Disc 1 | ||||||
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1. |
| 4:00 | ||||
I will not be pushed
I will not be stamped, defiled I will not be crushed I am not your only child I am not a freak Object of your own desire I am not ashamed I am not your alibi I stand alone, now I can see You won't bring me down For all this pain and misery I'm not broken Crushed Crushed I am not a pawn This is not a game of chess I am not a pin stuck into your shiny vest I am not a slave I will do what I do best Walking out on you Take my life, leave the rest I stand alone, now I can see You won't bring me down For all this pain and misery I'm not broken All the hatred, can't you see You won't bring me down All the lies have set me free I'm not broken I stand alone, now I can see You won't bring me down For all this pain and misery I'm not broken All the hatred, can't you see You won't bring me down All the lies have set me free I'm not broken I'm not broken |
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2. |
| 4:26 | ||||
Tattooed boys with expensive toys.
Living in a bubble of sin. Money can buy you most of anything. Fix your nose or the mess your in. Front page news you can share your views. With a population that wants to be like you. Out on the strip. Out on the tiles. Same old greed behind the PR smiles. You and all your entourage. To me you're all the same. You and all your entourage. Playing foolish games. CHORUS: I don't want your big city shining. I don't want your silver lining. I don't wanna be a tattooed millionaire. He's got a wife, she ain't no brain child. Ex mud queen of Miami. In his stretch Cadillac, he keeps her in the back. With his CD player and his bottle of Jack. LA dude. LA attitude. Laid back, selfish and getting fat. Body guards, Porn Stars, Gold credit cards. Using each other. Running for cover. REPEAT CHORUS |
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3. |
| 4:07 | ||||
There's a sinister game that children play, hey hey hey hey
When they get to the end of each schoolday, hey hey hey hey They spend their lives getting ready for the kill ' ha! Laughing in the hiding bush, the joker is back Laughing in the hiding bush, the joker is back Who remembers the names of fallen heroes, hey hey hey hey Who remembers today to fly their flags, hey hey hey hey I couldn't say I loved ya, like I did before ' nah! Laughing in the hiding bush, the joker is back Laughing in the hiding bush, it's a laughing attack The joker is back He's one of the pack The joker is back Laughing in the hiding in the kick him in the bush, yeah! Laughing in the hiding bush, the joker is back Laughing in the hiding bush, the joker is back Laughing in the hiding bush, he's one of the pack Laughing in the hiding bush, the joker is back |
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4. |
| 6:19 | ||||
For too long now, there were secrets in my mind
For too long now, there were things I should have said In the darkness...i was stumbling for the door To find a reason - to find the time, the place, the hour Waiting for the winter sun, and the cold light of day The misty ghosts of childhood fears The pressure is building, and I cant stay away I throw myself into the sea Release the wave, let it wash over me To face the fear I once believed The tears of the dragon, for you and for me Where I was, I had wings that couldnt fly Where I was, I had tears I couldnt cry My emotions frozen in an icy lake I couldnt feel them until the ice began to break I have no power over this, you know Im afraid The walls I built are crumbling The water is moving, Im slipping away... I throw myself into the sea Release the wave, let it wash over me To face the fear I once believed The tears of the dragon, for you and for me Slowly I awake, slowly I rise The walls I built are crumbling The water is moving, Im slipping away... I throw (I throw) Myself (myself) Into the sea Release the wave, let it wash over me To face (to face) The fear (the fear) I once believed The tears of the dragon, for you and for me I throw (I throw) Myself (myself) Into the sea Release the wave, let it wash over me To face (to face) The fear (the fear) I once believed The tears of the dragon, for you and for me |
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5. |
| 4:43 | ||||
There are twelve commandments
There are twelve divisions Twelve are the pagans who have mapped the sky In the outer circle To the inner sanctum From the octave at the end of time The fountain, the trinity The pilgrim is searching for blood (searching for his blood) To look for his own free will The stone of infinity, washed in the flood Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided, and the hanged man smiles Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided, let the fool decide In the atom circle Where we break the stars Hammer into anvil, stuffing out the sun Witness all the killing See the birth of Mars Our religion thrown into the fire The fountain, the trinity The pilgrim is searching for blood (searching for his blood) To look for his own free will The stone of infinity, washed in the flood Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided, the hanged man smiles Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided, the magician laughs Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided, and the priestess kneels (priestess kneels) Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided, let the fool decide Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided, and the hanged man smiles Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided, let the fool decide Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided, the priestess kneels to receive Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided, the magician laughs |
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6. |
| 3:37 | ||||
On and on
Born in a mining town in '58 When black and white T.V. was up to date And men were still around Who fought for freedom, stood their ground and died That I could be alive and see The damage that we've managed since In this sceptred Isle Is nothing sacred, just the one square mile Justice and liberty You can buy, but you don't get free In a world of steel and glass We bury our past On and on, we slept till dawn When we awoke, we hardly spoke My grandfather taught me how to fight Old fashioned stuff like wrong and right But all around I see his morals Buried in a mess of money troubles Born in a mining town in '58 When black and white T.V. was up to date And men were still around Who fought for freedom, stood their ground and died Justice and liberty You can buy, but you don't get free In a world of steel and glass We bury our past On and on, we slept till dawn On and on and on Justice and liberty You can buy, but you don't get free In a world of steel and glass We bury our past Justice and liberty You can buy, but you don't get free In a world of steel and glass We bury our past On and on, we slept till dawn When we awoke, it was... all the same |
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7. |
| 4:28 | ||||
Journey back to the dark side, back into the womb
Back to where the spirits move like vapor from the tomb The center of the cyclone, blowing out the sun Break the shackles of your union to the light I might've had a brother As I was born, they dragged him under To the other side of twilight He's waiting for me now Nativity was lost on me I didn't ask, I couldn't see What created me? What and where and how? Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you Welcome home - we've opened up the gates Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters Welcome home - to an accident of birth Feel our bodies breathing as you try to stop believing There's nothing you can do about your shadows You can fight us, you are like us And your body will betray you Lay down and die like all the others Where are the angels and their wings of freedom? Jesus had his day off when they pulled you through... Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you Welcome home - we've opened up the gates Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters Welcome home - to an accident of birth ...to an accident of birth Vision's growing dim as the daylight fades away A spinning, twisting black hole - it's your dying day Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you Welcome home - we've opened up the gates Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters Welcome home - to an accident of birth Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you Welcome home - we've opened up the gates Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters Welcome home - to an accident of birth |
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8. |
| 4:17 | ||||
Sound of merlins fired up and their spoiling for the fight
1000 bombers ready, it's the target for tonight Deeper into Germany but we all know the score I know that I'm not coming back like those that did before Now the flare gun fires and we get the go Say goodbye to the earth below Tonight on silver wings I am soaring through the mountains of the moon On silver wings Flying where no angels fly I have brought these engins to the very jaws of hell Metal hearts are beating through this hail of shot and shell Terror from the skies where the angels fear to tread Nothing in my eyes, I am the living dead Now the searchlight blinding us with its light Can't shake this one off tonight Tonight on silver wings I am soaring through the mountains of the moon On silver wings Flying where no angels fly The sky is bleeding gasoline and fuel is running low Tanks are blown to pieces Soon the wing is gonna go All the crew have bailed out over Essen long ago But every night since 45 this bomber boy has stayed alive I can't believe she's still in the sky Me and my merlins fly Tonight on silver wings I am soaring through the mountains of the moon On silver wings Flying where no angels fly On silver wings I am soaring through the mountains of the moon On silver wings I can touch the place of God' |
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9. |
| 6:50 | ||||
The second hellrider came
From flaming seas and molten sands Half his play in Hell's commands Hauled out his poison With his promises of promised lands Glad, good times of lying leaders Here come the riders As the wheel of time's running out of time Here come the riders As the wheel of time's running out of time The third hellrider came Teaching brothers to kill brother man And the fourth hellrider waits On an acid trail for an acid world Walls of old religions' fools and superstitious men Throws some scary Tarot cards and... Here come the riders As the wheel of time's running out of time Here come the riders As the weird illusion's stepping out to light The Darkside of Aquarius Has robbed us of our souls and minds Here come the riders As the wheel of time's running out of time From the star-lit sky on a silver sea A lonely silver surfer comes to push the wheel for me A lonely silver surfer comes to push the wheel for me Gotta move, gotta move Gotta move that wheel right 'round Gotta move, gotta move Gotta move that wheel right 'round Gotta move, gotta move Gotta move that wheel around Gotta push the wheel of time around Push the wheel of time around Push the wheel of time around Push the wheel right 'round, right now, yeah I've gotta move the wheel of time, I've Gotta move the wheel of time, I've Gotta move the wheel of time, oh Move that wheel right around |
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10. |
| 4:05 | ||||
How happy is the human soul
Not enslaved by dull control Left to dream and roam and play Shed the guilt of former days Walking on the foggy shore Watch the waves come rolling home Through the veil of pale moonlight My shadow stretches out its hand... CHORUS: (x2) And so we lay We lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day Floating in the endless blue My seed of doubt I leave to you Let it wither on the ground Treat it like a plague you found All my dreams that were outside In living colour, now alive And all the lighthouses Their beams converge to guide me home... CHORUS: (x2) SOLO CHORUS: (x2) |
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11. |
| 4:17 | ||||
A silent river flowing black
Strange attractors no turning back Present danger I recall That pins my senses to the wall Back from the edge, where the darkness has fled And I'm swimming in light and I'm falling Falling from the edge, back from the edge I fell from grace and that's a fact I still have urges, I fight back Cold decisions wear me thin Kill yourself, begin again Back from the edge, where you're not worth a damn Throw yourself into light and the rush as you spin from the edge Back from the edge, back from the edge, back from the edge Now and then I wonder where the faces from my childhood have gone Like father, like son, in your bones it lives on glowing shadows Back from the edge Back from the edge Back from the edge Back from the edge |
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12. |
| 3:59 | ||||
Slowly bleeding, watch the vortex feeding
Like a swirling vulture on your face Every hour the unseen rays devour Your screaming eyes cry out, but they are blind Father forgive me my sins, give me the nails, I'll hammer them in The road to hell is full of good intentions Say farewell, we may never meet again The road to hell is full of good intentions Down the lefthand highway with no sinister regrets Brave new world of secret fantasy That hovers just beyond your bloody grasp Close enough to thrill, the danger of the kill Price for failure of your will Father forgive us our sins, 'cause we are the junkies Who never can win The road to hell is full of good intentions Say farewell, we may never meet again The road to hell is full of good intentions Down the lefthand highway with no sinister regrets Father forgive me my sins, give me the nails, I'll hammer them in The road to hell is full of good intentions Parody of hope is the one that I must kill We all have to live with our family inventions Down the lefthand highway with no sinister regrets The road to hell is full of good intentions Say farewell, we may never meet again The road to hell is full of good intentions Down the lefthand highway with no sinister regrets |
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13. |
| 8:28 | ||||
The mark is on you now
The furnace sealed inside your head Melting from the inside now Waxy tears run down your face The whore that never told her tale Relives it every night with you Far off stands the lamb and waits For the wolf to come and end its life Stand inside the temple as the book of thel is opening The priestess stands before you Offering her hand out rising Come the dawning of the dead Infamine and in war Now the harlot womb of death Spits out its rotten core Serpent on the altar now Has wrapped itself around your spine So you look into its mouth And you kiss the pearly fangs divine Happy that your end is swift The weeping virgin cries in bliss The snake and priestess they are one The veil of flesh is ripped undone Standing inside the temple as the book of thel is opening The priestess stands before you Offering her hand out shes rising comes the dawning of the dead in famine and in war Now the harlot womb of death Spits out its srotten core By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes And when sleep takes you tonight Will you wake to see the light? The burning sweat of poison tears The river flowing with red blood The cradle robbing hand of death Caresses every dreaming head Waiting for the marriage hearse To take you to the funeral pyre So you burn the family tree The generations burnig higher Stand inside the temple as the book of thel is opening the priestess ands before you Offering her hand out, rising Come the dawning of the dead Infamine and in war Now harlot womb of death Spits out its rotten core by the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes and when sleep takes you tonight Will you wake to see the light? By the dawning of the dead By the dawning of the dead |
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Disc 2 | ||||||
1. |
| 5:01 | ||||
2. |
| 2:01 | ||||
Cold sunlight falling on me
Cold sunlight falling on me I am a lonely man Sorrow is my friend Fall asleep as the dawn comes up A ray of hope again Hold the crystal vision for a second Let it pass Hold the crystal vision for a moment Make it last Summer so quickly gone Darkness be my friend Nothing lasts forever But the certainty of change I am a lonely man Sorrow is my friend Nothing lasts forever But the certainty of change Nothing last forever But the certainty of change |
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3. |
| 4:41 | ||||
When the dying western sun dips low
And the raincloud rises in the east Between the lines of truth and the words of faith Lie the fiery duties of the priest Stir the blood of ancient things Drawing down the moon From the hill of Tarna see the Beltane fires And the silent Celtic kings await From the midnight hour to the light of dawn Feel the mountain tremble and your heart will shake Stir the memories of the stones We are drawing down the moon In the circle of the old ways Of the wicker man Wicker man, wicker man From the beacon hill cast your fire on this land Wicker man, wicker man From the beacon hill throw your ashes on our hands Let the pendulum go Let it sway away Let the chimes ring out On this solstice day When the earth renews When the seed reveals When we are reborn Every waking dream When the earth renews itself When the seed reveals itself When the earth renews itself When the seed reveals itself When we are reborn In every waking dream Every tree and leaf Every frozen stream When the earth renews itself When the seed reveals itself When we are reborn In every waking dream Every tree and leaf Every frozen stream When the earth renews itself When the seed reveals itself |
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4. |
| 3:55 | ||||
How many lifetimes, how many beginnings
How many lovers, how many threats How many religions to keep us all guessing Give me a reason. Why? Hell is a reason. Why? The real world, You've got to fight to see it through The real world, It's like the cages in the zoo The real world, Is there a lifelong there to be? The real world, the real world Too many people try to sell you their cages Killing the fox till the jailer arrives If living in zoos Is your idea of outrageous Don't pick any animal, I'll be the wild one The real world, You've got to fight to see it through The real world, It's likes the cages in the zoo The real world can leave you Hanging by a thread The real world, the real world |
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5. |
| 4:23 | ||||
6. |
| 5:17 | ||||
A silent sleeping vampire, arisen from its grave
As I lie still and quiet in the dark The only sign of breathing, a flicker on my skin The only sign of life, my beating heart What does it take to open my eyes? What does it take to register surprise? What does it take to feel joy? What does it take to feel pain? Floors creak but doors are still I've read all the books about being ill I know the truth and truth knows I'm right One day you'll fear me in the night A drowning man sees daylight Coming up for air' I've been working hard for this All my life and I like it this way I know they're staking out my house That's why I'm quiet like a mouse I don't know love but I know what's right I feel my sickness every night My tv fills my world with light 24 hours of second sight I talk to God on my station He gives me secret information A drowning man sees daylight Coming up for air' I've been working hard for this All my life and I like it this way Mother, suffocate me Mother, suffocate me There's no way out of here It's tearing me apart There's no way out of here There's no way out of here Mother, suffocate me There's no way out of here There's no way out of here No-no-no way out of here |
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7. |
| 5:11 | ||||
Recording all of the above and some of the below
Love is over like it never began Flicker of life, the candle in his hand Watch the fairy tale unfold, unwind For this prize he traveled in his mind Who's guilty, who decides Who took her life, who gained the prize Love is cheap, life's a lie What kind of man would do this to his friend Hand caressed, squeezed her life away Slide into the darkness, the end of the day Swallowed with the black, cover the light To the fire, to the night Love is over like it never began Flicker of life, the candle in his hand The queen is dying, dying and loved Watch the fairy tale unfold, unwind, unravel Now with his prize he'd slide into the forest beyond You're alone, alone forever Alone forever Alone forever He's gonna be alone forever Alone forever |
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8. |
| 5:15 | ||||
Here, in a church, a small boy is kneeling
He prays to a god he does not know, he cannot feel All of his sins of childhood he will remember He will not cry, tears he will not cry Man of sorrows, I won't see your face Man of sorrows, you left without a trace His small boy wonders, what was it all about? Is your journey over - has it just begun? Vision of a new world from the ashes of the old "Do what thou wilt!", he screams from his cursed soul A tortured seer, a prophet of our emptiness Wondering why, wondering why... Man of sorrows, I won't see your face (I won't see your face) Man of sorrows, you left without a trace His small boy wonders, what was it all about? Is your journey over - has it just begun? A man of sorrows, wrecked With thoughts that dare not speak their name Trapped inside a body, made to feel only guilt and shame His anger all his life - "I hate myself!", he cried "Do what thou wilt!" "Do what thou wilt!", he cried Man of sorrows, I won't see your face (I won't see your face) Man of sorrows, you left without a trace (left without a trace) His small boy wonders, what was it all about? Is your journey over - has it just begun? Man of sorrows, I won't see your face (I won't see your face) Man of sorrows, you left without a trace (left without a trace) His small boy wonders, what was it all about? Is your journey over - has it just begun? Has it just begun? |
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9. |
| 3:33 | ||||
Before I met my baby, there was a whole lot going on
Yea, before I met my baby, there was a whole lot going on I used to wag my tail in every corner, never hesitate to give that bitch a bone Before I met my baby didn't have a clue Before I met my baby I didn't know what I should do Before I met my baby this misguided mutt made dogmeat out of you and everybody else She went to see my kennel, she said "It's like a rabbit huch" She went to see my kennel, she said "It smells too much" She wouldn't wag her tail or nothing at all until the furniture-man called He said take it away, oh yeah, go on, let's guitar One time, baby, I took her for a walk Two timing bitch, I tried to squash her under a truck Three time looser, this ain't no game Five hand shuffle driving me insane I can't get it when I want it, when I call her she don't answer to her name We settle down into a laugh of bliss or so it seemed I adjusted to the endless wine and foodmixes end her talking to me It was hell, I tell you And when I dug my bone up, she threw my bone right back at me! Some... There's some harmonica? In the ball? I finished with that bitch, he'd left her tied up to a tree She had a note around her neck saying, "Take this one, she's free" Before I met my baby my life was misery Before I met my baby my life was misery Hm... |
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10. |
| 4:04 | ||||
Say goodbye to earth's children on a sleigh ride to the moon
Blue and white in the distance, not sorry I'm leaving you Now and then the earthrise fills my eyes Now and then the darkside fills the sky Turn around the starlight warms my skin Even in the blackness there's a tune Now that I'm not with you I close my eyes and dream Remember all my days as a prisoner of gravity I left a piece of history and the future has begun Sat here with my feet hung up and nowhere is my home Now and then the earthrise fills my dreams Squeeze my fist in anger, remember what it means Turn around the starlight warms my skin Everyday in the blackness we begin...again Now and then the earthrise fills my eyes Squeeze my fist in anger, remember what it means Turn around the starlight warms my skin Everyday in the blackness we begin Welcome back to the human race so very far from home I know I should be lonely but there's too much going on I left this ball of sadness when the fighting had begun To leave behind your mayhem, your chemistry are free |
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11. |
| 3:52 | ||||
I'm in a band with an Italian drummer
and all the girls just fall in his lap I'm in a band with an Italian drummer But for a foreigner he's quite a nice chap He just cooks pasta, always faster He smokes with his father, makes good carbonara His cock's too long to fit in this song He shaves his legs and always thinks about sex His hands have blisters, don't trust him with your sisters He talks baloni and eats rigatoni His name's on his sticks, he's got smelly armpits And when he plays his drums it sounds like this I'm in a band with an Italian drummer and all the girls just fall in his lap I'm in a band with an Italian drummer But for a foreigner he's quite a nice chap He's really Italian, hung like a stallion He never takes a rest from chasing breasts and legs He hates Peter Criss but he still likes Kiss And when he plays his drums it sounds like this I'm in a band with an Italian drummer and all the girls just fall in his lap I'm in a band with an Italian drummer But for a foreigner he's quite a nice chap "The characters described in this song are fictitious and any similarity to real people living or dead is entirely coincidental and unintentional" I'm in a band with an Italian drummer and all the girls just fall in his lap I'm in a band with an Italian drummer But for a foreigner he's quite a nice chap He's really Italian, he's hung like a stallion His cock's too long to fit in this song He shaves his legs, always thinks about sex His hands have blisters, don't trust him with your sisters He talks baloni and eats rigatoni His name's on his sticks, he's got smelly armpits when he plays his drums... ...do you know someone like this? I'm in a band with an Italian drummer I'm in a band with a foreign chap (Repeat in infinity) "You know son, it's like this you see. We met him down the pub one day and eerm... he looked a bit of a geezer at the time. Ha! It was only when we gave him a fucking saxophone that he discovered he was a fucking drummer didn't he! Fucking cunt! So we got rid of his saxophone and eerm... put these drums there instead. And eerm... he was a star really. And there's nothing we can do about it really." I'm in a band, in a band, in a band... "Hey, are you fucking talking to me, aye? Minchia! Minchia! Minchia! E' come se metti del peperoncino nel culo di una porta che scoreggia nuvole di nero. E poi c'era una vacca... Io non ho capito che dice questo ragazzo inglese... Non mi ricordo. Ehi Vito, ma che cazzo dice, eh ?! E te l'ho detto, io non capisco una minchia questo ragazzo straniero. ...fucking talking to you, aye!!! Ah, think so! Andate a 'fanculo !!!" |
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12. |
| 6:44 | ||||
And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England's mountains green Was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen And did the countenance divine Shine forth on our clouded hill Was Jerusalem built here On England's green and pleasant land Let it rain, let it rain, wash the scales from my eyes Let it rain, let it rain, let me see again Bring me my bow of burning gold Bring me my arrows of desire I shall not sleep to the clouds unfold Bring me my chariot of fire Let it rain, let it rain, tears of blood fall out of the sky Let it rain, let it rain, wash me clean again From the frozen waters, the king will rise again With two suns in the sky I shall not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land Let it rain, let it rain, tears of blood fall out of the sky Let it rain, let it rain, wash me clean again See the gleaming spires of the citadel The king and queen will dwell, in our hearts Can Jerusalem, be rebuilded here In this trivial time, in this land of fear In Jerusalem, where the grail remains Walk into the light and dissolve the chains Jerusalem |
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13. |
| 13:46 | ||||
This is basically an explanation of all the songs featured on The Best Of Bruce Dickinson bonus CD. He gives brief words about the songs.
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14. |
| 3:44 | ||||
Waiting for the midnight hour
Waiting for the midnight hour Waiting for the midnight hour Waiting for the midnight hour Waiting for the midnight hour Waiting for the midnight hour My name is Dracula, Come here, I've something for you Dracula, I need a little life Dracula, And you are gonna be my wife Walking through the town when the streets are bare in the night Shadows everywhere, are you sure it's a trick of the light? Fear is at your heal but you kick it away, you're so sure theres nothing behind you That's a mistake you can make just one time I bet you thought that I was a ficticous guy from the movie screen Now its far too late for you to break this date, you missed your chance to scream My only sense of humor's in a jugular vein and your neck is on the menu tonight Soon you will know what it's like to be mine My name is Dracula, Come here, I've something for you Dracula, I need a little life Dracula, And you are gonna be my wife As long as you live, the Bride of Dracula As long as you live, the Bride of Dracula As long as you live, the Bride of Dracula As long as you live You'll be Waiting, waiting for the midnight hour Waiting, waiting for the midnight hour Waiting, waiting for the midnight hour Waiting, waiting for the midnight hour Waiting, waiting for the midnight hour Waiting, waiting for the midnight hour Waiting, waiting for the midnight hour Waiting, waiting for the midnight hour |