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(1994) |
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On November 27th and 28th 1988, Iron Maiden filmed their two sold out concerts at Birmingham's N E C which were part of their extensive worldwide tour, "Seventh Tour Of A Seventh Tour". This video directed and edited by Steve Harris, gives a personal fans-eye view of Maiden at their bombastic best. Featuring magnificent stage production and lighting which are a hallmark of Maiden tours, the video gives a thrilling insight of one of the world's premier rock bands live on stage. |
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(Smith/Dickinson) |
| "Seven deadly sins, seven ways to win |
| Seven holy paths to hell and your trip begins |
| Seven downward slopes, seven bloodied hopes |
| Seven are your burning fires, seven your desires..." |
| I am he the boneless one, the fallen angel watching you |
| Babylon the scarlet whore, I'll infiltrate your gratitude |
| Don't you dare to save your son, kill him now and save the young ones |
| Be the mother of a birth strangled babe, be the devil's own Lucifer's my name |
| Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream |
| Moonchild - open the seventh seal |
| I count the heads of those unborn, the accursed ones I'll find them all |
| If you die by your own hand, as a suicide you shall be damned |
| And if you try to save your soul, i will torment you - you shall not grow old |
| With every second and passing breath, you'll be so alone your soul will bleed to death |
| Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream |
| Moonchild - open the seventh seal |
| Moonchild - you'll be mine soon child |
| Moonchild - take my hand tonight |
| The twins they are exhausted, seven in the night |
| Gemini is rising as the red lips kiss to bite |
| Seven angels seven demons battle for his soul |
| When Gabriel lies sleeping this child was born to die |
| One more dies one more lives, one baby cries one mother grieves |
| For all the sins you will commit, you'll beg forgiveness and none I'll give |
| A web of fear shall be your coat, to clothe you in the night |
| A lucky escape for you young man but I'll see you damned in endless night |
| Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream |
| Moonchild - open the seventh seal |
| Moonchild - you'll be mine soon child |
| Moonchild - take my hand tonight |
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(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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(Smith/Harris) |
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On the run kill to eat, you're starving now you're dead on your feet |
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Going all the way nature's beast, do what I want as I please |
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Run fight to breathe it's tough |
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Now you see me now you don't |
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Break the walls I'm coming out |
| Not a prisoner I'm a free man, and my blood is my own now |
| Don't care where the past was, I know where I'm going...out |
| If you kill me it's self defence, if I kill you then I call it vengeance |
| Spit in your eye I will defy, you'll be afraid when I call out your name |
| I'm not a number I'm a free man, I'll live my life how I want to |
| You'd better scratch me from your black book, cos I'll run rings around you |
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(Murray/Harris) |
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Take a look in the pool and what do you see, in the dark depths their faces beckoning me |
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Can't you see them it's plain for all to see, they were there oh I know you don't believe me |
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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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(Smith/Dickinson/Harris) |
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Another Prophet of Disaster, who says the ship is lost |
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Another Prophet of Disaster, leaving you to count the cost |
| Taunting us with Visions, afflicting us with fear |
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Predicting War for millions, in the hope that one appears |
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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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(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, incase 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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(Harris/Di'anno) |
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You walk through the subway, his eyes burn a hole in your back |
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A footstep behind you, he lunges prepared for attack |
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Scream for mercy, he laughs as he's watching you bleed |
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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 |
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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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(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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(Harris) |
| Can't understand what is happening to me, this isn't real this is only a dream |
| But I never have felt no I have never felt this way before |
| I'm looking down on my body below, I lie asleep in the midst of a dream |
| Is it now could it be the Angel of Death has come for me |
| I can't believe that really my time has come, I don't feel ready there's so much left undone |
| And it's my soul and I'm not gonna let it get away |
| Heaven can wait, Heaven can wait |
| Heaven can wait, Heaven can wait |
| 'Til another day |
| I have a lust for the Earth below, and Hell itself is my only foe |
| 'Cause I've no fear of dying, I'll go when I'm good and ready |
| I snatch a glimpse of the lights eternal rays, I see a tunnel I stand amazed |
| At all of the people standing there in front of me |
| Into the paths of rightness I'll be led, is this the place where the living join the dead |
| I wish I knew this was only just a nightmare |
| Heaven can wait, Heaven can wait |
| Heaven can wait, Heaven can wait |
| 'Till another day |
| Take my hand I'll lead you to the promised land |
| Take my hand I'll give you immortality |
| Eternal youth I'll take you to the other side |
| To see the truth, the path for you is decided |
| My body tingles I feel so strange, I feel so tired I feel so drained |
| And I'm wondering if I'll ever be the same again |
| Is this is in limbo or Heaven or Hell, maybe I'm going down there as well |
| I can't accept my soul will drift forever, I feel myself floating back down to Earth |
| So could this be the hour of my rebirth |
| Or have I died or will I wake from dreaming |
| Heaven can wait, Heaven can wait |
| Heaven can wait, Heaven can wait |
| 'Till another day |
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(Smith) |
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From the coast of gold across the seven seas |
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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 |
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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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(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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(Harris) |
| Here they stand brothers them all, all the sons divided they'd fall |
| Here await the birth of the son, the seventh the heavenly the chosen one |
| Here the birth from an unbroken line, born the healer the seventh his time |
| Unknowingly blessed and as his life unfolds, slowly unveiling the power he holds |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Then they watch the progress he makes, the Good and the Evil which path will he take |
| Both of them trying to manipulate, the use of his powers before it's too late |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| Seventh son of a seventh son |
| "Today is born the seventh one |
| Born of woman the seventh son |
| And he in turn of a seventh son |
| He has the power to heal |
| He has the gift of the second sight |
| He is the chosen one |
| So it shall be written |
| So it shall be done" |
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(Harris) |
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I left alone my mind was black, I needed time to get the memories from my mind |
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What did I see can I believe, that what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy |
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Just what I saw in my old dreams, were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me |
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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 |
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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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(Harris) |
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I'm waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime |
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Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time |
| Cos at 5 o'clock they take me to the Gallows Pole |
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The sands of time for me are running low |
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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 |
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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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(Harris) |
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Won't you come into my room, I want to show you all my wares |
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I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare |
| See the blood begin to flow, as it falls upon the floor |
| Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought |
| Oh well, wherever, wherever you are |
| Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far |
| See the blood begin to flow, watching it shed up above my head |
| Iron Maiden wants you for dead |
| All my feelings cannot be held, I'm happy in my new strange world |
| Won't you come into my room, I want to show you all my wares |
| I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare |
| See the blood begin to flow, as it falls upon the floor |
| Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought |
| Oh well, wherever, wherever you are |
| Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far |
| See the blood begin to flow, watching it shed up above my head |
| Iron Maiden wants you for dead |