PIECE OF MIND

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(1983)

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  Where Eagles Dare  
  Revelations  
  Flight Of Icarus  
  Die With Your Boots On  
  The Trooper  
  Still Life  
  Quest For Fire  
  Sun And Steel  
  To Tame A Land  

 

WHERE EAGLES DARE

(Harris)

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 go 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

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REVELATIONS

(Dickinson)

 

"O God of Earth an 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"

 

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 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 serpents 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

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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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DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS ON

(Smith/Dickinson/Harris)

 

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
'Cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die
'Cos 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, just stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die
 
In 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
 
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
'Cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die
'Cos 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, just stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die

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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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STILL LIFE

(Murray/Harris)

 

Take a look in the pool and what do you see, in the dark depths their 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...sprits 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

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QUEST FOR FIRE

(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 med would roam

 

Then the tribes they came to steal their fire, and the wolves they howled into the night

As they fought an angry vicious 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 died
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 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

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SUN AND STEEL

(Dickinson/Smith)

 

You killed your first man at 13, killer instinct 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, rolling on and on
 
Through earth and water fire and wind, you came at last - nothing was the end
Make a cut by fire and stones
Take you and your blade and 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

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TO TAME A LAND

(Harris)

 

He is the King of all the land

In the Kingdom of the sands, of a time tomorrow

 

Hercules the sandworms and the Freman

In a land amongst the stars, of an age tomorrow
 
He is destined to be a King
He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune
 
Bodywater is your life
And without you would die, on 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 is the Kwizatz Haderach
He is born of Caladan, and will take the Gom Jabber
 
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 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 and 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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