MAIDEN LYRICS - Death On The Road

DEATH ON THE ROAD
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In the autumn of 2003 Iron Maiden performed their most theatrical and spellbinding shows to date on the spectacular Dance Of Death world tour. Filmed in the Dortmund Wesfallenhalle and painstakingly edited by Steve Harris, Death On The Road brings you all the power, drama and sheer spectacle of this tour with the 5.1 Dolby Digital and stereo soundtracks specially mixed to our you right at the heart of the action...in the front rows!

Over two hours of special features include a feature length documentary providing a revealing look into the creative writing and recording of Dance Of Death and the touring process, with the first extensive behind the scenes access to the band and their crew at work. Plus all the promo videos from the Dance Of Death album, photo/artwork galleries, tour listings and candid interviews with the crew and fans to make this a complete visual record of the Dance Of Death album and tour.

	Wildest Dreams
	Wrathchild
	Can I Play With Madness
	The Trooper
	Dance Of Death
	Rainmaker
	Brave New World
	Paschendale
	Lord Of The Flies
	No More Lies
	Hallowed Be Thy Name
	Fear Of The Dark
	Iron Maiden
	Journeyman
	The Number Of The Beast
	Run To The Hills

WILDEST DREAMS

(Smith/Harris)

I'm gonna organise some changes in my life

I'm gonna exorcise the demons of my past

I'm gonna take the car and hit the open road

I'm feeling ready to just open up and go

And I just feel I can be anything

That I might ever wish to be

And fantasize just what I want to be

Make my wildest dreams come true

I'm on my way, out on my own again

I'm on my way, out on the road again

When I remember back to how that things just used to be

And I was stick inside a shroud of misery

I felt I disappeared so deep inside myself

I couldn't find a way to break away the hell

When I'm feeling down and low

I vow I'll never be the same again

I just remember what I am

And visualize just what I'm gonna be

I'm on my way, out on my own again

I'm on my way, I'm gonna breakaway

I'm gonna breakaway, I'm out on my own

I'm out on my own, gonna breakaway

Breaking away

I'm on my way, out on my own again

I'm on my way, out on the road again

I'm on my way, out on my own again

I'm on my way, I'm gonna breakaway

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WRATHCHILD

(Harris)

I was born into a scene of angriness and greed of dominance and persecution

My mother was a queen my dad I've never seen I was never meant to be

Now I spend my time looking all around, for a man that's nowhere to be found

Until I find him I've never gonna stop searching

I'm going to find my man, gonna travel round

Cos I'm a wrathchild

Yeah I'm a wrathchild

Well I'm a wrathchild

I'm coming to get you

Ooh yeah yeah

Some say it shouldn't matter ain't nothing gonna alter the course of my destination

But I know I've gotta find some serious piece of mind or I know I'll just go crazy

Now I spend my time looking all around, for a man that's nowhere to be found

Until I find him I've never gonna stop searching

I'm going to find my man, gonna travel round

Cos I'm a wrathchild

Yeah I'm a wrathchild

Well I'm a wrathchild

I'm coming to get you

Ooh yeah yeah

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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 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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DANCE OF DEATH

(Gers/Harris)

Let me tell you a story to chill the bones

'Bout a thing that I saw

One night wandering in the everglades

I'd one drink but no more

I was rambling enjoying the bright moonlight

Gazing up at the stars

Not aware of a presence so near to me

Watching my every move

Feeling scared and I fell to my knees

As something rushed me from the trees

Took me to an unholy place

And that is where I fell from grace

Then they summoned me over to join in with them

To the dance of the dead

Into the circle of fire I followed them

Into the middle I was led

As if time had stopped still I was numb with fear

But still I wanted to go

And the blaze of the fire did no hurt upon me

As I walked onto the coals

And I felt I was in a trance

And my spirit was lifted from me

And if only someone had the chance

To witness what happened to me

And I danced and I pranced and I sang with them

All had death in their eyes

Lifeless figures they were undead all of them

They had ascended from hell

As I danced with the dead

My free spirit was laughing and howling down at me

Below my undead body

Just danced the circle of dead

Until the time came to reunite us both

My spirit came back down to me

I didn't know if I was alive or dead

As the others all joined in with me

By luck then a skirmish started

And took the attention away from me

When they took their gaze from me

Was the moment that I fled

I ran like hell faster than the wind

But behind I did not glance

One thing that I did not dare

Was to look just straight ahead

When you know that your time has come around

You know you'll be prepared for it

Say your last goodbyes to everyone

Have a drink and say a prayer for it

When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed

And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead

When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed

And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead

To this day I guess I'll never know

Just why they let me go

But I'll never go dancing no more

'Til I dance with the dead

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RAINMAKER

(Murray/Harris/Dickinson)

When I was wandering in the desert

And was searching for the truth

I heard a choir of angels calling out my name

I had the feeling that my life would never be the same again

I turn my face towards the barren sun

And I know of the pain that you feel the same as me

And I dream of the rain as it falls upon the leaves

And the cracks in our lives like the cracks upon the ground

They are sealed and are now washed away

You tell me we can start the rain

You tell me that we all can change

You tell me we can find something to wash the tears away

You tell me we can start the rain

You tell me that we all can change

You tell me we can find something to wash the tears...

And I know of the pain that you feel the same as me

And I dream of the rain as it falls upon the leaves

And the cracks in the ground like the cracks are in our lives

They are sealed and are now far away

You tell me we can start the rain

You tell me that we all can change

You tell me we can find something to wash the tears away

You tell me we can start the rain

You tell me that we all can change

You tell me we can find something to wash the tears...

You tell me we can start the rain

You tell me that we all can change

You tell me we can find something to wash the tears away

You tell me we can start the rain

You tell me that we all can change

You tell me we can find something to wash the tears...

And I know of the pain that you feel the same as me

And I dream of the rain as it falls upon the leaves

And the cracks in the ground like the cracks are in our lives

They are sealed and are now far away

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BRAVE NEW WORLD

(Murray/Harris/Dickinson)

Dying swans twisted wings, beauty not needed here

Lost my love, lost my life, in this garden of fear

I have seen many things, in a lifetime alone

Mother love is no more, bring this savage back home

Wilderness house of pain, makes no sense of it all

Close this mind dull this brain, Messiah before his fall

What you see is not real, those who know will not tell

All is lost sold your souls to this brave new world

A brave new world, in a brave new world

In a brave new world, a brave new world

Dragon kings dying queens, where is salvation now

Lost my life lost my dreams, rip the bones from my flesh

Silent screams laughing here, dying to tell you the truth

You are planned and you are damned in this brave new world

A brave new world, in a brave new world

In a brave new world, a brave new world

A brave new world, in a brave new world

In a brave new world, a brave new world

Dying swans twisted wings, bring this savage back home

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PASCHENDALE

(Smith/Harris)

In a foreign field he lay

Lonely soldier unknown grave

On his dying words he prays

Tell the world of Paschendale

Relive all that he's been through

Last communion of his soul

Rust your bullets with his tears

Let me tell you 'bout his years

Laying low in a blood filled trench

Killing time 'til my very own death

On my face I can feel the falling rain

Never see my friends again

In the smoke in the mud and lead

Smell the fear and the feeling of dread

Soon be time to go over the wall

Rapid fire and end of us all

Whistles shouts and more gun fire

Lifeless bodies hang on barbed wire

Battlefield nothing but a bloody tomb

Be reunited with my dead friends soon

Many soldiers eighteen years

Drown in mud no more tears

Surely a war no-one can win

Killing time about to begin

Home, far away

From the war, a chance to live again

Home, far away

But the war, no chance to live again

The bodies of ours and our foes

The sea of death it overflows

In no man's land God only knows

Into jaws of death we go

Crucified as if on a cross

Allied troops they mourn their loss

German war propaganda machine

Such before has never been seen

Swear I heard the angels cry

Pray to God no more may die

So that people know the truth

Tell the tale of Paschendale

Cruelty has a human heart

Every man does play his part

Terror of the men we kill

The human heart is hungry still

I stand my ground for the very last time

Gun is ready as I stand in line

Nervous wait for the whistle to blow

Rush of blood and over we go

Blood is falling like the rain

Its crimson cloak unveils again

The sound of guns can't hide their shame

And so we die on Paschendale

Dodging shrapnel and barbed wire

Running straight at cannon fire

Running blind as I hold my breath

Say a prayer symphony of death

As we charge the enemy lines

A burst of fire and we go down

I choke a cry but no-one hears

Feel the blood go down my throat

Home, far away

From the war, a chance to live again

Home, far away

But the war, no chance to live again

Home, far away

From the war, a chance to live again

Home, far away

But the war, no chance to live again

See my spirit on the wind

Across the lines beyond the hill

Friend and foe will meet again

Those who died at Paschendale

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LORD OF THE FLIES

(Harris/Gers)

I don't care for this world anymore, I just want to live my own fantasy

Fate has brought us to these shores, what was meant to be is now happening

I've found that I like this living in danger

Living on edge it feels it makes me feel as one

Who cares now what's right or wrong it's reality

Killing so we survive, wherever we may roam

Wherever we may hide, we've got to get away

I don't want existence to end, we must prepare ourselves for the elements

I just want to feel like we're strong, we don't need a code of morality

I like all the mixed emotion and anger

It brings out the animal the power you can feel

And feeling so high on this much adrenalin

Excited but scary to believe what we've become

Saints and sinners, something within us, we are lord of the flies

Saints and sinners, something willing us, to be lord of the flies

Saints and sinners, something within us, we are lord of the flies

Saints and sinners, something willing us, to be lord of the flies

Saints and sinners, something within us, we are lord of the flies

Saints and sinners, something willing us, to be lord of the flies

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NO MORE LIES

(Harris)

There's a darkened sky before me

There's no time to prepare

Salvage a last horizon

But no regrets from me

Maybe I'll be back some other day

To live again just who can say

In what shape or form that I might be

Just another chance for me

A hurried time no disgrace

Instead of racing to conclusion

And wishing all my life away

No-one can stop me now

Time is up it couldn't last

But there's more things I'd like to do

I'm coming back to try again

Someday maybe I'll wait till then

No more lies...No more lies...

They're all sitting at my table

Talking tall and drinking wine

Their time is up just like me

But they just don't know it yet

So just a word of warning

When you're in your deepest dreams

There's nothing you can hide from

I've got my eye on you

The clock is fast the hour is near

Eventful past is ever clear

My life is set the time is here

I think I'm coming home

No more lies...No more lies...

A hurried time no disgrace

Instead of racing to conclusions

And wishing all your life away

No-one can stop me now

Time is up it couldn't last

But there's more things I have to do

I'm coming back to try again

Don't tell me that this is the end

No more lies...No more lies...

No more lies...

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HALLOWED BE THY NAME

(Harris)

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

Cos at 5 o'clock they take me to the Gallows Pole

The sands of time for me are 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 sort 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 so 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 die?

As I walk all my life drifts before me

And though the end is near I'm not sorry

Catch my soul cos 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

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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