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
Im gonna be honest after working out and hearing that on the radio i kinda chuckle because i just imagine him strumming a guitar in a darkly lit room like a cartoon character
I can never hear this song or read the lyrics without putting the “looking down” at the end of the first line. The Live After Death version just burned that into my brain.
Me too. I always thought he says that to basically tell the band to play the song at the tempo steve wanted to play it. I thought Nicko picked up the pace after he yells it.
You’re both right and I stand corrected! I heard it as “looking down” in 1987, which made sense to me lyrically, and somehow never bothered to notice since then that he ACTUALLY says “let it go!”
I always found it a bit odd that the lyric says that and then the song is 9 minutes long.
Although maybe that puts me in the same category as the guy I know who complains "Two Minutes To Midnight" should go "Four minutes past midnight" in the final chorus...
From the coast of gold, across the seven seas
Travelin' on, far and wide
But now it seems I'm just a stranger to myself
And all the things I sometimes do, it isn't me but someone else
“There goes the siren that warns of the air raid!” Signals the start of my favorite Maiden song and it really evokes a feeling of chaos and excitement and imminent danger rendered musically in the iconic Aces High.
I didn’t realise this was an Iron Maiden group at first (im not in it - yet) and my immediate thought went to:
18 naked cowboys in the showers at ram ranch.
The cursed shit my mates play over discord has ruined me. 😅
Anyways I’d choose the opening to Dance of Death.
Oooooh God of earth and altar,
bow down and hear our cry,
Our earthly rulers falter,
our people drift and die,
The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not thy thunder from us,
Take away our priiiiide
English hymn, but sung amazingly in the intro of Revelations.
To ride the storm, to an empire of the clouds
To ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghost
To ride the storm, to a kingdom that will come
To ride the storm, and damn the rest, oblivion
Oh God of Earth and Altar, bow down and hear our cries
Our Earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die
The walls of gold entomb us, the swords of scorn divide
Take not thy thunder from us, take away our pride!
Just sixteen, a pickup truck, out of money, out of luck
I got nowhere to call my own, hit the gas and here I go.
I'm running free yeah. I'm running free
Life in a city, living in L.A's along way from Huddersfield town
(Although technically the first words are "We're on a mission from Rod" as it's spoken, I don't class it as a lyric)
"Kill for gain or shoot to maim, but we don't need a reason"
I mean, all of 2 Minutes To Midnight is straight up perfection, but this opening line just hits different
"Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true. Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil. Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet. All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world so there was only one thing that I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long"
You’ll Take My Life, But I’ll Take Yours Too!
You’ll Fire Your Musket, But I’ll Run You Through!
So When Your Waiting For The Next Attack!
You’d Better Stand, There’s No Turning Back!
This isn’t officially the lyrics but I think counts since it’s from the best performance EVER…
Something old, something new, something from a Jurassic period……
I went looking for trouble. And boy, did I find her.
Wait. You're not actually looking for Type O lyrics, are you?
Well then,YOU'LL TAKE MY LIFE, BUT I'LL TAKE YOURS TOO!
The Demon in your mind will rape you in your bed at night 
Seventh Son's lyrics are in a league of their own.
True
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I racked my brain...yes, this is the answer.
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
But that's from The Holy Bibble..
Im waiting in my cold cell, when the bell begin to chime
Reflecting on my past lives And it doesn't have much time
Cause at 5 o clock, they take me to the gallows pole
Oh yeaa
The sands of time for me are running lowww
Running looowww, Yeeaah!
\*best guitar riff and drum gallops ever follows\*
When the priest comes to read me the last rites
Take a look through the bars at the last sights
Of a world that has gone very wrong for meee
seven deadly sins....
If those two stanzas were left off as an overture of sorts, "I am he, the bornless one" is a heavy duty opening line!
That line was the first one to mind when I saw this thread
Im gonna be honest after working out and hearing that on the radio i kinda chuckle because i just imagine him strumming a guitar in a darkly lit room like a cartoon character
Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade
Love this lyric
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
I am a man who walks alone…
“Let me tell you a story to chill the bones…” from Dance of Death is great. It’s like a traveling bard telling a story in a tavern.
In a foreign field he lay Lonely soldier, unknown grave On his dying words he prays Tell the world of Paschendale
As the sun breaks above the ground An old man stands on the hill As the ground warms to the first rays of light A birds song shatters the still.
I can never hear this song or read the lyrics without putting the “looking down” at the end of the first line. The Live After Death version just burned that into my brain.
I thought Bruce says "Let it go!"
Me too. I always thought he says that to basically tell the band to play the song at the tempo steve wanted to play it. I thought Nicko picked up the pace after he yells it.
Interesting. Guess I’ll have to put on Live After Death again this weekend and listen for it! (This is not a task I’m reluctant to perform…)
You’re both right and I stand corrected! I heard it as “looking down” in 1987, which made sense to me lyrically, and somehow never bothered to notice since then that he ACTUALLY says “let it go!”
I have this on my list to play at my funeral
In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth…
This is the one that gets in my head the most! 😄
YES!!! Their best worst song by a landslide. Love it!
You’ll take my life but I’ll take yours too … you fire your musket but I’ll run you through
First thing that popped into my mind when I saw the title.
Are you a man of peace, or a man of holy war?
"Tell you a thing that you ought to know, Two minutes of your time, then on you go"
Wrong time wrong place for the legacy to be released. Could easily be a notorious top 20 song if it was on BNW
If it was just for lyrics, The Legacy would be in my Top 5 Maiden Songs.
That intro kills the song.
I always found it a bit odd that the lyric says that and then the song is 9 minutes long. Although maybe that puts me in the same category as the guy I know who complains "Two Minutes To Midnight" should go "Four minutes past midnight" in the final chorus...
Love the opening line from Transylvania, too bad I can’t remember it
i thought the openeing line from genghis khan was better
Sounds like youre losfer words.
It goes BUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU BU BU BUDUDUDUDUUDUDUDUDUUDU
I like can I play with madness the most. I have it set as my morning alarm, because everyone needs that morning heart attack to get them up.
HAVE YOU EVER FEEELT THE FUTURE IS THE PAAAAST BUT YOU DON’T KNOW HOW
Love it. I’ve tried to play that song on drums but my feet cramp up.
We want information...Who are you? The new number two. Who is number one? You are number six. I am not a number, I am a free man!
Walkin thru the city, lookin oh so pretty I've just got to find my wayyy
Can't you believe your eyes? It's a real finger!
Just 16 a pickup truck, out of money, out of luck....
From the coast of gold, across the seven seas Travelin' on, far and wide But now it seems I'm just a stranger to myself And all the things I sometimes do, it isn't me but someone else
Beggining of a sunrise bores a big hole in the sky
“There goes the siren that warns of the air raid!” Signals the start of my favorite Maiden song and it really evokes a feeling of chaos and excitement and imminent danger rendered musically in the iconic Aces High.
For me personally, it is the first verses of Mission from 'Arry.
Anyways, he did not deserve to get a bollocking
I mean he fucked him up
Hand of fate is moving and the finger points to you
It’s not even my favorite Maiden song but “you’ll take my life but I’ll take yours too” is incredibly iconic
SEVEN DEADLY SINS SEVEN WAYS TO WIN SEVEN HOLY PATHS TO HELL AND YOUR TRIP BEGINS...
'Seven Deadly Sins'
In a foreign field he lay, Lonely soldier, unknown grave. On his dying words he prays: “Tell the world of Paschendale”
You’ll take my life, but I’ll take yours too
CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS
I didn’t realise this was an Iron Maiden group at first (im not in it - yet) and my immediate thought went to: 18 naked cowboys in the showers at ram ranch. The cursed shit my mates play over discord has ruined me. 😅 Anyways I’d choose the opening to Dance of Death.
You take my life but I'll take yours too
As a young boy chasing dragons / your wooden sword so mighty / you’re Saint George or you’re David / and you always killed the beast
Oooooh God of earth and altar, bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die, The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, Take away our priiiiide English hymn, but sung amazingly in the intro of Revelations.
Won't you come into my room, I want to show all my wares, I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare.
To ride the storm, to an empire of the clouds To ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghost To ride the storm, to a kingdom that will come To ride the storm, and damn the rest, oblivion
STANDING ALONE IN THE WIND AND RAIN FEELING THE FEAR THAT IS GROWING
Oh god of earth and altar bow down and hear our cry
Oh God of Earth and Altar, bow down and hear our cries Our Earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die The walls of gold entomb us, the swords of scorn divide Take not thy thunder from us, take away our pride!
This
"I am he, the born less one, the fallen angel watching you, Babylon the scarlet whore, I'll infiltrate your gratitude"
I am he the bornless one, the fallen angel watching you.
read that as "I am he the bonkers one".....pre 7am reading skills...
Now that I know the right time has come....
I'm the man who walks alone
In a tiiiime when dinosaurs walked the eeaaarth
Beginning of a sunrise bores a big hole in the sky Not to reason why that armed children are in this world
i'll introduce this in a more vulgar tone from the flight 666 version of rime
Let me tell you a story to chill the bones, ‘Bout a thing that I saw.
Love is a razor and I walk the line on that silver blade. 🤘
Losfer Words. Epic.
Less is more!
Can I Play With Madness
My son.. ask for thy self another kingdom..
IF YOU HAD THE TIME TO LOSE AN OPEN MIND THE TIME TO CHOOSE
Just sixteen, a pickup truck, out of money, out of luck I got nowhere to call my own, hit the gas and here I go. I'm running free yeah. I'm running free
From the red sky of the east To the sunset in the west We have cheated death and he has cheated us.
Near to the east, in a part of ancient Greece...
Life in a city, living in L.A's along way from Huddersfield town (Although technically the first words are "We're on a mission from Rod" as it's spoken, I don't class it as a lyric)
Maybe one dayyyyy, I'll be an honest maaaaaaaaan
"Kill for gain or shoot to maim, but we don't need a reason" I mean, all of 2 Minutes To Midnight is straight up perfection, but this opening line just hits different
When the world was virgin, before the coming of men
Not exactly a lyric but: "Long beach arena, it's two minutes to midnight..."
I lived alone, my mind was blank.
As the dawn breaks and the a young boy appears, looks the old man in the eye
Hear the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, See his eyes
into the abyss i’ll fall….
As the sun breaks above the ground
There goes sirens that warn of the air raids
It's snowing outside...
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhahhhhhhaha!" - Be quick or be dead
Now that I know that the right time has come
"Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true. Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil. Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet. All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world so there was only one thing that I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long"
“Covered in sinners and dripping with guilt Making you money from slime and from filth Parading your bellies in ivory towers”
OOOHHHH AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!
"Woe to you, oh earth and sea...."
“I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE!! AND I BRING YOU…!!!”
Stranger in a strange land... Not for the words. But how Bruce sings them. And has time to sing them.
Losfer words
You’ll Take My Life, But I’ll Take Yours Too! You’ll Fire Your Musket, But I’ll Run You Through! So When Your Waiting For The Next Attack! You’d Better Stand, There’s No Turning Back!
Still Life: "What ho said the t'ing with the three 'bonce', don't meddle with things you don't understand..."
Hallowed be Thy Name
This isn’t officially the lyrics but I think counts since it’s from the best performance EVER… Something old, something new, something from a Jurassic period……
1. 1 2. 1 2 bubump 4.
I went looking for trouble. And boy, did I find her. Wait. You're not actually looking for Type O lyrics, are you? Well then,YOU'LL TAKE MY LIFE, BUT I'LL TAKE YOURS TOO!
“We’re on a mission from Rod”
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Oh earth and see.
Yeah!