Favorite line(s) from any IM song

A man who casts no shadow... has no soul

As soon as you're born, you're dying

But the truth of all predictions is always in your hands

In a gadda da vida, honey
(oh, wait - that's Iron BUTTERFLY. Sorry)
 
One hundred years have gone and men again
they came that way
To find the answer to the mystery
They found his body lying where it fell that day
Preserved in time for all to see
No brave new world, no brave new world
Lost in this place, to leave no trace
 
From ''Wasted Years'', ''The Wicker Man'' and ''Iron Maiden'':

- So understand
Don't waste your time always searching for
Those wasted years
Face up... make your stand
And realize you're living in the golden years

- Hand of fate is moving and the finger points to you

- Oh Well, wherever, wherever you are,
Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far
 
Surprisingly all of them are from the newer albums.

Bury your morals and bury your dead
Bury your head in the sand

A life that’s full of all the wealth and riches
Can never last for an eternity
After living in a golden paradise, the ultimate sacrifice

Alien invasion brings nothing but death
Mass exodus and plant life destroyed

All alone in a crowded room
He tries to force a smile
The smile it beamed or so it seemed

Why can't we treat our fellow men
With more respect and a shake of their hands?
But anger and loathing is rife
The death on all sides is becoming a way of life

Don't know what I want
Or where I want to be
Feeling more confused
The more the days go by

He gave his life for us, he fell upon the cross
To die for all of those who never mourn his loss

The gateway to Avalon
The island where the souls of the dead are reborn

What you see is not real
Those who know will not tell
 
I like this one line in Starblind:

Take my eyes, the things I've seen
In this world coming to an end.
My reflection fades, I'm weary
Of these earthly bones and skin.
You may pass through me and
Leave no trace, I have
No mortal face.
Solar winds are whispering,
You may hear me call.
We can shed our skins and swim
Into the darkened void beyond.
We will dance among the world
That orbit stars that aren't our sun.
All the oxygen that trapped us in
A carbon spider's web.
Solar winds are whispering, you
May hear the sirens of the dead.
Let the elders to their parley
Meant to satisfy our lust.
Leaving Damacles still hanging
Over all their promised trust.
Walk away from freedoms offered
By the jailors in their cage.
Step into the light, startripping
Over mortals in their rage.
Starblind with sun, the
Stars are one.
We are the light that brings
The end of night.
Starblind with sun, the
Stars are one.
We are with the Goddess
Of the sun tonight.
The preacher loses face
With Christ.
Religion's cruel device is gone.
Empty flesh and hollow bones
Make pacts of love but die alone.
The crucible of pain will forge the
Blanks of sin, begin again.
You are free to choose a life to live
Or one that's left to lose.
Virgins in the teeth of God are
Meat and drink to feed the damned.
You may pass through me and I
Will feel the life that you live less.
Step into my light, startripping,
We will rage against the night.
Walk away from comfort offered
By your citizens of death.
Starblind with sun, the
Stars are one.
We are the light that brings
The end of night.
Starblind with sun, the
Stars are one.
We are with the Goddess
Of the sun tonight.
Take my eyes for what I've seen.
I will give my sight to you.
You are free to choose whatever:
Life to live or life to lose.
Whatever God you know,
He knows you better than you
Believe.
In your once and future grave
You'll fall endlessly deceived.
Look into our face reflected in the
Moonglow in your eyes.
Remember you can choose
To look but not to see and
Waste your hours.
You believe you have the time
But I tell you your time is short.
I see your past and future, all the
Same, and it cannot be bought.
Starblind with sun, the
Stars are one.
We are the light that brings
The end of night.
Starblind with sun, the
Stars are one.
We are with the Goddess
Of the sun tonight.
Take my eyes for what I've seen.
I will give my sight to you.
You are free to choose whatever:
Life to live or life to lose.
Whatever God you know,
He knows you better than you
Believe.
In your once and future grave
You'll fall endlessly deceived.
The preacher loses face
With Christ.
Religion's cruel device is gone.
Empty flesh and hollow bones
Make pacts of love but die alone.
The crucible of pain will forge the
Blanks of sin, begin again.
You are free to choose a life to live
Or one that's left to lose.
 
While it wasn't asked, here's my least favorite line from any Maiden song:

BAKING IS WILD

It's "baking as wild", which makes a lot more sense in the context of the lyrics, if you think about it. Yes, it's been misprinted in the lyrics booklet, but so has a lot else.
 
I don't understand what you mean by "baking as wild" makes more sense in the lyrics, I don't understand what "the car is an oven and baking as wild" would mean as a sentence.
 
I always understood the line as "the oven is baking as wild", to me it makes sense...
 
I mean yeah you could interpret it like that and that’s completely valid, but to me it seems like more of a leap than “baking is wild” which works in the context just as well. I guess “baking as wild” would be be saying that “the car is [like] an oven and baking as wild[ly as an oven does]”, but in the other — widely accepted — version of the line, it’s two separate declarations that hinge together as one sentence. “The car is an oven“ (metaphor) “and baking is wild” (baking is taking place currently; aka, it’s hot as hell in this car).
 
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