The Wicker Man
(Smith, Harris, Dickinson)
Hand of fate is moving and the finger points to you
He knocks you to your feet so what are you going to do?
Your time was 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 I'll live for every breath
Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come
Your time will come The ferry man wants his money, you ain't gonna give it back
He can push this old boat as you set up off of 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 has risen 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 Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ah oh
Wah oh ohhhhhhhh.
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| | | El Dorado
(Smith, Harris, Dickinson)
Gotta tell you a story
On a cold winters night
You'll be sailing for glory
Before you know what is right
So come over here now
I got a vision for you
It's my personal snake oil
It's just something I do
I'm the jester with no tears
And I'm playing on your fears
I'm a trickster smiling underneath this mask of love and death
The eternal lie I've told
About the pyramids of gold
I've got you hung down, every turn, your money's left to burn
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
You'll be wanting a contract
You'll be waiting a while
I'd like to give you my contact
But that isn't my style
Well you only get one chance
And it's too good to miss
If I didn't lie to you
Then I wouldn't exist
Free lust and envied pride
Is the same old same old way
The smoke and mirrors visions that you see
Are just like me
I'm a clever bankers face
With just a letter out of place
I know someone just like you know someone just like me
El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold
See the ship is oversold
You've got one last chance to try
So gone is the glory
And gone is the gold
Well if you need a story
I'll come, it has to be told
Well you could say I'm a devil
And I wouldn't say no
But out here on the dark side
Hey, on with the show
So now my tale is told
Big and bad and twice as bold
This ship of fools is sinking as cracks begin to grow
There is no easy way
For an honest man to die
Which is something you should think of
As my lifeboat sails away
El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold
See the ship is oversold
You've got one last chance to try
El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold
See the ship is oversold
You've got one last chance to try.
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| Paschendale
(Smith, Harris)
In a foreign field you 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 about 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 the 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 noone 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 gooooooooo
Blood is falling like the rain, its crimson cloak unveils again
The sound of guns can't hide their shame and so we die in 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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| Different World
(Smith, Harris)
You lead me on the path
Keep showing me the way
I feel a little lost
A little strange today
I think I'll take a hold
Of whatever comes my way
Then we'll see what happens
Take it day by day
I thought I had it all
I had it all worked out
Just what my future held
That there would be no doubt
But then the card came up
And I took another turn
But I don't know if it's
Fulfilment that I yearn
Tell me what you can hear
And then tell me what you see
Everybody has a different way
To view the world
I would like you to know
When you see the simple things
To appreciate this life
It's not too late to learn Don't want to be here
Somewhere I'd rather be
But when I get there
I might find it's not for me
Tell me what you can hear
And then tell me what you see
Everybody has a different way
To view the world
I would like you to know
When you see the simple things
To appreciate this life
It's not too late to learn (2:41 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
Tell me what you can hear
And then tell me what you see
Everybody has a different way
To view the world
I would like you to know
When you see the simple things
To appreciate this life
It's not too late to learn Don't want to be here
Somewhere I'd rather be
But when I get there
I might find it's not for me
Don't know what I want
Or where I want to be
I'm feeling more confused
The more the days go by
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| Man On The Edge
(Bayley, Gers)
Bruce:A story about briefcase and a lunch and man on the edge.
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 don't get you see
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
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down 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
Once he built missiles a nation's defense
Now he can't even give birthday presents
Across the city he leaves in his wake
A glimpse of the future, a canibal staaaaaaaaaaate
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down 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
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, you look around
Bruce: Sing for me!!!Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down, yeaaaaah, yeaaaaaaaaaah!
Ooooooooooh! |
| The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
(Murray, Harris)
Let me tell you about my life
Let me tell you about my dreams
Let me tell you about the things that happen
Always real to me
Let me tell you of my hope
Of my need to reach the sky
Let me take you on an awkward journey
Let me tell you why
Let me tell you why
Why should these curses be laid upon me
I won't be forgiven 'til I can break free
What did I do to deserve all this guilt
Pay for my sins with the sale of my soul
Demons are trapped all inside of my head
My hopes are gone, reach for heaven from hell
My sins are many, my guilt is too heavy
The pressure of knowing, of hiding what I know
I'm able to see things, things I don't want to see
The lives of a thousand souls weigh heavy down on me
I know they're crying for help, reaching out
The burden of them will take me down as well
The sin of a thousand souls not died in vain
Reincarnate, still in me live again
Someone to save me
Something to save me from myself
To bring salvation
To exorcise this hell
Someone to save me
Something to save me from myself
To bring salvation
To exorcise this hell (5:34 – Solo: Dave Murray)
Someone to save me
Something to save me from my hell
A destination
Away from this nightmare
Someone to save me
Something to save me from myself
To bring salvation
To exorcise this hell |
| Blood Brothers
(Harris)
And if your'e taking a walk through the garden of life
What do you think you expect you would see?
Just like a mirror reflecting the moves of your life
And in the river reflections of me
Just for a second a glimpse of my father I see
And in a movement he becons to me
And in a moment the mermories are all that remain
And all the wounds are reopening again
We're Blood Brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers And as you look all around at the world in dismay
What do you see, do you think we have learned
Not if you're takin a look at the war-torn affray
Out in the streets where the babies are burned
We're Blood Brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers There are times when I feel I'm afraid for the world
There are time I'm ashamed of us all
When your floating on all the emotion you feel
And reflecting the good and the bad
Will we ever know what the answer to real life is?
Can you really tell me what life is?
Maybe all the things that you know that are precious to you
Could be swept away by fate's own hand
We're Blood Brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers When you think that we've used all our chances
And the chance to make everything right
Keep on making the same old mistakes
Makes untipping the balance so easy
When we're living our lives on the edge
Say a prayer on the book of the dead
We're Blood Brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers And if your taking a walk through the Valley of life...........
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| Rainmaker
(Murray, Harris, Dickinson)
When I was wandering in the desert and I 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 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 now far away
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| Sign Of The Cross
(Harris)
Eleven saintly shrouded men
Silhouettes stand against the sky
One in front with a cross held high
Come to wash my sins away
Standing alone in the wind and rain
Feeling the fear that is growing
Sensing the change in the tide again
Brought by the storm that is brewing
Feel the anxiety hold off the fear
Some of the doubt in the things you believe
Now that your faith will be put to the test
Nothing to do but await what is coming
Why the is God still protecting me
Even when I don't deserve it
Though I am meant to face this alone
Asking the question time and again
Praying to God won't keep me alive
Inside my head feel the fear start to rise...
They'll be saying their prayers when the moment comes
There'll be penance to pay when it's judgment day
And the guilty'll bleed when that moment comes
They'll be coming to claim, take your soul away
The sign of the cross
The name of the rose... a fire in the sky
The sign of the cross They'll be comming to bring the eternal flame
They'll be bringing us all immortality
Holding communion so the world be blessed
My creator, my God'll lay my soul to rest
The sign of the cross
The name of the rose... a fire in the sky
The sign of the cross
The name of the rose
The sign of the cross Lost the love of heaven above
Chose the lust of the earth below
Eleven saintly shrouded men
Came to wash my sins 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 at all
Close this mind
Dull this brain
Master man for his fall
What you see
It's 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
A Brave New World
In a Brave New
In A Brave New World
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
Ripped them bones from my grasp
Silent screams
Laughing hear
Dying to tell you the truth
You have planned
And you are damned
In this Brave New World
A Brave New World
In a Brave New World
A Brave New World
In a Brave New World
In A Brave New World
A Brave New World
In a Brave New World
A Brave New World
In A Brave New World
A Brave New World
In a Brave New World
A Brave New World
In A Brave New World
A Brave New World
In a Brave New World
A Brave New World Dying swans
Twisted wings
Bring the savage back home
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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
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's always
near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there Have you run your fingers down the wall
And have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you're searching for the light?
Sometimes when you're scared to take a look
At the corner of the room
You've sensed that something's watching you
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's always
near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there Have you ever been alone at night
Thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no one's there?
And as you quicken up your pace
You find it hard to look again
Because you're sure there's someone there
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's always
near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there
Fear of the dark
Fear of the dark
Fear of the dark
Fear of the dark
Fear of the dark
Fear of the dark
Fear of the dark
Fear of the dark Watching horror films the night before
Debating witches and folklores
The unknown troubles on your mind
Maybe your mind is playing tricks
You sense, and suddenly eyes fix
On dancing shadows from behind
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's always
near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's always
near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there When I'm walking a dark road
I am a man who walks alone
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| | | | | No More Lies
(Harris)
There's a darkening 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 conclusions
And wishing all my life away, noone 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!
No more lies!
No more lies!
No more lies!
No more lies!
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!
No more lies!
No more lies!
No more lies!
No more lies!
No more lies!
No more lies! A hurried time, no disgrace, instead of racing to conclusions
Wishing all your life away, noone 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!
No more lies!
No more lies!
No more lies!
No more lies!
No more lies!
No more lies!
No more lies! No more lies...
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| Coming Home
(Smith, Harris, Dickinson)
When I stand before you,
shining in the early morning sun.
When i feel the engines roar,
and I think of what we've done.
Oh, the bittersweet reflection
as we kiss the earth goodbye,
as the waves and echoes of the towns
become the ghosts of time.
Over borders that divide the earthbound tribes,
no creed and no religion,
just a hundred winged souls.
We will ride this thunderbird,
silver shadows on the earth.
A thousand leagues away,
our land of birth.
To Albion's land, coming home
when I see the runway lights.
In the misty dawn the night is fading fast.
Coming home, far away as their vapor trails align.
Where I've been tonight, you know I will not stay.
Curving on the edge of daylight
'til it slips into the void.
Waited in the long night,
dreaming til the sun is born again.
Stretched the fingers of my hand,
covered countries with my span
Just a lonely satellite,
speck of dust and cosmic sand.
Over borders that divide the earthbound tribes,
through the dark Atlantic,
over mounting stormy waves.
We will ride this thunderbird,
silver shadows on the earth.
A thousand leagues away, our land of birth.
To Albion's land, coming home
when I see the runway lights.
In the misty dawn the night is fading fast.
Coming home, far away as their vapor trails align.
Where I've been tonight, you know I will not stay
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| The Clansman
(Harris)
Wake alone in the hills
With the wind in your face
It feels good to be proud
And be free and a race
That is part of a clan
And to live on highlands
And the air that you breathe
So pure and so clean
When alone in the hills
With the wind in your hair
With a longing to feel
Just to be free
It is right to believe
In the need to be free
It's a time when you die
And without asking why
Can't you see what they do
They are grinding us down
They are taking our land
That belongs to the clans
Not alone with a dream
Just a want to be free
With a need to belong
I am a clansman
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom It's a time wrought with fear
It's a land wrought with change
Ancestors could hear
What is happening now
They would turn in their graves
They would all be ashamed
That the land of the free
Has been written in chains
And I know what I want
When the timing is right
Then I'll take what is mine
I am the clansman
And I swear to defend
And we'll fight to the end
And I swear that I'll never
Be taken alive
And I know that we'll stand
And we'll fight for our land
And I swear that my bairns
Will be born free
And I know what I want
When the timing is right
Then I'll take what I want
I am the clansman
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom No no we can't let them take anymore
No we can't let them take anymore
We've the land of the free
No no we can't let them take anymore
No we can't let them take anymore
We've the land of the free
No no we can't let them take anymore
No we can't let them take anymore
No we can't let them take anymore
We've the land of the free
Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!
Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!
Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom It is right to believe
In the need to be free
It's a time when you die
And without asking why
Can' t you see what they do
They are grinding us down
They are taking our land
That belongs to the clans
They belong to the dream
They just want to be free
As they need to belong
I am the clansman
And I know what I want
When the timing is right
Then I'll take what is mine
I am the clansman
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom And I know what I want
When the timing is right
Then I'll take what is mine
I am the clansman
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| For The Greater Good Of God
(Harris)
Are you a man of peace
Or a man of holy war
Too many sides to you
Don't know which anymore
So many full of life
But also filled with pain
Don't know just how many
Will live to breathe again
A life that's made to breathe destruction or defense
A mind that's vain corruption bad or good intent
A wolf in sheep's clothing
Or saintly or sinner
Or some that would believe
A holy war winner
They fire off many shots or many parting blows
Their actions beyond a reasoning, only God would know
And as he lies in heaven or it could be in hell
I feel he's somewhere here or looking from below
But I don't know, I don't know
Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is
More pain and misery in the history of mankind
Sometimes it seems more like the blind leading the blind
It brings upon us more of famine, death and war
You know religion has a lot to answer for
Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is
And as they search to find the bodies in the sand
They'll find its ashes that are scattered across the land
And as their spirits seem to whistle on the wind
A shot is fired somewhere, another war begins
And all because of it you'd think that we would learn
But still the body count the city fires burn
Somewhere there's someone dying in a foreign land
Meanwhile the world is crying, stupidity of man
Tell me why, tell me why
Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is
Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God (5:48 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(6:16 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(6:29 – Solo: Dave Murray)
Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is
Please tell me now what life is
Please tell me now what love is
Well tell me now what war is
Again tell me what life is
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God
For the greater good of God He gave his life for us, he fell upon the cross
To die for all of those who never mourn his loss
It wasn't meant for us to feel the pain again
Tell me why, tell me why
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| These Colours Don't Run
(Smith, Harris, Dickinson)
It's the same in every country when you say you're leaving
Left behind the loved ones waiting silent in the hall
Where you're going lies adventure others only dream of
Red and green light this is real and so you go to war
For the passion, for the glory, for the memories, for the money
You're a soldier, for your country what's the difference, all the same
Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war There is no one that will save you, going down in flames
No surrender certain death you look it in the eye
On the shores of tyranny you crashed a human wave
Paying for my freedom with your lonely unmarked graves
For the passion, for the glory, for the memories, for the money
You're a soldier, for your country what's the difference, all the same
Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war (3:52 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(4:32 – Solo: Adrian Smith) Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war
Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war
These colours don't run from cold bloody war |
| | | | | Dance Of Death
(Gers, Harris)
Let me tell you a story to chill the bones, about 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
Then 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 Death
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, 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 'till I dance with the dead
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| When The Wild Wind Blows
(Harris)
Have you heard what they said on the news today?
Have you heard what is coming to us all?
That the world as we know it will be coming to an end
Have you heard, have you heard?
He sees them in the distance when the darkened clouds roll
He could feel tension in the atmosphere
He would look in the mirror, see an old man now
Does it matter they survive somehow?
They said there's nothing can be done about the situation
They said there's nothing you can do at all
To sit and wait around for something to occur
did you know, did you know?
As he stares across the garden looking at the meadows
wonders if they’ll ever grow again
The desperation of the situation getting graver
getting ready when the wild wind blows
Have you seen what they said on the news today?
Have you heard what they said about us all?
Do you know what is happening to just every one of us
have you heard, have you heard?
There will be a catastrophe the like we’ve never seen
There will be something that will light the sky
that the world as we know it, it will never be the same
did you know, did you know?
He carries everything into the shelter not a fuss
getting ready when the moment comes
He has enough supplies to last them for a year or two
good to have because you never know
They tell us nothing that we don’t already know about
They tell us nothing that is real at all
They only fill us with the stuff that they want
did you know, did you know?
He's nearly finished with the preparations for the day
He's getting tired -- that'll do for now
They are preparing for the very worst to come to them
getting ready when the wild wind blows
He sees the picture on the wall, it's falling down
upside down
He sees a teardrop from his wife roll down her face,
saying grace
Remember times they had, they flash right through his mind
left behind
of a lifetime spent together long ago
will be gone
They've been preparing for some weeks now
For when the crucial moment comes
To take their refuge in the shelter
Let them prepare for what will come
They make a tea and sit there waiting
They're in the shelter feeling snug
Not long to wait for absolution
Don't make a fuss; just sit and wait
Can't believe all the lying,
All the screams are denying
That the moments of truth have begun
Can't you see it on the t.v.?
Don't believe them in the least bit
Now the days of our ending have begun
Say a prayer when it's all over
Survivors unite, all as one
Got to try and help each other
Got the will to overcome
I can't believe all the lying,
all the screens are denying
that the moments of truth have begun
Can't you see it on the TV?
Don't believe them in the least bit
Now the days of our ending have begun
When they found them, [they] had their arms wrapped around each other
Their tins of poison laying near by their clothes
The day they both mistook an earthquake for the fallout,
Just another when the wild wind blows...
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