THE WICKER MAN

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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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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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KILLERS

(Harris/Di'anno)

 

You walk through the subway, his eyes burn a hole in your back

A footstep behind you, he lunges prepared for attack

 

Scream for mercy, he laughs as he's watching you bleed

Killer behind you, his blood lust defies all his needs

 
My innocent victims, are slaughtered with wrath and despise
The mocking religion of hatred, that burns in the night
 
I have no-one, am bound to destroy all this greed
A voice inside me, compelling to satisfy me
 
I can see, what a life's meant to be
You'll never know, how I came to foresee
 
My faith in believing is stronger, than lifelines and ties

The glimmer of metal, my moment is ready to strike

 
The death call arises, a scream breaks the still of the night
Another tomorrow, remember to walk in the light
 
I have found you, and now there is no place to run
Excitement shakes me, Oh God help me what have I done
 
Yeah I've done it again!
 
He walks through the subway, his eyes burn a hole through your back
A footstep behind you, he lunges prepared for attack
 
Scream for mercy, he laughs as he's watching you bleed
Killer behind you, his blood lust defies all his needs
 
Look out I'm coming for you!

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