KILLERS
The Ides of March (Steve Harris) - Instrumental
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Wrathchild (Steve Harris)
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I was born into a scene of angriness and greed,
Of dominence and persecution.
My mother was a queen, my dad I've never seen,
Was never meant to be.
Chorus -
And now I spend my time looking all around
For a man that's nowhere to be found.
Until I find him I'm never gonna stop searching
I'm gonna find my man, gonna travel around.
'Cos' I'm a wrathchild,
Well I'm a wrathchild
Yeh, I'm a wrathchild
I'm coming to get you
Ooh yeh.
Say it doesn't matter
Ain't nothin' gonna alter the
Course of my destination
I know I've got to find
Some serious piece of mind,
Or I know I'll just go crazy.
(Chorus)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (Steve Harris)
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I remember it as plain as day although
It happened in the dark night
I was strolling through the streets of Paris
And it was cold it was starting to rain.
And then I heard a piercing scream
And I rushed to the scene of the crime
But all I found was the butchered remains
Of two girls lay side by side.
Chorus -
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Someone call the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Before the killers go free.
There's some people coming down the street
At last there's someone heard my call
I can't understand why they're pointing at me
I never done nothing at all.
But I must have got some blood on my hands
Because everybody's shouting at me
I can't speak French so I couldn't explain
And like a fool I started running away.
(Chorus)
And now I've gotta getaway from the arms of the law.
All France is looking for me.
I've gotta find my way across the
Border for sure down south to Italy.
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Running from the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue
I'm never going home.
Well I made it to the border at last
But I can't erase the scene from my mind
Anytime somebody stares at me, well
I just start running blind
Well I'm moving through the shadows at night
Away from the staring eyes.
Anyday they'll be looking for me
'Cause I know I show the signs of...
(Chorus)
It took so long and I'm getting so tired
I'm running out of places to hide
Should I return to the scene of the crime
Where the two young victims died
If I could go to somebody for help
It'd get me out of trouble for sure
But I know that it's on my mind
That my doctor said I've done it before.
Another Life (Steve Harris)
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As I lay here lying on my bed,
Sweet voices come into my head.
What it is, I wanna know,
Please won't you tell me it's gotta go.
There's a feeling that's inside me
Telling me to getaway.
But I'm so tired of living,
I might as well end today.
Genghis Khan (Steve Harris) - Instrumental
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Innocent Exile (Steve Harris)
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My life is so empty,
Nothing to live for
My mind is all confusion,
'Cos' I defied the law.
When you weren't there to help me,
I lost my mind and ran.
I never had no trouble
Before all began.
I'm running away,
Nowhere to go
I'm lost and tired
And I just don't know. Yeah.
They say I killed a woman.
They know it isn't true.
They're just tryin' to frame me,
And all because of you. Yeah.
Killers (Steve Harris and Paul Di'anno)
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You walk thru' the subway, his eyes burn a hole in your back.
A footstep behind you, he lungesers 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 despite
The mocking religion of hatred that burns in the night.
I have no one, I'm bound to destroy all this greed.
A voice inside me compelling to satisfy me.
I can see what a knife's meant to be.
And you'll never know how I came to for see, see, see.
My faith in believing is stronger than lifelines and ties.
With the glimmer of metal, my moment is ready to strike.
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?
You walk thru' the subway, his eyes burn a hole in your back.
A footstep behind you, he lungesers prepared for attack.
Scream for mercy, he laughs as he's watching you bleed.
Killer behind you, his blood lust defies all his needs.
Twilight Zone (Dave Murray and Steve Harris)
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She lays in bed at ight and that is when I make my call.
But when she stares at me, she can't see notihng at all,
Because, you see, I can't take no shape or form.
It's been three long years since
I've been gone.
I can't get used to purgatory,
You know it really makes me cry
I'll never know the reason why I had to go.
Chorus -
Oh, oh I'm crying
Oh, oh, oh, deep inside of me.
Oh, oh, oh, can't you see me?
Can't you see me?
I'm looking foreward to her spirit coming over to me.
I feel tempted to bring her over to see just what it's
Like to be hanging on the other side.
I feel so lonely, it's a long time since
I died.
I try to show her that she's never gonna be
Alone, because my spirit is imprisoned
In the twilight zone.
(Chorus)
Prodigal Son (Steve Harris)
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Listen to me Lamia listen to what
I've got to say.
I've got these feelings,
And they won't go away.
I've got these fears inside that'll
Bring me to my knees.
Oh help me Lamia or I'm sure
I'll die oh please.
I feel unsettled, now I know that I've
Done wrong.
I've messed around with mystic things and magic
For too long.
I feel I'm being paid with this nightmare
Inside me,
The devil's got a hold on my soul
And he just won't let me be.
I'm on my knees, oh help me please.
I'm on my knees, help me please,
Oh Lamia please try
to help me.
The devil's got a hold of my soul
And he won't let me be.
Lamia I've got this curse,
I'm turning to bad.
The devil's got a hold of my soul,
And it's driving me mad.
(twice)
Purgatory (Steve Harris)
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Thinking of an age old dream,
Places I have never seen,
Fantasies lived times before
I split my brain, melt thru' the floor.
Over clouds my mind will fly,
Forever now I can't think why
My body tries to leave my soul
Is it me, I just don't know.
Mem'ries rising from the past
The future's shadow overcast.
Something's clutching at my head,
Thru' the darkness I'll be led.
Oh another time, another place
Oh well another smile on another face.
When you see me floating up beside you.
You get the feeling that all my love's inside of you.
Please take me away,
take me away,
so far away.
(3 times).
Drifter (Steve Harris)
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Lookout now, baby won't you take me away,
Sittin' here its gonna be a new day.
Gotta get my song and I can't go wrong.
Gotta keep on roaming, gotta sing my song.
What you feeling when you hold me tight
I'm gonna cuddle up with you tonight
Gonna get you feeling so secure
Listen child don't you see there's a cure.
Anywhere got to get you away
Feels so good think it's gonna be a new day
I'm gonna get my song till I can't go on
I'm gonna keep on roaming gonna sing my song.
I want you to sing it,
sing it,
sing it,
sing it along.
(twice)
"Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast
with wrath, because he knows the time is short...
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast
for it is a human number, its number is Six hundred and sixty
six."
Revelations ch. xiii v. 18
Invaders
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(Harris)
Longboats have been sighted the evidence of war has begun
Many Nordic fighting men their swords and shields all gleam in the
sun
Call to arms defend yourselves get ready to stand and fight for your
lives
Judgement day has come around so be prepared don't run stand your ground
They're coming in from the sea
they've come the enemy
beneath the blazing sun
the battle has to be won
Invaders ... Pillaging
Invaders ... Looting
Set ablaze the campfires alert the other men from inland
Warning must be given there's not enough men here for a stand
The Vikings are too many too powerful to take on our own
We must have reinforcements we cannot fight this battle alone
They're coming over the hill
they've come to attack
they're coming in for the kill
there's no turning back
Invaders ... Fighting
Invaders ... Marauding
Axes grind and maces clash as wounded fighters fall to the ground
Severed limbs and fatal woundings bloody corpses lay all around
The smell of death and burning flesh the battle weary fight to the
end
The Saxons have been overpowered victims of the mighty Norsemen
You'd better scatter and run
the battle's lost and not won
you'd better get away
Invaders ... Raping
Invaders ... Plundering
Children of the Damned
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(Harris)
He's walking like a small child
But watch his eyes burn you away
Black holes in his golden stare
God knows he wants to go home
Children of The Damned
(repeat another 3 times)
He's walking like a dead man
If he had lived he would have crucified us all
Now he's standing on the last step
He thought oblivion well it beckons us all
Children of The Damned
(repeat another 3 times)
Now it burns his hand he's turning to laugh
Smiles as the flame sears his flesh
Melting his face screaming in pain
Peeling the skin from his eyes
Watch him die according to plan
He's dust on the ground what did we learn
You're Children of The Damned
Your back's against the wall
You turn into the light
You're Children of The Damned
Like candles watch them burn
Burning in the light
You'll burn again tonight
You're Children of The Damned
THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST
The Prisoner
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(Smith/Harris)
On the run kill to eat
You're starving now you're dead on your feet
Going all the way nature's beast
Do what I want as I please
Run fight to breathe it's tough
Now you see me now you don't
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 round you
22, Acacia Avenue
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(the continuing saga of Charlotte the Harlot)
(Harris/Smith)
If you're feeling down depressed and lonely
I know a place where we can go
22 Acacia Avenue meet a lady that I know
So if you're looking for a good time
And you're prepared to pay the price
Fifteen quid is all she asks for
Everybody's got their vice
If you're waiting for a long time for the rest to do their piece
You can tell her that you know me and you might even get it free
So any time you're down the East End don't you hesitate to go
You can take my honest word for it she'll teach you more than you can
know
Charlotte can't you get out from all this madness
Can't you see it only brings you sadness
When you entertain your men don't know the risk of getting disease
Some day when you're reaching the age of forty
I bet you'll regret the days when you were laying
Nobody then will want to know
You won't have any beautiful wares to show any more
22, the avenue that's the place where we all go
You will find it's warm inside the red light's burning bright tonight
Charlotte isn't it time you stopped this mad life
Don't you ever think about the bad times
Why do you have to live this way
Do you enjoy your lay or is it the pay
Sometimes when your strolling down the avenue
The way you walk it make men think of having you
When you're walking down the street
Everybody stops and turns to stare at you
Beat her mistreat her do anything that you please
Bite her excite her make her get down on her knees
Abuse her misuse her she can take all that you've got
Caress her molest her she always does what you want
You're running away don't you know what you're doing
Can't you see it'll lead you to ruin
Charlotte you've taken your life and you've thrown it away
You believe that because what you're earning
Your life's good don't you know that you're hurting
All the people that love you don't cast them aside
All the men that are constantly drooling
It's no life for you stop all that screwing
You're packing your bags and you're _coming_ with me
The Number of the Beast
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(Harris)
I left alone my mind was blank
I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind
What did I see can I believe that what I saw
that night was real and not just fantasy
Just what I saw in my old dreams were they
reflections of my warped mind staring back at me
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 all this 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
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 take its course
Run to the Hills
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(Harris)
White man came across the sea
Brought us pain and misery
Killed our tribes killed our creed
Took our game for his own need
We fought him hard we fought him well
Out on the plains we gave him hell
But many came too much for Cree
Oh will we ever be set free?
Riding through dustclouds and barren wastes
Galloping hard on the plains
Chasing the redskins back to their holes
Fighting them at their own game
Murder for freedom a stab in the back
Women and children and cowards attack
Run to the hills run for your lives
Run to the hills run for your lives
Soldier blue on the barren wastes
Hunting and killing their game
Raping the women and wasting the men
The only good Indians are tame
Selling them whisky and taking their gold
Enslaving the young and destroying the old
Run to the hills run for your lives
(repeat to end)
Gangland
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(Smith/Burr)
Shadows may hide you but also may be your grave
You're running today maybe tomorrow you'll be saved
You pray for daylight to save you for a while
You wonder if your children will face the killer's smile
Dead men -- tell no tales
In Gangland -- murder's up for sale
Dead men -- tell no tales
In Gangland -- where jail birds die
Face at the window leers into your own
But it's only your reflection still you tremble in your bones
How long can you hide? How long till they come?
A rat in a trap but you've got to survive
Once you were glad to be free for a while
The air tasted good and the world was your friend
Then came the day when the hard times began
Now your alone but alive for how long?
A knife at your throat another body on the pile
A contract to keep and it's service with a smile
Murder for vengeance or murder for gain
Death on the streets or a blackened out jail
Dead men -- tell no tales
In Gangland -- murder's up for sale
Dead men -- tell no tales
In Gangland -- where jail birds die
In Gangland you tell no tales
Hallowed Be Thy Name
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(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 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 am not afraid of dying
Don't believe that there is never 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.
Produced and engineered by Martin "Farmer" Birch.
Second engineer: Nigel "it was working yesterday" Hewitt-Green.
Recorded and mixed at Battery Studios, London.
All titles published by Zomba Music Publishers, Ltd.
Iron Maiden are managed by Rod "Bloody 'ell Fire" Smallwood for
Sanctuary Music.
Sleeve illustrations by Derek Riggs.
Sleeve photos by Simon Fowler.
Inner sleeve photos by Ross Halfin, Toshi Yajima, Andre Csillag,
Bob Ellis, Rod Smallwood and Brunelli.
Artwork: Cream. Photo montage: Ian Kay.
(Dickinson, Gers)
Fear of the dark
Be quick or be dead
Covered in sinners and dripping
with guilt
Making you money from slime and from filth
Parading your bellies in ivory towers
Investing our lives in your schemes
and your
powers
You got to watch them - Be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven - The thief in your head
You've got to watch them - Be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven - The thief in your head
Be quick! Or be dead!
Be quick! Or be dead
See what's ruling all our lives
See who's pulling the strings
I bet you won't fall on your face
Your belly will hold you in place
The serpent is crawling inside
of your ear
He says you must vote for what you want
to
hear
Don't matter what's wrong as long as
you're
alright
So pull yourself stupid and rob yourself blind
Seja Rápido ou Morra
(Dickinson, Gers)
Disfarçados de pecadores e gotejantes de culpa
Fazendo dinheiro do lodo e da sujeira
Desfilando suas barrigas em torres de marfim
Investindo nossas vidas em seus esquemas e seus
poderes
Você tem de vigiá-los - Seja rápido ou morra
Olhos de cobra no paraíso - O ladrão na sua
cabeça
Você tem de vigiá-los - Seja rápido ou morra
Olhos de cobra no paraíso - O ladrão na sua
cabeça
Seja rápido ou morra
Seja rápido ou morra
Veja o que controla todas as nossas vidas
Veja quem esta puxando as cordas
Aposto que você não vai cair de cara no chão
Sua barriga vai te manter no lugar
A serpente esta suplicando dentro de seu ouvido
Ele diz que você deve votar pelo que deseja ouvir
Não importa que esteja ruim desde que você
esteja bem
Então torne-se um estúpido e assuma sua própria
cegueira
(A letra aborda os maus políticos de forma geral,
corrupção, abuso de poder, mentiras para se
eleger,
etc. Uma das mais rápidas músicas que o Maiden
já gravou.)
From Here ToEternity
(Harris)
She fell in love
with his greasy machine
She leaned over wiped his
kickstart clean
She'd never seen the beast before
But she left there wanting more
more more
But when she was walking on down the road
She heard a sound that made her heart explode
He whispered
to her to get on the back
I'll take you on a ride
from here to eternity
Hell ain't a bad place
Hell is from here to eternity
She must be having one of her crazy dreams
She'd never sat on a piece so mean
It made her
feel like she's on cloud nine
She even thought she heard the
engine sigh
But like all
dreams that come to an end
They took
a tumble at the devil's bend
The beast and Charlotte they were two of a kind
They'd always take
the line from here to
eternity
Daqui para a Eternidade
(Harris)
Ela ficou apaixonada por sua máquina lubrificada
Ela aprendeu a manter o seu pedal de partida
limpo
Ela nunca havia visto a besta antes
Mas ela ficou la esperando mais e mais
Mas quando ela estava andando pela estrada
afora
Ela ouviu um som que fez seu coração explodir
Ele sussurrou para ela subir na sua garupa
Eu vou te levar num passeio daqui para a
eternidade
Inferno não é um lugar ruim
Inferno é daqui para a eternidade
Ela deve estar tendo um de seus sonhos malucos
Ela nunca esteve num lugar tao ruim
Isto a fazia sentir como se estivesse na nona
nuvem
Ela até pensou que ouviu o motor
Mas como todos os sonhos que caminham para
um fim
Eles levaram um tombo na curva do demonio
A besta e Charlotte eram ambos da mesma laia
Eles sempre pegavam o caminho daqui para a
eternidade
(A letra bastante estranha é sobre uma garota,
Charlotte,
talvez a mesma que morava no número 22 da
Acacia
Avenue, que aceita uma carona de um
motoqueiro
que parece ser o próprio demônio.)
Afraid To Shoot Strangers
(Harris)
Lying awake at night I wipe the sweat from my
brow
But it's not the fear 'cos
I'd rather go now
Trying to visualize the horrors
that will lay
ahead
The desert
sand mound a burial ground
When it comes to the time are we partners in
crime?
When it comes to the time we'll be ready to die?
God let us go now and finish what's to be done
Thy Kingdom Come, Thy shall be
done on
earth
Trying to justify to ourselves the reasons to go
Should we live and let live, forget or forgive?
But how can we let them go
on this way?
The reign of
terror corruption must end
And we know deep down there's no other way
No trust,
no reasoning, no more to say
Afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid to shoot strangers
Com Medo de Atirar em Estranhos
(Harris)
Deitado acordado à noite enxugo o suor da minha
testa
Mas não é o medo porque eu preciso ir agora
Tentando visualizar os horrores que virão lá na
frente
O monte de areia do deserto, um cemitério
Quando chegar a hora seremos parceiros de
crime?
Quando chegar a hora estaremos prontos para
morrer?
Deus deixe-nos ir agora e terminar o que tem de
ser feito
Venha o vosso reino, Seja feita a vossa vontade
na terra
Tentando justificar para nós mesmos as razões
para ir
Devemos viver e deixar viver, esquecer ou
perdoar?
Mas como podemos deixa-los ir por aquele
caminho?
O reino do terror e corrupção deve ter fim
E nós sabemos que no fundo nao existe outro
caminho
Sem credo, sem explicação, nada mais a dizer
Com medo de atirar em estranhos
Com medo de atirar em estranhos
Fear is The Key
(Dickinson, Gers)
We live our lives in fever
In a choking sweat of fear
In the heat of the night you can feel so much
In the heat of the night I scream "Don't touch!"
I remember a time when we used and abused
And fought all our battles in vain
I remember a time we thought that passion was
free
In the heart of the night bodies aflame
I hear your secret heartbeat
I can hear your silent cries
The kids have lost their freedom
And nobody cares till somebody famous
dies
Now we
live, in a world of uncertainty
Fear is the key -
to what you want to be
You don't get a say, the majority gets its
way
You're outnumbered by the bastards
till the day you die
Medo é a Solução
(Dickinson, Gers)
Nos vivemos nossas vidas em febre
Em uma chocante transpiração de medo
No calor da noite você pode sentir tanto
No calor da noite eu grito "Não toque!"
Eu lembro de um tempo quando nós usamos e
abusamos
E lutamos todas nossas batalhas em vão
Eu lembro um tempo que pensamos que sofrer
era grátis
No calor da noite corpos em chamas
Eu ouço sua batida de coração secreta
Eu posso ouvir seus gritos silenciosos
Os garotos perderam sua liberdade
E ninguém se preocupa até alguém famoso
morrer
Agora nós vivemos, em um mundo de incerteza
Medo é a chave - para o que você quer ser
Você não tem voz, a maioria faz do seu modo
Você esta em desvantagem frente aos bastardos
até o dia em que você morre
Childhood's End
(Harris)
I'd sail across the ocean
I'd walk a hundred miles
If I could make it to the end
Oh just to see a smile
You see it in their faces
The sadness in their tears
The desperation and the anger
Madness and the fear
No hope, no life, just pain and fear
No food, no love, just greed is here
Starvation and the hunger
The suffering and the pain
The agonies of all-out war
When will it come again?
The struggle for the power
A tyrant tries again
Just what the hell is going on?
When will it ever end?
You see the full moon float
You watch the red sun rise
We take these things for granted
But somewhere someone's dying
Contaminated waters
Pollution and decay
Just waiting for disease to strike
Will we learn someday?
O Fim da Infância
(Harris)
Eu velejaria pelos oceanos
Eu andaria cem milhas
Se eu pudesse dar um fim a isto
Oh apenas para ver um sorriso
Você vê isto em suas faces
A tristeza em suas lágrimas
O desespero e a raiva
Loucura e o medo
Sem esperança, sem vida, apenas dor e medo
Sem comida, sem amor, apenas a voracidade está
aqui
Fome e os famintos
O sofrimento e a dor
As agonias da maior guerra de todas
Quando virão de novo?
A disputa pelo poder
Um tirano tenta novamente
O que diabos está havendo?
Quando isto irá acabar?
Você vê a lua cheia flutuar
Você assiste o sol vermelho nascer
Nós temos essas coisas como certas
Mas em algum lugar alguém está morrendo
Aguas contaminadas
Poluição e decadência
Apenas esperando a doença atacar
Iremos aprender algum dia?
Wasting Love
(Dickinson, Gers)
Maybe
one day I'll be an honest man
Up till now I'm doing the best I can
Long roads, long days, of sunrise, to
sunset
Sunrise to sunset
Dream on brother, while you can
Dream on sister, I
hope you find the one
All of our lives covered up quickly by the tides
of time
Spend your days full of emptiness
Spend your years full of loneliness
Wasting love, in a desperate caress
Rolling shadows of nights
Sands are flowing and the lines are in your hand
In your eyes I see the hunger
And the desperate
cry that tears the night
Desperdiçando Amor
(Dickinson, Gers)
Talvez um dia eu serei um homem honesto
Até agora estou fazendo o melhor que eu posso
Longas estradas, longos dias, do nascer ao por do
sol
Nascer ao por do sol
Sonhe, irmão, enquanto você pode
Sonhe, irmã, eu espero que você encontre aquele
Todas nossas vidas cobertas pelas areias do
tempo
Gaste seus dias cheios de vazio
Gaste seus anos cheios de solidão
Disperdiçando amor numa carícia desesperada
Sombras rodopiantes de noites
Os momentos passam e as linhas estão em sua
mão
Em seus olhos eu vejo o desejo
E o grito desesperado que rasga a noite
The Fugitive
(Harris)
On a cold October morning
As frost lay on the ground
Waiting to make my move
I make no sound
Waiting for the
mist to cover all around
I carefully picked my time then took
the wall
I'm sick and tired of running
The hunger and the pain
A stop to look about then off again
Being at the wrong place and the wrong time
Suspected of a hit that was my crime
I am a fugitive being hunted down like game
I am a fugitive but I've got to clear
my name
Always looking 'round me
Forever looking back
I'll always be a target for attack
Ever moving onwards
Always on the run
Waiting for the sight of a loaded gun
Even if I find them
And get to clear my name
I know that things
can never be the same
But if I ever prove my innocence some
day
I've got to get them
all to make them pay
O Fugitivo
(Harris)
Em uma manhã fria de outubro
Enquanto a geada jazia no chão
Esperando para fazer meu movimento
Eu não faço nenhum ruido
Esperando que a neblina cubra tudo em volta
Eu cuidadosamente escolho a hora depois encaro
o muro
Estou doente e cansado de correr
A fome e a dor
Uma parada para olhar para eles novamente
Estar no lugar errado e na hora errada
Suspeito de um tiro que foi o meu crime
Eu sou um fugitivo, sendo caçado como em um
jogo
Eu sou um fugitivo, mas eu tenho de limpar meu
nome
Sempre olhando em volta de mim
Sempre olhando para trás
Eu sempre serei um alvo de ataques
Sempre indo em frente
Sempre fugindo
Esperando pela visão de uma arma carregada
Mesmo que eu os ache
E chegue a limpar meu nome
Eu sei que as coisas nunca poderão ser as
mesmas
Mas se eu provar minha inocência algum dia
Eu tenho de pegá-los todos para fazê-los pagar
(Esta letra aparentemente também está
relacionada
à série de TV The Prisoner e à música "The
Prisoner"
do 3º álbum.)
Chains of Misery
(Dickinson, Murray)
There's a madman in the corner of your
eye
He likes to pry - into your sunlight
He wants to burst into the street with you and I
A world of shadows and of rain
He's seen what love is
He wants to pay you back with guilt
He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still
till he's turned your key
He holds your chains of misery
There's a prophet in the gutter
in the street
He say "you're damned!" - and
you believe
him...
He's got a vision but it shines out through your
eyes
A world of hatred and fear
He's felt what love means
He wants to pay you back with pain
It's only love that holds the key to our hearts
It's only love
Correntes de Miséria
(Dickinson, Murray)
Existe um louco no canto de seu olho
Ele gosta de espreitar - na sua janela
Ele quer irromper nas ruas com você e eu
Um mundo de sombras e de chuva
Ele soube o que é o amor
Ele quer pagar o que te deve com culpa
Ele mente para vocú, ele não te deixa em paz
Ele tem as suas correntes de miséria
Ele não sossegará até que tenha girado a sua
chave
Ele segura suas correntes de miséria
Existe um profeta na sarjeta na rua
Ele diz "você está perdido" - e você acredita nele
Ele teve uma visão mas isto brilha através de
seus olhos
Um mundo de ódio e medo
Ele sentiu o que o amor significa
Ele quer pagar o que te deve com dor
É apenas o amor quem tem chaves para nossos
corações
É apenas o amor
The Apparition
(Harris, Gers)
Now I'm here can you see me?
'Cos I'm out on my own
When the room goes cold tell me you can feel
me
'Cos I'm here
Here I am, can you see me
Passing through on my way
To a place I'd been to only
in my dreams
... before
In a world of delusion
Never turn your back on a friend
'Cos you can count your real true friends on one
hand...
...through life
There are those that deceive you
There are those that'll let you down
Is there someone out there that would die
for
you
...thought not
Live your life with a passion
Everything you do, do well
You only get
out of life what you put in
...so they say
In a world of confusion
People never say what they mean
If you want a straight answer go look for
one
...right now
In a room full of strangers
Do you stand with
your back to the wall
Do you sometimes feel
like you're on the
outside
...looking in?
You can make your own luck
You create your destiny
I believe you have the power if you
want to
...it's true
You can do what you want to
If you try a little bit harder
A little bit of faith goes a long way
...it does
Are we here for a reason?
I'd like to know just what you think
It would be nice to know what happens when
we die
...wouldn't it?
There are some who are wise
There are some who are born naive
I believe that there are some
that must have
lived before
...don't you?
As for me, well I'm thinking
You gotta keep an open mind
But I hope that my life's not an open and
shut
case
Extrasensory Perception
Life after death, telepathy
Can the soul live on and travel through space
and time?
You know I feel so elated
'Cos I'm about to find it out
And when I know the answers maybe then I'll
come back
...to fill you in
You don't be alarmed now
If I try to contact you
If things go missing
or get moved around
...it's me
And don't disbelieve it
No matter what your
"friends" might say
We'll meet up again
someplace some way one day
A Aparição
(Harris, Gers)
Agora estou aqui você pode me ver?
Porque estou fora de mim mesmo
Quando o quarto fica frio diga-me que pode
sentir-me
Pois estou aqui
Aqui estou, pode me ver?
Atravessando no meu caminho
Para um lugar onde já estive apenas em meus
sonhos
... antes
Em um mundo de desilusão
Nunca vire as costas a um amigo
Pois você pode contar seus amigos em uma
mão...
...em toda a vida
Existem aqueles que te iludem
Existem aqueles que te levarão para baixo
Existe alguém lá fora que morreria por você
...não acho
Viva sua vida com paixão
Tudo que fizer faça bem feito
Você só leva da vida o que semeou
... assim eles dizem
Em um mundo de confusão
Pessoas nunca falam o que querem dizer
Se você quer uma resposta exata vá procurar
uma
...agora mesmo
Em uma sala cheia de estranhos
Você fica de costas para a parede
Algumas vezes você sente como se estivesse de
fora
...olhando para dentro?
Você pode fazer sua própria sorte
Você cria o seu destino
Eu acredito que você tem a força se quiser
... isto é verdade
Você pode fazer o que quiser
Se tentar com um pouco mais de empenho
Um pouquinho de fé adianta muito
...adianta
Estamos aqui por uma razão?
Eu gostaria de saber exatamente o que você
pensa
Seria legal saber o que acontece quando nós
morremos
...não seria?
Existem alguns que são sábios
Existem alguns que nascem ingênuos
Eu acredito que há alguns que devem ter vivido
antes
...você não acredita?
Por mim, eu vou pensando
Você precisa manter uma mente aberta
Espero não ser minha vida uma caixa aberta e
fechada
Percepção extra sensorial
Vida após a morte, telepatia
Poderá a alma viver e viajar através do espaço e
tempo?
Você sabe que me sinto tão excitado
Porque estou prestes a descobrir
E quando eu souber todas as respostas talvez eu
volte
... para te contar
Não fique alarmado agora
Se eu tentar contactar com você
Se coisas se perderem ou se moverem
...sou eu
E não duvide disto
Não importa o que seus "amigos" digam
Nós nos veremos novamente
em algum lugar de alguma forma um dia
Judas Be My Guide
(Dickinson, Murray)
Lights out - We live in a world
of darkness
No doubt - Everything's up for sale
We sleep - All of the world is burning
We pray - To god for a better deal
Nothing is sacred - Back then or now
Everything's wasted... Is that all there is? Can
I
go now?
Judas my guide
Whispers in the night
Judas my guide
Fight wars - Die in a blaze of glory
Come home - Meat in a plastic sack
Fall down - Better pray to your God for mercy
So kneel
- and help the blade cut clean
Nothing
is sacred - Back then or now
Everyone's wasted...
Is that all there is? Is that it now?
I live in the black
I have no guiding light
I'm whispering in your dreams...
Judas Seja Meu Guia
(Dickinson, Murray)
Luzes apagadas - nós vivemos em um mundo de
trevas
Sem dúvida - tudo está a venda
Nós dormimos - o mundo inteiro está queimando
Nós rezamos - a deus por uma chance melhor
Nada é sagrado - nunca foi e não é
Tudo está perdido. Isso é tudo? Posso ir agora?
Judas, meu guia
Sussurros na noite
Judas, meu guia
Lutar guerras - morrer em um momento de glória
Voltar para casa - carne dentro de um saco
plástico
Cair - melhor rezar a seu deus por misericórdia
Então ajoelhe-se - e ajude a lâmina a cortar fácil
Nada é sagrado - não foi nem é
Todos estão perdidos
É isso tudo que existe? É isso agora?
Eu vivo na escuridão
Não tenho luz que me guie
Eu estou suspirando em seus sonhos
Weekend Warrior
(Harris, Gers)
The rebel of yesterday,
tomorrow's fool
Who are you kidding being that cool?
Trying to break away from running with
the
pack
But they ain't listening so you've gotta go back
You're a weekend warrior when
You're one of the crowd
But it's over, just look at you now..
You're not so brave
the way you behave
It makes you sick, gotta get out quick
It's all bravado when you're out with your mates
It's like a different person goes through those
gates
And the game begins
the adrenalin's high
Feel the tension maybe someone
will die...
A weekend warrior lately
A weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you ain't that way
anymore
You've gotta get out gotta get away
But you're in with a clique it's not easy to stray
You've gotta admit you're
just living a lie
It didn't take long to work out why
It's
hard to say why you got involved
Just wanting to be part just wanting to belong...
Some of the things that you've done you feel so
ashamed
After all it's only a game... isn't it
And after all the adrenalin's gone
What you gonna do on Monday
Guerreiro de Fim-de-Semana
(Harris, Gers)
O rebelde ontem, tolo de amanhã
Quem você está enganando fingindo estar legal?
Tentando fugir correndo com a turma
Mas eles não estão ouvindo então você tem de
voltar
Você é um guerreiro de fim de semana,
Você é um na multidão
Mas acabou, simplesmente olhe para você agora
Você não é tão bravo do jeito como se porta
Isso te deixa doente, tem de sair rápido
É tudo bravata quando você sai com seus
companheiros
É como uma pessoa diferente passando aqueles
portões
E o jogo começa, a adrenalina está alta
Sinta a tensão, talvez alguém vá morrer
Um guerreiro de fim de semana afinal
Um guerreiro de fim de semana algumas vezes
Um guerreiro de fim de semana, talvez você não
seja mais
Você tem de sair, tem de se afastar
Mas você está dentro do grupo, não é tão
fácil
sair
Você tem de admitir que você está vivendo uma
mentira
Eu não levo muito tempo para descobrir porque
É difícil dizer porque você foi envolvido
Apenas querendo fazer parte Apenas querendo
pertencer
De algumas coisas que você fez, se sente
envergonhado
No final de tudo é apenas um jogo, não é?
E depois que toda a adrenalina vai embora
O que você vai fazer na segunda feira?
(Quando se sabe que os integrantes do Maiden
são
fanáticos por futebol se torna bem mais fácil
entender esta
letra confusa. Fala sobre os hoolingans,
torcedores
ingleses fanáticos que vão aos estádios para
matar ou
morrer (literalmente).
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
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
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