EDWARD THE GREAT

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(2002)

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  Run To The Hills  
  The Number Of The Beast  
  Flight Of Icarus  
  The Trooper  
  2 Minutes To Midnight  
  Wasted Years  
  Can I Play With Madness  
  The Evil That Men Do  
  The Clairvoyant  
  Infinite Dreams  
  Holy Smoke  
  Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter  
  Man On The Edge  
  Futureal  
  The Wicker Man  
  Fear Of The Dark (Live)  

 

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 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
 
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
 
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives
 
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives

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THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST

(Harris)

 

I left alone my mind was black, 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 dreams, were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me

Cos in my dreams it's always there, the evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair

 
The night was black was no use holding back, cos I just had to see was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist, was this all for real or 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 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 evil chanting hordes, they seem to mesmerise me...can't avoid 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 takes its course

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FLIGHT OF ICARUS

(Smith/Dickinson)

 

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 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 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

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THE TROOPER

(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 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
 
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
 
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

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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 on the loose or the Demon's seed, the glamour, the fortune, the pain

Go to war again blood is freedom's stain, don't you pray fro 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 fee it with our babies
 
2 minutes to midnight
The hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight
To kill the unborn in the womb
 
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
 
2 minutes to midnight
The hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight
To kill the unborn in the womb
 
Midnight...all night...

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WASTED YEARS

(Smith)

 

From the coast of gold across the seven seas

I'm travellin' on far and wide

But now it all 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
 
So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years
Face up make your stand and realise 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
 
So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years
Face up make your stand and realise you're living in the golden years

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CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS

(Smith/Dickinson/Harris)

Can I play with madness
Give me the sense to wonder, to wonder if I'm free
Give me a sense of wonder, to know I can be
Give me the strength to hold my head up, spit back in their face
Don't need no key to unlock the 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 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 at 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 at he laughed at me
Can I play with madness - he said you're blind too blind to see

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THE EVIL THAT MEN DO

(Smith/Dickinson/Harris)

Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade
Slept in the dust with his daughter, her eyes red with the slaughter of innocence
But I will pray for her, I will call her name out loud
I would bleed for her, if I could see her now
Living on a razors edge
Balancing on a ledge
Living on a razors edge
Oh - balancing on a ledge
Oh - balancing on a ledge
Living on a razors edge
Balancing on a ledge
The evil that men do lives on and on
The evil that men do lives on and on
The evil that men do lives on and on
The evil that men do live on and on
Circle of fire my baptism of joy at an end it seems
The seventh lamb slain the book of life opens before me
And I will pray for you, some day I may return
I would die for you, beyond is where I learn
Living on a razors edge
Balancing on a ledge
Living on a razors edge
The evil that men do lives on and on
The evil that men do lives on and on
The evil that men do lives on and on
The evil that men do lives on and on
Living on a razors edge
Balancing on a ledge
Living on a razors edge
The evil that men do lives on and on
The evil that men do lives on and on
The evil that men do lives on and on
The evil that men do lives on and on
The evil, the evil, the evil that men do
The evil, the evil, the evil that men do

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THE CLAIRVOYANT

(Harris)

Feel the sweat break on my brow
Is it me or is it shadows that are dancing on the walls
Is this a dream or is it mow
Is this a vision or normality I see before my eyes
I wonder why I wonder how
That it seems the powers getting stronger every day
I feel a strength an inner fire
But I'm scared I won't be able to control it anymore
There's a time to live and a time to die
When it's time to meet the maker
There's a time to live but isn't strange
That as soon as you're born you're dying
There's a time to live and there's a time to die
When it's time to meet the maker
There's a time to live but isn't it strange
That as soon as you're born you're dying
Just by looking through your eyes
He could see the future penetrating right in through your mind
See the truth and see your lies
But for all his power couldn't foresee his own demise
There's a time to live and a time to die
When it's time to meet the maker
There's a time to live but isn't it strange
That as soon as you're born you're dying
There's a time to live and a time to die
When it's time to meet the maker
There's a time to live but isn't it strange
That as soon as you're born you're dying...
...and reborn again

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INFINITE DREAMS

(Harris)

Infinite dreams I can't deny them, infinity is hard to comprehend
I couldn't hear those screams, even in my wildest dreams
Suffocation waking in a sweat
Scared to fall asleep again, in case the dream begins again
Someone chasing I cannot move, standing rigid a nightmare's statue
What a dream when will it end, and will I transcend?
Restless sleep the minds in turmoil, one nightmare ends another fertile
Getting to me so scared to sleep, but scared to wake now in too deep
Even though its reached new heights, I rather like the restless nights
It makes me wonder it makes me think, there's more to this I'm on the brink
It's not the fear of what's beyond, It's just that I might not respond
I have an interest almost craving, but would I like to get too far in?
It can't all be coincidence, too many things are evident
You tell me you're an unbeliever, spiritualist? well me I'm neither
But wouldn't you like to know the truth
Of what's out there to have the proof
And find out just which side you're on
Where would you end in Heaven or in Hell?
Help me, help me to find my true self without seeing the future
Save me, save me from torturing myself even within my dreams
There's got to be just more to it than this, or tell me why do we exist
I'd like to think that when I die, I'd get a chance another time
And to return and live again, reincarnate play the game
Again and again and again

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HOLY SMOKE

(Harris/Dickinson)

Believe in me - send us money, died on the cross and that ain't funny
But my so called friends are making me a joke
They missed out what I said like I never spoke
They choose what they wanna hear - they don't tell a lie
They just leave out the truth as they're watching you die
Saving your soul by taking your money, flies around shit bees around honey
Holy smoke, Holy smoke
Plenty bad preachers for the Devil to stoke
Feed 'em in feet first this is no joke
This is thirsty work making holy smoke
Jimmy Reptile and all his friends, say they gonna be with you at the end
Burning records burning books, holy soldiers Nazi looks
Crocodile smiles just wait a while
Till the TV Queen gets her make up clean
I've lived in filth I've lived in sin
And I still smell cleaner than the shit you're in
Holy smoke, Holy smoke
Plenty bad preachers for the Devil to stoke
Feed 'em feet first this is no joke
This is thirsty work making holy smoke
They ain't religious but they ain't no fools, when Noah built his Cadillac it was cool
Two by two they're still going down, and the satellite circus just left town
I think they're strange and when they're dead
They can have a Lincoln for their bed
Friend of the President - trick of the tail
Now they ain't got a prayer - 100 years in jail
Holy smoke, Holy smoke
Plenty bad preachers for the Devil to stoke
Feed 'em in feet first
This is thirsty work making holy smoke
Holy smoke

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BRING YOUR DAUGHTER...TO THE SLAUGHTER

(Dickinson)

Honey it's getting close to midnight, and all the myths are still in town
True love and lipstick on your linen, bite the pillow make no sound
If there's some living to be done, before your life becomes your tomb
You'd better know that I'm the one, so unchain your back door and invite me around
Bring me your daughter, bring me your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Bring me your daughter, bring me your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go, let her go
Honey it's getting close to daybreak, the sun is creeping in the sky
No patent remedies for heartache, just empty words and humble pie
So get down on your knees honey, assume an attitude
You just pray that I'll be waiting, 'cos you know I'm coming soon
Bring me your daughter, bring me your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Bring me your daughter, bring me your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
So pick up your foolish pride, no going back
No where no way no place to hide
Bring me your daughter,  bring me your daughter,  bring me your daughter
Bring me your daughter,  bring me your daughter,  bring me your daughter to the slaughter
Bring me your daughter, fetch your daughter
Bring me your daughter, fetch your daughter
Bring me your daughter, fetch your daughter
To the slaughter
Bring me your daughter, bring me your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Bring me your daughter, bring me your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Bring me your daughter, bring me your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Let her go, let her go, let her go
I'm coming to get ya

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MAN ON THE EDGE

(Bayley/Gers)

IM

The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles
The car is an oven and baking is wild
Nothing is ever the way it should be
What we deserve we just don't get you see
IM
A briefcase a lunch and a man on the edge
Each step gets closer to losing his head
Is someone in heaven are they looking down
Nothing is fair just you look around
IM
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
IM
He's sick of waiting of lying like this
There's a hole in the sky for the angels to kiss
Branded a leper because you don't fit
In the land of the free you just live by your wits
IM
Once he built missiles a nation's defence
Now he can't even get birthday presents
Across the city he leaves in his wake
A glimpse of the future a cannibal state
IM
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
IM
The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles
The car is an oven and baking is wild
Nothing is ever the way it should be
What we deserve we just don't get you see
IM
A briefcase a lunch and a man on the edge
Each step gets closer to losing his head
Is someone in heaven are they looking down
Nothing is fair just you look around
IM
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down

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FUTUREAL

(Harris/Bayley)

 

I'm running out of my time, I'm running out of breath

And now it's getting so I can't sleep at night, in the day, feel like death

 

I'm getting in far too deep, I feel them closing in

I've got to say that I'm scared, I know they'll win, even so, I'm prepared

 

Do you believe what you hear

Can you believe what you see

Do you believe what you feel

Can you believe

What is real? Futureal

What is real?

 

Whenever anyone seems to treat me like a freak

It makes me see I'm the only one who feels, that I know what is real

 

Sometimes it feels like a game of deadly hide and seek

And when you're reading this then I will be gone, maybe then you will see

 

Do you believe what you hear

Can you believe what you see

Do you believe what you feel

Can you believe

What is real? Futureal

What is real? Futureal

 

Do you believe what you hear

Can you believe what you see

Do you believe what you feel

Can you believe

What is real? Futureal

What is real? Futureal

 

What is real? Futureal

What is real? Futureal

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THE WICKER MAN

(Smith/Harris/Dickinson)

 

Hand of fate is moving and the finger points to you

He knocks you to your feet and so what are you gonna do

Your tongue has frozen now you've got something to say

The piper at the gates of dawn is calling you his way

 

You watch the world exploding every single night

Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light

Say goodbye to gravity and say goodbye to death

Hello to eternity and live for every breath

 

Your time will come, your time will come

Your time will come, your time will come

 

The ferryman wants his money you ain't going to give it back

He can push his own boat as you set up off the track

Nothing you can contemplate will ever be the same

Every second is a new spark, sets the universe aflame

 

You watch the world exploding every single night

Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light

Brothers and their fathers joining hands and make a chain

The shadow of the Wicker Man is rising up again

 

Your time will come, your time will come

Your time will come, your time will come

 

Your time will come, your time will come

Your time will come, your time will come

Your time will come, your time will come

Your time will come, your time will come

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FEAR OF THE DARK

(Harris)

I am a man who walks alone, and when I'm walking a dark road
At night, or strolling through the park
When the light begins to change, I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when it's dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that something's always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there
Have you run your fingers down the wall, and have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you're searching for the light
Sometimes when you're scared to take a look, at the corner of the room
You've sensed that something's watching you
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that something's always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there
Have you ever been alone at night, thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no-one's there
And as you quicken up your pace, you find it hard to look again
Because you're sure there's someone there
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that something's always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
Watching horror films the night before, debating witches and folklore
The unknown troubles on your mind
Maybe your mind is playing tricks, you sense and suddenly eyes fix
On dancing shadows from behind
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that something's always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that something's always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there
When I'm walking a dark road
I am a man who walks alone

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