Iron Maiden lyrics tournament final: Empire of the Clouds rises above all
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MrKnickerbocker
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Brighter Than a Thousand Suns has brilliant imagery and tone (and fit), but that repeat of the E=mc2 part really kinda breaks the fourth wall for me. Still, the imagery gives this the edge over Fortunes of War, which I actually like as a very emotional description of PTSD/the horrors of returning to normalcy after war, but it still doesn't have the poetics of BTATS.
As for the other two, I also really love Lord of Light, but Revelations is better.
As for the other two, I also really love Lord of Light, but Revelations is better.
Lampwick 43
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Fortunes and Lord of Light are both solid lyrically, and could easily beat many other songs, but their opponents are among the best that Maiden has to offer in the lyrics department.
Apologies for being slow to update. Work is absolutely nuts right now.
Convincing and unsurprising wins for Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (15-2) and Revelations (12-4).
Next up:
WHEN THE WILD WIND BLOWS
versus
REMEMBER TOMORROW
Convincing and unsurprising wins for Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (15-2) and Revelations (12-4).
Next up:
WHEN THE WILD WIND BLOWS
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
And 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 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
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 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 blow...
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
And 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 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
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 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 blow...
versus
REMEMBER TOMORROW
Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday's sorrows tomorrow's white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire
Tears for remembrance and tears for joy
Tears for somebody and this lonely boy
Out in the madness the all seeing eye
Flickers above us to light up the sky
Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday's sorrows tomorrow's white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire
Yesterday's sorrows tomorrow's white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire
Tears for remembrance and tears for joy
Tears for somebody and this lonely boy
Out in the madness the all seeing eye
Flickers above us to light up the sky
Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday's sorrows tomorrow's white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire
...and
TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
versus
ISLE OF AVALON
TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
Kill for gain or shoot to maim but we don't need a reason
The Golden Goose is on the loose and never out of season
Blackened pride still burns inside this shell of bloody treason
Here's my gun for a barrel of fun for the love of living death
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
The blind men shout let the creatures out, we'll show the unbelievers
The napalm screams of human flames, of a prime-time Belsen feast... YEAH!
As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy
We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
The body bags and little rags of children torn in two
And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you
As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song
To the tune of starving millions, to make a better kind of gun
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
Midnight... midnight... it's all night
Midnight... midnight... all night!
The Golden Goose is on the loose and never out of season
Blackened pride still burns inside this shell of bloody treason
Here's my gun for a barrel of fun for the love of living death
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
The blind men shout let the creatures out, we'll show the unbelievers
The napalm screams of human flames, of a prime-time Belsen feast... YEAH!
As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy
We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
The body bags and little rags of children torn in two
And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you
As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song
To the tune of starving millions, to make a better kind of gun
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
Midnight... midnight... it's all night
Midnight... midnight... all night!
versus
ISLE OF AVALON
I can hear them floating on the wind
Immortal souls, their weeping saddens me
Mother Earth you know your time is near
Awaken lust the seed is sown and reaped
Through the western isle I hear the dead awaken
Rising slowly to the call of Avalon
The cauldron of the head of Annwyn laced with envy
Dark around its edge with pearl and destiny
All my days I've waited for the sign
The one that brings me closer to the Isle of Avalon
I can feel the power flowing through my veins
My heart is beating louder, close to Avalon
I can hear you, can you hear me?
I can feel you, can't you feel me?
Fertility Mother Goddess
Celebration sow the seeds of the born
The fruit of her body laden through the corn doll
You will pray for them all
The image of Mother Goddess
Lying dormant in the eyes of the dead
The sheaf of the corn is broken, end the harvest
Throw the dead on the pyre
I hear her crying the tears of an angel
The voices I hear in my head
Blessed the fruits are the corn of the earth
Mother Earth holy blood of the dead
Mother Earth I can hear you
Sacrifice now united
Rising levels of the tidal lakes protect them
Keepers of the Goddess in the underworld
Holding powers of the mystics, deep inside them
Nineteen maidens guardians of the otherworld
Mortal conflict born of Celtic legend
That apart from seven none returned from Avalon
Mother Earth I can feel you
My rebirth now completed
Fertility Mother Goddess
Celebration sow the seeds of the born
The fruit of her body laden through the corn doll
You will pray for them all
The image of Mother Goddess
Lying dormant in the eyes of the dead
The sheaf of the corn is broken, end the harvest
Throw the dead on the pyre
To have the belief of others
Looking for the Isle to show them a sign
Fertility of all mothers
Stood in silence waiting now for their turn
The gateway to Avalon
The island where the souls of dead are reborn
Brought here to die and be
Transferred into the earth and then for rebirth
I hear her crying the tears of an angel
The voices I hear in my head
Blessed the fruits are the corn of the earth
Mother Earth holy blood of the dead
The water in rivers and rhynes rises quickly
Are flowing and flooding the land
The sea shall return once again just to hide them
Lost souls on the Isle of the dead
Immortal souls, their weeping saddens me
Mother Earth you know your time is near
Awaken lust the seed is sown and reaped
Through the western isle I hear the dead awaken
Rising slowly to the call of Avalon
The cauldron of the head of Annwyn laced with envy
Dark around its edge with pearl and destiny
All my days I've waited for the sign
The one that brings me closer to the Isle of Avalon
I can feel the power flowing through my veins
My heart is beating louder, close to Avalon
I can hear you, can you hear me?
I can feel you, can't you feel me?
Fertility Mother Goddess
Celebration sow the seeds of the born
The fruit of her body laden through the corn doll
You will pray for them all
The image of Mother Goddess
Lying dormant in the eyes of the dead
The sheaf of the corn is broken, end the harvest
Throw the dead on the pyre
I hear her crying the tears of an angel
The voices I hear in my head
Blessed the fruits are the corn of the earth
Mother Earth holy blood of the dead
Mother Earth I can hear you
Sacrifice now united
Rising levels of the tidal lakes protect them
Keepers of the Goddess in the underworld
Holding powers of the mystics, deep inside them
Nineteen maidens guardians of the otherworld
Mortal conflict born of Celtic legend
That apart from seven none returned from Avalon
Mother Earth I can feel you
My rebirth now completed
Fertility Mother Goddess
Celebration sow the seeds of the born
The fruit of her body laden through the corn doll
You will pray for them all
The image of Mother Goddess
Lying dormant in the eyes of the dead
The sheaf of the corn is broken, end the harvest
Throw the dead on the pyre
To have the belief of others
Looking for the Isle to show them a sign
Fertility of all mothers
Stood in silence waiting now for their turn
The gateway to Avalon
The island where the souls of dead are reborn
Brought here to die and be
Transferred into the earth and then for rebirth
I hear her crying the tears of an angel
The voices I hear in my head
Blessed the fruits are the corn of the earth
Mother Earth holy blood of the dead
The water in rivers and rhynes rises quickly
Are flowing and flooding the land
The sea shall return once again just to hide them
Lost souls on the Isle of the dead
MrKnickerbocker
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First match is easy: Wild Wind gets my vote for at least being more than two verses long and telling a complete story. There's a few awkward lines here and there, but it works beautifully overall.
Second match is much harder. Until putting them back to back I never would have thought that these two songs had similar styles, but their lyrics are written from a very image-focused, hidden-meaning perspective. There is a point and a message in both, but it feels much more interpretational than usual for Maiden. The tone and imagery in both sets of lyrics are outstanding. In the end, I'm going with 2 Minutes because of fit.
Second match is much harder. Until putting them back to back I never would have thought that these two songs had similar styles, but their lyrics are written from a very image-focused, hidden-meaning perspective. There is a point and a message in both, but it feels much more interpretational than usual for Maiden. The tone and imagery in both sets of lyrics are outstanding. In the end, I'm going with 2 Minutes because of fit.
MrKnickerbocker
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I agree, and I do like Remember Tomorrow, but I prefer Wild Wind. An equally well crafted third verse instead of a repeat could've made Remember Tomorrow brilliant.
Love the storytelling in Wild Wind, but Remember Tomorrow has great imagery and a great fit with the music. It could really go either way there, but I'm going to go with Remember Tomorrow.
Also great lyrics in the second match, but 2 Minutes is one of their greatest lyrical achievements. Great message and the perfect execution, while still being pure Metal lyrics. Isle of Avalon is interesting but doesn't have the same impact.
Also great lyrics in the second match, but 2 Minutes is one of their greatest lyrical achievements. Great message and the perfect execution, while still being pure Metal lyrics. Isle of Avalon is interesting but doesn't have the same impact.
Remember Tomorrow edges Wild Wind (8-6) in what I consider a mild upset.
Two Minutes defeats Isle of Avalon (10-4)
Our next battle:
SEA OF MADNESS
versus
STILL LIFE
Two Minutes defeats Isle of Avalon (10-4)
Our next battle:
SEA OF MADNESS
Out in the street somebody's crying
Out in the night the fires burn
Maybe tonight somebody's crying
Reached the point of no return
Oh – my eyes they see but I can't believe
Oh – my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave
Like the eagle and the dove
Fly so high on wings above
When all you see can only bring you sadness
Like a river we will flow
On toward the sea we go
When all you do can only bring you sadness
Out on the sea of madness
Somewhere I hear a voice that's calling
Out in the dark there burns a dream
You got to hope when you are falling
To find the world that you have seen
Oh – my eyes they see but I can't believe
Oh – my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave
Like the eagle and the dove
Fly so high on wings above
When all you see can only bring you sadness
Like a river we will flow
On toward the sea we go
When all you do can only bring you sadness
Out on the sea of madness
It's madness
The sun don't shine
On the sea of madness
There ain't no wind to fill your sails
Madness when all you see can only bring you sadness
On towards the sea we go
Out in the street somebody's crying
Out in the night the fires burn
Maybe tonight somebody's crying
Reached the point of no return
Oh – my eyes they see but I can't believe
Oh – my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave
Like the eagle and the dove
Fly so high on wings above
When all you see can only bring you sadness
Like a river we will flow
On toward the sea we go
When all you do can only bring you sadness
Out on the sea of madness
Of madness... of madness... of madness...
Out in the night the fires burn
Maybe tonight somebody's crying
Reached the point of no return
Oh – my eyes they see but I can't believe
Oh – my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave
Like the eagle and the dove
Fly so high on wings above
When all you see can only bring you sadness
Like a river we will flow
On toward the sea we go
When all you do can only bring you sadness
Out on the sea of madness
Somewhere I hear a voice that's calling
Out in the dark there burns a dream
You got to hope when you are falling
To find the world that you have seen
Oh – my eyes they see but I can't believe
Oh – my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave
Like the eagle and the dove
Fly so high on wings above
When all you see can only bring you sadness
Like a river we will flow
On toward the sea we go
When all you do can only bring you sadness
Out on the sea of madness
It's madness
The sun don't shine
On the sea of madness
There ain't no wind to fill your sails
Madness when all you see can only bring you sadness
On towards the sea we go
Out in the street somebody's crying
Out in the night the fires burn
Maybe tonight somebody's crying
Reached the point of no return
Oh – my eyes they see but I can't believe
Oh – my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave
Like the eagle and the dove
Fly so high on wings above
When all you see can only bring you sadness
Like a river we will flow
On toward the sea we go
When all you do can only bring you sadness
Out on the sea of madness
Of madness... of madness... of madness...
versus
STILL LIFE
Take a look in the pool and what do you see
In the dark depths there faces beckoning me
Can't you see them it's plain for all to see
They were there oh I know you don't believe me
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... spirits 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 that 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
In the dark depths there faces beckoning me
Can't you see them it's plain for all to see
They were there oh I know you don't believe me
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... spirits 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 that 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
...and:
THE LEGACY
versus
DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS ON
THE LEGACY
Tell you a thing that you ought to know
Two minutes of your time, then on you go
Tell tale of the men, all dressed in black
That most of them, not coming back
Sent off to war to play little games
And on their return can't name no names
Some strange yellow gas has played with their minds
Has reddened their eyes removed all the lies
And strange as it sounds death knows no bounds
How many get well, only time will tell
Only time will tell...
You lie in your death bed now
But what did you bring to the table
Brought us only holy sin
Utter trust is a deadly thing
To the prayer of holy peace
We didn't know what was lying underneath
So how could we be such fools
And to think that we thought you the answer
I can't begin to understand in all the lies
But on your death bed I can see it in your eyes
Just as clear as all the sweat upon your brow
It really makes sense I can see it clearly now
Tangles up in a web of lies
Could have been a way to prophesize
Unaware of the consequence
Not aware of the secrets that you kept
Nothing that we could believe
To reveal the façade of faceless men
Not a thing that we could foresee
Now a sign that would tell us the outcome
You had us all strung out with promises of peace
But all along your cover plan was to deceive
Can it put to right now only time will tell
Your prophecies will send us all to hell as well
Left to all our golden sons
All to pick up on the peace
You could have given all of them
A little chance... at least
Take the world to a better place
Given them all just a little hope
Just think what a legacy
You now... will leave
We seem destined to live in fear
And some that would say Armageddon is near
But where there's a life while there's hope
That man won't self-destruct
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
We live in an uncertain world
Fear understanding and ignorance is leading to death
Only the corpses are left
For vultures that prey on their bones
But some are just not wanting peace
Their whole life is death and misery
The only thing that they know
Fight fire with fire, life is cheap
But if they do stop to think
That man is teetering right on the brink
But do you think that they care
They benefit from death and pain and despair
Two minutes of your time, then on you go
Tell tale of the men, all dressed in black
That most of them, not coming back
Sent off to war to play little games
And on their return can't name no names
Some strange yellow gas has played with their minds
Has reddened their eyes removed all the lies
And strange as it sounds death knows no bounds
How many get well, only time will tell
Only time will tell...
You lie in your death bed now
But what did you bring to the table
Brought us only holy sin
Utter trust is a deadly thing
To the prayer of holy peace
We didn't know what was lying underneath
So how could we be such fools
And to think that we thought you the answer
I can't begin to understand in all the lies
But on your death bed I can see it in your eyes
Just as clear as all the sweat upon your brow
It really makes sense I can see it clearly now
Tangles up in a web of lies
Could have been a way to prophesize
Unaware of the consequence
Not aware of the secrets that you kept
Nothing that we could believe
To reveal the façade of faceless men
Not a thing that we could foresee
Now a sign that would tell us the outcome
You had us all strung out with promises of peace
But all along your cover plan was to deceive
Can it put to right now only time will tell
Your prophecies will send us all to hell as well
Left to all our golden sons
All to pick up on the peace
You could have given all of them
A little chance... at least
Take the world to a better place
Given them all just a little hope
Just think what a legacy
You now... will leave
We seem destined to live in fear
And some that would say Armageddon is near
But where there's a life while there's hope
That man won't self-destruct
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
We live in an uncertain world
Fear understanding and ignorance is leading to death
Only the corpses are left
For vultures that prey on their bones
But some are just not wanting peace
Their whole life is death and misery
The only thing that they know
Fight fire with fire, life is cheap
But if they do stop to think
That man is teetering right on the brink
But do you think that they care
They benefit from death and pain and despair
versus
DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS ON
Another Prophet of Disaster who says the ship is lost
Another Prophet of Disaster leaving you to count the cost
Taunting us with Visions, afflicting us with fear
Predicting War for millions in the hope that one appears
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
'Cause if you're gonna die, 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, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die, gonna die, die with your boots on
If you're gonna try, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die
Thirteen 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
'Cause if you're gonna die, 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, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die, gonna die, die with your boots on
If you're gonna try well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die
They die with their boots on, yes they die
They die with their boots on, they die
We die, we die, we die, we die, we die!
Another Prophet of Disaster leaving you to count the cost
Taunting us with Visions, afflicting us with fear
Predicting War for millions in the hope that one appears
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
'Cause if you're gonna die, 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, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die, gonna die, die with your boots on
If you're gonna try, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die
Thirteen 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
'Cause if you're gonna die, 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, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die, gonna die, die with your boots on
If you're gonna try well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die
They die with their boots on, yes they die
They die with their boots on, they die
We die, we die, we die, we die, we die!
Sea of Madness is probably a better lyric overall but Still Life has always been one of my favorites. It's a really unique lyric and Bruce's delivery is perfect. So I'm voting for that.
DWBO is fun but The Legacy is an epic. I get chills even without the music behind it.
DWBO is fun but The Legacy is an epic. I get chills even without the music behind it.
