune, the pain Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain But 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 Midnight... midnight... it's all night Midnight... midnight... all night!
4. The Trooper
Here is a song of the Piece Of Mind album, this song is called '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 horses breath As I plunge on into certain death Ooooooooh! Ooooooooh! The horse he sweats with fear we break to run The mighty roar of the Russian guns And as we race toward 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 Ooooooooh! Ooooooooh! (Solo: Adrian Smith) (Solo: Dave Murray) We get so close near enough to fight When a Russian gets me in his sights He pulls 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 Ooooooooh! Ooooooooh!
5. Revelations
Nice to see you, to see you is nice. This is a song off Piece Of Mind this one. One about religion... or about washing your car. Actually, it's about opening a pair of curtains... Song's called 'Revelations', this one! "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 Hanged Man – the smile 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 her 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 (Solo: Dave Murray) (Solo: Adrian Smith) Bind 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, oooh... All of you Nicko in the background: Motherfucker!
6. The Flight of icarus
Scream for me Long Beach! Scream for me Long Beach! 'The Flight Of Icarus'! As the sun breaks above the ground an old man stands on the hill – Let it go! As the ground warms to the first rays of light a bird song 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 at 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 (Solo: Dave Murray) (Solo: Adrian Smith) 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 toward the sun On your way, like an eagle, fly... (Solo: Dave Murray) Fly as high as the sun
7. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
And the moral of this story is: this is what not to do when a bird shits on you. 'The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner'! Hear the rime of the ancient mariner See his eye as he stops one of three Mesmerizes one of the wedding guests Stay here and listen the nightmares of the sea And the music plays on, as the bride passes by Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale 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 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." – Oh no! 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 two 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 blesses 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 Come on Adrian! (Solo: Adrian Smith) (Solo: Dave Murray) 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 toward 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 guest's a sad and wiser man And the tale goes on and on and on...
8. 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 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 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 (Solo: Dave Murray) (Solo: Adrian Smith) (Solo: Dave Murray) Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins Silent the terror that reigned – marbled in stone Shell of a man God preserved for a thousand ages But open the gates of my Hell – I will strike from the grave 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 Slave to the Power of Death... Slave to the Power of Death...
9. The Number of the Beast
Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath, because he knows the time is short... – Revelations 12:12 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 13:18 I left alone, my mind was blank I needed time to think, to get the memories from my mind What did I see? Can I believe That what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy Just what I saw in my old dreams 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 had to see was someone watching me In the mist dark figures move and twist Was this all for real or just some kind of hell? Six six six – 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 burning bright The ritual has begun Satan's work is done Six six six – the Number of the Beast Sacrifice is going on tonight (Solo: Dave Murray) (Solo: Adrian Smith) This can't go on I must inform the law Can this still be real or some crazy dream? But I feel drawn toward the chanting hordes Seem to mesmerize me, can't avoid their eyes Six six six – the Number of the Beast Six six six – the one for you and me I'm coming back, I will return And I'll possess your body and I'll make Southern California fuckin' burn! I have the fire, I have the force I have the power to make my evil take its course
10. 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 kind 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 they 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 Someone calls 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 end is near I'm not sorry Catch my soul 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 (Solo: Dave Murray) (Solo: Adrian Smith) Yeah! Hallowed be thy name! Hallowed be thy name!
11. Iron Maiden
Scream for me Long Beach! Scream for me Long Beach! 'The Iron Maiden'! Won't you come into my room I wanna 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 I want you to sing two words for me: "Iron Maiden". Alright? 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 Won't you come into my room I wanna 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 Scream for me Long Beach! Scream for me Long Beach! Won't you come into my room I wanna 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 Long Beach Arena, Southern California, I want you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you Iron Maiden's gonna get ALL OF YOU!
12. Run to the Hills
The 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 Run to the hills, run for your lives Run to the hills, run for your lives Soldiers blue in the barren wastes Hunting and killing the 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 Run to the hills, run for your lives (Solo: Dave Murray) Run to the hills, run for your lives Run to the hills, run for your lives
13. Running Free
Alright, let me see those hands a'clapping there everywhere. Yeah! Come on Long Beach Arena! A song off the first Iron Maiden album, a song by the name of 'Running Free', there we go! Just sixteen a pickup truck, out of money out of luck I've got nowhere to call my own, hit the gas and here I go I'm running free yeah! I'm running free I'm running free yeah! Oh I'm running free Spent the night in an L.A. jail and listened to the sirens wail They ain't got a thing on me, I'm running wild I'm running free I'm running free yeah! I'm running free I'm running free yeah! Oh I'm running free Pulled her at the Bottle Top, whisky dancing disco hop Now all the boys are after me and that's the way it's gonna be I'm running free yeah! I'm running free I'm running free yeah! Oh I'm running free Alright, let me see those hands in the air. Hey, come on! Hey! Everybody! I said everybody! Everybody in this place come on! Let me see those fingers and hands in the air, come on everybody, I wanna see everybody! Hey! Fourth night Long Beach. The guys last night they came Saturday night, alright? They were the loudest time we've ever had down here in Los Angeles alright, last night. Now this is your chance. This is your chance to show those guys who were here on Saturday night who's the boss, alright? Alright, let me tell you... let me tell you how we're gonna do it, alright? We're gonna chop the audience in two. We're gonna have all the guys in a line down there, alright? And we're gonna have all the people on the right-hand side and around these balconies, right? And all the people on the floor on the right-hand side, alright there, alright? Now let me hear you scream people from the right-hand side! Pretty good, pretty good. Not bad. Wait for it left hand-side, wait for it... NOW! Now I dunno if they've been doing strange drugs or too much alcohol or whatever it is whatever's happening over there. Now let me hear you scream over here right-hand side! Come on let me hear you! Do I see it's a little bit of a competition here tonight in Long Beach, yeah? Alright, alright, alright! We'll organise this, we're gonna do this together tonight, alright? Everybody on the right-hand side, you just sing what I sing, alright? You just sing what I sing. Sing YEAH! Alright now left-hand side. We're gonna figure this out now. Sing YEAH! Alright! You hear them over there? You hear them over there? You're not gonna let those guys fuck you over tonight, are you? Sing YEAH! Sing YEAH! Alright, let's try everybody now, everybody in Long Beach Arena, come on let me hear you! Sing YEAH! Sing YEAH! Alright, let's go back to the right-hand side, alright? Four more words, yeah! I'm running free yeah! Sing it! Alright, left-hand side, you've got your chance now. You've got your chance to go in for the kill now, left-hand side! I'm running free yeah! Alright, right-hand side, we're gonna give you another chance, alright? We're gonna give you one more chance. [...] to sing our arses out of that wall, alright? Now then! I'm running free yeah! I'm running free yeah! Alright, now we're gonna try with everybody, alright? And I'm saying this thing for three nights, alright? I said when I wanna go away from Long Beach back to England, I wanna be able to go to the hearing doctor and go, "Doctor, Long Beach fucked up my hearing for good!", alright? But Thursday night didn't do it, and Friday night didn't do it, and Saturday night didn't do it. Here we go, alright? Here we go, I want you to scream this at the top of your voices. I'm running free yeah! I'm running free yeah! Alright, Long Beach! One big scream for me! I'm running free yeah! I'm running free I'm running free yeah! Oh I'm running free I'm running free yeah! I'm running free I'm running free yeah! Oh I'm running free Thank you and good night!
1. Wrathchild
I was born into a scene of angriness and greed, and dominance and persecution My mother was a queen, my dad I've never seen, I was never meant to be And 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 around 'Cause I'm a wrathchild Well I'm a wrathchild Yeah I'm a wrathchild I'm coming to get you, oooh yeah! (Solo: Dave Murray) Say it doesn't matter, ain't nothin' gonna alter the course of my destination I know I've got to find some serious peace of mind, or I know I'll just go crazy And 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 around 'Cause I'm a wrathchild Well I'm a wrathchild Yeah I'm a wrathchild I'm coming to get you, oooh yeah!
2. 22, Accacia Avenue
Number Twenty-Two? Number Twenty-Two? Number Twenty-Two Acacia Avenue! Alright let me see your hands together in the air there Hammersmith! If you're feeling down depressed and lonely I know a place where 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 Speak to me Hammersmith! 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 in the East End don't you hesitate to go – I talk to you! 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 any more 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 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 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 (Solo: Dave Murray) 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 you're 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 and you're coming with me (Solo: Adrian Smith)
3. Children of the Damned
'Children Of The Damned' for you, this one. Here we go. Oh let me see those hands! Yeaah! Go! 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 Children of the damned, Children of the damned Children of the damned, Children of the damned 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 Children of the damned, Children of the damned Children of the damned, Children of the damned Now it's burning his hands he's turning to laugh Smiles as the flame 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? (Solo: Adrian Smith) You're children of the damned your back's against the wall You 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
4. Die With Your Boots On
If you're gonna die? If you're gonna die? If you're gonna die, 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 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, 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 The 13th 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 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, 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 (Solo: Dave Murray) They die with their boots on, yes they die They die with their boots on, they die, We die, we die, we die, we die, we die! (Solo: Adrian Smith) 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, 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, die!
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 And 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 I know that you're gonna scratch me and maim me and maul You know I'm helpless from your mesmerising cat call Keep your distance walk away don't take his bait Don't you stray, don't fade away Watch your step he's out to get you come what may Don't you stray from the narrow way (Slow Solo: Dave Murray) (Solo: Dave Murray) (Solo: Adrian Smith) I'm running and hiding in my dreams you're always there You're the Phantom of the Opera you're the devil you're just out to scare You damaged my mind and my soul it just floats through the air You haunt me you taunt me you torture me back at your lair