THE WICKER MAN

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(2000)

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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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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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POWERSLAVE

(Dickinson)

 

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 the 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
 
Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins
Silent the terror that reigned - marbled in stone
A shell of a man God preserved - a thousand ages
But opens the gates of my Hell - I'll strike from my 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

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