The Ultimate Album #17 Fantasy Contest Thread

Collin said:
I can come up with the track names, but I don’t think I can do lyrics. That’s too much work lol.
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I lied. Here we go...

THE TROOPER PART II: SCENES FROM NOSTALGIA

1. Nostalgia
(Harris | 1:32)
Looking back at my discography
I know something is incomplete
The story becomes so clear to me.
I'm feeling nostalgic again.

Revisited the past
Wrote this album so fast
Turned on Piece of mind
Gasped in amazement, What did i just hear?

Hello Trooper Eddie
So glad to see you again...
*Fade into 1854, into the body of Trooper Eddie*

2. Overture 1854 (Instrumental)
(Harris, Smith | 4:08)

3. Nostalgic Deja Vu
(Dickinson, Harris, Smith | 4:20)
Another strange sensation
a feeling of elation
What a pleasant horse I have
Can't wait to ride her again

Closer now
Sounds of Russian guns I hear
I'll be alright
Sunlight peering through the smoke

I know I've been here before
I know I've been here before
I know I've been here before
I know I've been here before

Cuz you know when you feel Deja Vu
Cuz you know when you feel Deja Vu
Cuz you know when you feel Deja Vu
Cuz you know when you feel Deja Vu

Oh oh oh
oh oh oh
oh oh oh
oh oh oh

Back on my feet again I load up my musket and prepare
Eyes open to the war
My comrades surround me
Brothers bonded by blood

I know I've been here before
I know I've been here before
I know I've been here before
I know I've been here before

Cuz you know when you feel Deja Vu
Cuz you know when you feel Deja Vu
Cuz you know when you feel Deja Vu
Cuz you know when you feel Deja Vu

Oh oh oh
oh oh oh
oh oh oh
oh oh oh

4. In The War
(Harris | 0:56)
All my eyes have ever seen
All my eyes endure
Are etched inside my memory
Spoken in my words

I'm in the war
I'm in the war
I'm in the war
I'm in the war

5. Fatal Smell of Acrid Smoke
(Gers, Harris | 7:29)
Alone at night
I smell something strange
I need to find, the answer to this smell

When awake at night
I hear the cries
everyone wonders the same

The smoke of cannons turns into a fog
At night across the field runs a stray dog
Lightning strikes again
Rains comes pouring down
Guns start firing again

The fatal smell of acrid smoke
Causes all men to somewhat choke
The fatal smell of acrid smoke
The sky is black and the fields are red.

Without war, without smoke
what would I be doing now?

Without war, without smoke
I'd be in a better place

The fatal smell of acrid smoke
Causes all men to somewhat choke
The fatal smell of acrid smoke
The sky is black and the fields are red
The fatal smell of acrid smoke
Causes all men to somewhat choke
The fatal smell of acrid smoke
The sky is black and the fields are red

OH OH OH
OH OH OH
OH OH OH
OH OH OH

6. Beyond This Bugle Call
(Dickinson, Smith, Harris | 10:57)
Headline, Murder, War in Crimea
Bloodbath, Exiled, Acrid Smoke
Then I heard a horrifying sound
Grabbed my gear and mounted up
It's time for us to go!

Our prayers can only reach so far
Our prayers can only reach so far

Beyond the bugle call I carry on
Beyond the bugle call we carry on
Beyond the bugle call I carry on
Beyond the bugle call we carry on
Beyond the bugle call I carry on
Beyond the bugle call we carry on
Beyond the bugle call I carry on
Beyond the bugle call we carry on

Russia wants war forever
But we have another plan
They fell into an evil way
The devil tempted them
We're on Gods side today

Our prayers can only reach so far
Our prayers can only reach so far

*bugle sound*
CHARRRGEEE!!!!
(JAZZ SECTION)

Our prayers can only reach so far
Our prayers can only reach so far
Our prayers can only reach so far
Our prayers can only reach so far

All that we learn this time
is that prayers can only reach so far
I carry on, beyond the bugle call
Yet my comrades only fall...

7. Through My Comrades Eyes
(Smith, Harris | 3:19)
They never really had a chance
on that fateful smokey field
Sacrificed without a fight
Wrong place at the wrong time

I'm learning that war is never good
By looking through their eyes

My Blood Brothers dead in droves
Dead in their muddy clothes
And I know what it's like to lose someone you love
AND THIS FELT LIKE DEJA VU!!!!

I'm learning that war is never good
by looking at their rolled back eyes

They weren't given any choice
Bullets and cannons stole their voice
I've been given much more in life
I've got my horse, and I have a wife

The door is opened wide
I'm crying like the tide
Looking through my comrades eyes

8. Caught Somewhere in War
(Harris | 14:52)
If you had a life to lose
An open mind and the time to choose

WAR IS NEVER ON MY SIDE
WAR IS NEVER ON MY SIDE

Charge the lines
Dead inside
The bugle called
There's no retreat

WAR IS NEVER ON MY SIDE
WAR IS NEVER ON MY SIDE

CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR

The war it calls to me
Decadent scenes from nostalgia (I've been here before)
Cannons, Eternity
Russians are coming to kill me

Help, My Blood Brothers
I can't retreat now
Desertion, dishonor
Calling my away from this war

I remember the first time my country came to me
England poured out her soul all night and cried
I remember I was told there's a new war that begun
Many were soon to die.

CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR

OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH

*Sounds of death*

CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR
CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN WAR

9. Dance of the Light Brigade (Instrumental Ft. Bruce on Keyboards)
(Dickinson, Gers, Harris, McBrain, Murray, Smith | 7:29)

10. One Last Time (We Sing This Chorus)
(Dickinson, Smith |6:17)
It doesn't make any sense
why do I have to die
The morals of life
and the perils of death
Took the wrong way out
My horse is out of breath

One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)

Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh

The english king and the russians clash
The artful dodger counts the stash
The jokers wild like an impish child
The gates of heaven are full tonight

One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)

Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh
Oh, oh, oh oh

The red and the black
the red and the black
the red and the black
The sky is black and the fields are red

11. My Parting Groan... My Spirit Carried On
(Harris, Murray | 5:19)
Where did I come from
Why am I here
What is this pain in my chest?
What lays beyond
What layed before
Why is my horse falling down?

And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan

Now that I'm dying tonight,
I'm alright because I believe
That after I'm gone, My spirit will be reincarnated
Now that I'm dying tonight,
I'm alright because I believe
That after I'm gone, My spirit will be reincarnated
Now that I'm dying tonight,
I'm alright because I believe
That after I'm gone, My spirit will be reincarnated
Now that I'm dying tonight,
I'm alright because I believe
That after I'm gone, My spirit will be reincarnated

OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH

Safe in the light that surrounds me
free of the fear and the pain
No more cannons and war
I'm not scared anymore
Now that I'm dying tonight,
I'm alright because I believe
That after I'm gone, My spirit will be reincarnated

OH OH OH OH

12. Friendly Fire
(Dickinson, Gers, Harris | 9:36)
Friday evening, the war in Crimea
Thought I saw a Russian and I quickly shot my gun

No survivor
No one witnessed this crime
I must act fast to cover up
I didn't mean to kill him

Eddie's dead
Killed by his comrade
I'll tell his tale
He'll go out a hero

This feeling, inside me
I'm sick to my stomach and crying in pain.
The Trooper, is gone.
I'd take my own life before killing him.

OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH

This feeling, inside me
I'm sick to my stomach and crying in pain.
The Trooper, is gone.
I'd take my own life before killing him.
This feeling, inside me
I'm sick to my stomach and crying in pain.
The Trooper, is gone.
I'd take my own life before killing him.

One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)
One last time (we sing this chorus)

As his body lies still, the ending draws near
Spirit rises through the air, reunited with his horse.
We'll meet again Eddie, someday soon!

*songs fades and we return to Steve*
*Steve sits down and turns on the TV. An ad for Stevebeer plays*
Eddie: "Open your eyes Steve. You need more repeating choruses."
Steve: *Gasps*
END
 
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Of course this is just an excuse to post Iron Maiden fanfiction. It's basically the one last line that hasn't been crossed. Of course.

e: I suppose if all y'all are at least aware of this fact it's okay.
 
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