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IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL
(DICKINSON)

HERE IS THE SOUL OF A MAN
HERE IN THIS PLACE FOR THE TAKING
CLOTHED IN WHITE, STAND IN THE LIGHT
HERE IS THE SOUL OF A MAN

TIME TO SPEAK WITH THE SHAMAN AGAIN
CONJURE THE JESTER AGAIN
BLACK DOG IN THE RUINS IS HOWLING MY NAME
SO HERE IS THE SOUL OF A MAN

WHEN THE WORLD WAS VIRGIN
BEFORE THE COMING OF MEN
JUST A SOLAR WITNESS
THE BEGINNING4OF THE END

FROM A WORLD OF MAGMA
TO A COLD ROCK FACE
THE ASCENT OF MADNESS
AND A HUMAN RACE

WE ARE STRANGE BELIEVERS ALL OF US
THERE ARE STRANGER TRUTHS IMMORTAL LUST
WE RISE FROM SLUMBER HE CALLS OUR NAME
RECALLS OUR NUMBER ABIDE WITH PAIN

REEF IN A SAIL AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL
WAITING IN LINE FOR THE ENDING OF TIME
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL

REEF IN A SAIL AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL
WAITING IN LINE FOR THE ENDING OF TIME
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL

TO GOD'S ILLUSION WHICH I RECALL
WAS OUR DELUSION BEFORE THE FALL
THE ANGELS COME AND THE ANGELS GO
BUT THE LORD OF LIGHT SHINING BELOW

ETERNAL BLACKNESS BEYOND THE STARS
WE THINK OUR WISDOM WILL GET THAT FAR
AT THE MASTER'S TABLE THE TABLE'S BARE
NO LAND OF PLENTY, DEVASTATION, DESPAIR

REEF IN A SAIL AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL
WAITING IN LINE FOR THE-ENDING OF TIME
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL

REEF IN A SAIL AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL
WAITING IN LINE AT THE ENDING OF TIME
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL

REEF IN A SAIL AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL
WAITING IN LINE FOR THE ENDING OF TIME
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL

REEF IN A SAIL AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAtL
WAITING IN LINE AT THE ENDING OF TIME
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL

REEF IN A SAIL AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL
WAITING IN LINE Al. THE ENDING OF TIME
IF ETERNITY SHOULD PAIL

REEF IN A SAIL AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL
WAITING IN LINE AT THE ENDING OF TIME
IF ETERNITY SHOULD FAIL

GOOD DAY MY NAME 15 NECROPOLLS
I AM FORMED OF THE DEAD
I AM THE HARVESTER OF THE SOUL MEAT
AND I SUCK THE LIVES FROM AROUND MY BED
MY OWN TWO SONS I GAVE THEM BREATH
AND I FILLED THEIR LIVING CORPSES WITH MY BILE
WHAT HUMANITY b KNEW I HAVE LONG FORGOTTEN
FOR ME ETERNITY IS NOTHING
BUT A SHORT WHILE



SPEED OF LIGHT
(SMITH/DICKINSON)

ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE
A HOLLOW UNIVERSE IN SPACE
I TOOK A TRIP TO SEE THE SIGHTS
I WIIL BE BLACKER THAN THE NIGHT

ONE WAY TICKET NO RETURN
MY SHOOTING STAR SO FAST IT BURNS
ON THE EDGE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE

LET'S SHOOT THE MOON YOU AND ME
I'M NOT PARTICULAR YOU SEE
JUST A LONESOME GALAXY

SHADOWS IN THE STARS WE WILL NOT RETURN
HUMANITY WON'T SAVE US AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT

SHADOWS IN THE STARS WE WILE NOT RETURN
HUMANITY WON'T SAVE US
WE SLIP INTO THE NIGHT.

I'LL SAY A MASS FOR YOU AND WAVE
SHOOTING PLASMA FR4M MY GRAVE
EVENT HORIZON LOST IN SPACE
RUNNING IN A HUMAN RACE

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHEN
BUT SOMEHOW BACK THERE TIME AGAIN
I'M THE EDGE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE

I'M NOT PARTICULAR AT NIGMT
A SINGLE PARTICLE OF ME
YOU WON'T BE TRACKING ME BY SIGHT

SHADOWS IN THE STARS WE WILL NOT RETURN
HUMANITY WON'T SAVE US AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT

SHADOWS IN THE STARS WE WILL NOT RETURN
HUMANITY WON'T SAVE US WE SLIP INTO THE NIGHT

SHADOWS IN THE STARS WE WILL NOT RETURN
HUMANITY WON'T SAVE US AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT

SHADOWS IN THE STARS WE WILL NOT'RETURN
HUMANITY WON'T SAVE US AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT

SHADOWS IN THE STARS WE WILL NOT RETURN
HUMANITY WON T SAVE US AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT

SHADOWS IN THE STARS WE WILL NOT RETURN
HUMANITY WON T SAVE US AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT

WE SLIP INTO THE LIGHT



THE GREAT UNKNOWN
(SMITH\HARRIS)

WINTER SOFTLY FALLING TO THE GROUND
CALMLY WAITING DON'T YOU HEAR A SOUND

WHEN THE WORLD HAS FALLEN TO THE DEPTHS BELOW

WHERE THE FUTURE'S OPEN
AND THE FEAR HAS GROWN

AND THE PATH TO FOLLOW
TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN
WHERE THE DARK HAS FALLEN
AND THE SEED IS SOWN

IN THE SELFISH HEARTS OF SOME
THE NIGHTMARE'S COMING
WITH THE SPILLING BLOOD OF OTHERS
NOW WRINGING THROUGH

NOW THE CUP IS SPILLING OVER
WAKE TO NEWS OF DEATH
AND THE PROPHECY OF SAGES
DESTINY IS MET

TO THE DEPTHS OF HUMAN MIND
THE CRY IS BURNING
WITH THE MENTOR'S ANGER
OF THE LESSON RINGING TRUE

AND FOR THOSE WHO LIVE BY
AND ARE DYING BY THE SWORD
THEY WILL TAKE THEIR IDEALS WITH THEM
JUSTIFY THEIR END

WHERE THE FOOLS ARE LYING
AND THE MEEK ARE CRYING
WHERE THE WOLVES ARE PREYING
ON THE WEAK ALONE

WHERE THE SONS ARE DYING
HEAR THEIR MOTHERS CRYING
AND THE DISTANT SOUND OF FIRE
BEGINS AGAIN

NEVER ENDING THE DESIRES OF MEN
IT'LL NEVER BE THE SAME OR CALM AGAIN
IN A TIME OF CHANGING HEARTS
AND GREAT UNKNOWN
IT'LL BE THE DAMNATION AND END OF US ALL

WHERE THE FOOLS ARE LYING
AND THE MEEK ARE CRYING
WHERE THE WOLVES ARE PREYING
ON THE WEAK ALONE

WHERE THE SONS ARE DYING
HEAR THEIR MOTHERS CRYING
AND THE DISTANT SOUND OF FIRE BEGINS AGAIN

NEVER ENDING THE DESIRES OF MEN
IT'LL NEVER BE THE SAME OR CALM AGAIN
IN A TIME OF CHANGING HEARTS
AND GREAT UNKNOWN
IT'LL BE THE DAMNATION AND END OF US ALL

WHEN THE WORLD HAS FALLEN
AND WE STAND ALONE...



THE RED AND THE BLACK
(HARRIS)

THE MORALS OF LIFE AND THE PERILS Of DEATH
TAKE THE WRONG WAY OUT RUNNING OUT OF BREATH
MEET MY MATCH IN THE AFTERLIFE
SUPPRESS THE DEMONS THAT PLAGUE THE NIGHT

A TORTURED MIND IS A SAFE PLACE TO GO
BUT THE TRUTH LURKS DOWN IN THE DARK BELOW
STEP INSIDE MY INQUISITIVE MIND
ARE YOU SCARED AT WHAT YOU JUST MIGHT FIND

SEE MYSELF IN THE HALL OF MIRRORS
A DIFFERENT SHAPE EVERY STEP I TAKE
A DIFFERENT MIND EVERY STEP OF THE LINE
BUT IN THE END THEY ARE ALL MINE

LAUGHING SORROW INSIDE YOUR HEAD
CAN'T GET OUT JUST A FEELING OF DREAD
I KNOW THIS BURDEN IS AHEAVY LOAD
A DARK MISTAKE NEVER ENDING ROAD

THE BLACK JACK KING AND THE RED QUEEN CLASH
THE ARTFUL DODGER HE COUNTS HIS STASH
THE JOKER'S WILD LIKE AN IMPISH CHILD
WHILE MADAME FORTUNE SHE WAITS INSIDE

THE GOOD LUCK CHARM IS OVERKILL
THE TIRED OLD SOLDIER SAYS FIRE AT WILL
PLANES OVERHEAD GO SEARCH DESTROY
THE ONES BELOW HUMAN DECOY

I NEED SOMEBODY TO SAVE ME

MEANWHILE WE PLAY THE WAITING GAME
THE CLOCK IS STRUCK THE HORSE IS LAME
AND WHEN WE THINK THAT THIS IS DONE
CHANCE YOUR LUCK A FOUR LEAFED ONE

YOU HEDGE YOUR BETS THE BATTLE LOSI
TO WAIT IN VAIN AND COUNT THE COST
THE THIN EDGED LINE -
BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD
AND CAST THE LUCK BE HAPPY SAD

I NEED SOMEBODY TO SAVE ME

THE RED AND THE BLACK
PEOPLE DON'T WANT THE TRUTH
LOOKtIN THEIR EYES
AND YOU SEND THEM AWAY

THE RED AND THE BLACK
FATE AND HYPOCRISY
BURDEN'S A HEAVY LOAD
THERE IS NO DOUBT

THE RED AND THEBLACK
ALL OUT OF LUCK AGAIN
HOW MANY CHANCES CAN ANYONE HAVE
THE RED AND THE BLACK

TREACHERY OUT TO WIN
THERE IN THE WRONG PLACE
AND AT THE WRONG TIME
I NEED SOMEBODY TO SAVE ME



WHEN THE RIVER RUNS DEEP
(SMITH\HARRIS)

LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT 15 HARD TO FIND
SEARCHING SOMEWHERE DEEP INSIDE YOUR MIND
HOPE YOU FIND JUST WHAT COO'RE LOOKING FOR
HEAVEN'S WAITING WITH AN OPEN DOOR

IF YOU SHOULD SELL YOUR SOUL AS CHEAPLY AS I DID THEN
THE ROAD TO RUIN IS A LONG ROAD TO HIDE IN
'WE SIGNED OUR LIVES AWAY TO HAVE AN ESCAPE
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE WHATEVER OUR FATE

THERE'S NO USE IN HIDING
GOT TO KEEP ON TRYING
CAN'T TAKE NO MORE LYING
THIS IS THE LAST

THERE'S NO TIME FOR CRYING
WHEN SOME OF US ARE DYING
NONE OF US DECIDE WHAT IS OUR FATE
NOW WITH NOTHING TO HIDE GOING NOWHERE
TAKE MY CHANCES AND STAND B THEIR SIDES
WHEN THE RIVER RUNS DEEP
AND THE LINE BREAKS
AND THE BLOOD IT FLOWS
FREE FROM OUR LIVES

IS.THIS THE LAST TOGETHER MAYBE THIS TIME NOW
WE STAND TOGETHER AND WE'RE HOLDING THE LINE HERE
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO JUST SIT HERE AND WAIT
THE DIE IS CAST THAT IS DECIDING OUR FATE

THERE'S NO USE IN HIDING
GOT TO KEEP ON TRYING
CAN'T TAKE NO MORE LYING
THIS IS THE LAST

THERE'S NO TIME FOR CRYING
WHEN SOME OF US ARE DYING
NONE OF US DECIDE
WHAT IS OUR FATE

NOW WITH NOTHING TO HIDE GOING NOWHERE
TAKE MY CHANCES AND STAND BY THEIR SIDES
WHEN THE RIVER RUNS DEEP
AND THE LINE BREAKS
AND THE BLOOD IT FLOWS
FREE FROM OUR LIVES

NOW WITH NOTHING TO HIDE GOING NOWHERE
TAKE MY CHANCES AND STAND BY THEIR SIDES
WHEN THE RIVER RUNS DEEP
AND THE LINE BREAKS
AND THE BLOOD IT FLOWS
FREE FROM OUR LIVES

NOW WITH NOTHING TO HIDE GOING NOWHERE
TAKE MY CHANCES AND STAND BY THEIR SIDES
WHEN THE RIVER RUNS DEEP
AND THE LINE BREAKS
AND THE BLOOD IT FLOWS
FREE FROM OUR LIVES

NOW WITH NOTHING TO HIDE GOING NOWHERE
TAKE MY CHANCES AND STAND BY THEIR SIDES
WHEN THE RIVER RUNS DEEP
AND THE LINE BREAKS
AND THE BLOOD IT FLOWS
FREE FROM OUR LIVES



THE BOOK OF SOULS
(GERS/HARRIS)

SACRIFICES BURIED WITH KINGS
ACCOMPANY THEM ON A JOURNEY WITH NO END
TO AN AFTERLIFE THAT'S RICH WITH FRUIT OF ALL THE GODS
AND TO FACE THE DEMONS
OF THEIR UNDERWORLD HAUNTS

THE SENTIENT IS SENT TO SEEK OUT ALL THE TRUTH
A FLIGHT TO EARTH THAT 15 A GIVEN FROM HIS BIRTH .
TO RISE FROM ASHES OF THE DEAD
OUT OF THE FIRE IS SENT TO FULFIL MAN'S DESIRE

BY POWER DAY AND NIGHT AND DEATH HE RULED THEM
THE SKY AND EARTH AND THE FIRES TOO
TWO HEADED REPTILE SYMBOL OF HIS REIGN.
UNIVERSES OF THE UNDERWORLD

A LIFE THAT'S FULL OF ALL THE WEALTH AND RICHES
CAA NEVER LAST FOR AN ETERNITY
AFTER LIVING IN A GOLDEN PARADISE_
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

PROPHECY OF SKY GODS, THE SUN AND M_DO-N
PASSING OF OLD WAYS WILL COME TRUE SOON

FALLING OF AGES
FOREST OF KINGS
THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH
THE BOOK OF SOULS

THE RULERS OF PLANETS AND STARS
POWER OF THE KINGS OF TRADERS AND THE WARS
PLANETARY CYCLES AND THE PHASES OF THE MOON
IN THE DOCUMENT A KINGDOM THEY. WILL LEARN

THEY WERE PRAYING TO THi. GODS OF NATURE
AND WERE LIVING IN THE CITIES OF STONE
TOWERS REACHING UPWARD TO THE HEAVENS
SACRED WONDERS FOR THE WORLD UNKNOWN

MAKE THEIR LIVES BE A MYSTERY NO MORE
RECORDS KEPT AND THE PASSING OF LAWS
SACRED GODS TO THE BOOK OF LIES
WHEN A CIVILIZATION DIES

PROPHECY OF SKY GODS
THE SUN AND MOON
PASSING OF OLD WAYS
WILL COME TRUE SOON

FALLING OF AGES
FOREST OF KINGS
THE LOST BOOK OF SOULS
DESTRUCTION BEGINS

ASCENDING THE THRONE WEARING FEATHERS AND SHELLS
HE BROUGHT BACK THEIR LIVES FROM THE VOID
ALIEN INVASION BRINGS NOTHING BUT DEATH
MASS EXODUS AND PLANT LIFE DESTROYED

DOMAIN OF THE EARTH
TO THE JOURNEY OF TRUTH
THE UNDERWORLD CAVES MAYAN SLAVES

DEFEAT OF THE DARK LORDS
THE ULTIMATE PROOF
IN THE PLACE *HERE THE ANCESTORS RULE

THE BOOK OF SOULS



DEATH OR GLORY
(SMITH/DICKINSON)

I SEE THE ENEMY,I KNOW HE CAN'T SEE
COMBAT RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW
READY NOW FOR MORE SCORE

TOOK A BULLET IN MY BRAIN
INSIDE I'M THE KING OF PAIN
OUTSIDE YOU WILL PEAR MY NAME
I RIDE A BLOOD RED TRIPLANE

TURN LIKE THE DEVIL, SHOOT STRAIGHT FROM THE SUN
CLIMB LIKE A MONKEY OUT OF HELL WHERE I BELONG

DEATH OR GLORY, IT'S ALL THE SAM
DEATH OR GLORY, THE PRICE OF FAME

DEATH-DR GLORY, I'M IN THE GAME OF
DEATH OR GLORY, A ONE WAY TRAIN

I WATCH YOU SPIRAL DOWN
DEAD BEFORE YOU HIT THE GROUND
BULLET GOT YOU IN THE BACK
DEFLECTION SHOOTING BEAM ATTACK

I SHOOT THE GUNNER FIRST
I KILL TO QUENCH MY THIRST
I HUNT THE WEAKEST PREY
LIVE TO FLY ANOTHER DAY

TURN LIKE THE DEVIL
SHOOT STRAIGHT FROM THE SUN
CLIMB LIKE A MONKEY
OUT OF HELL WHERE I BELONG
DEATH OR GLORY, IT'S ALL THE SAM
DEATH OR GLORY, THE PRICE OF FAME

DEATH OR GLORY, I'M IN THE GAME OF
DEATH OR GLORY, A ONE WAY TRAIN

TURN LIKE THE DEVIL, SHOOT STRAIGHT FROM THE
CLIMB LIKE A MONKEY OUT OF HELL WHERE I BELOG

DEATH OR GLORY, IT'S ALL THE SAME
DEATH OR GLORY, THE PRICE OF FAME

DEATH OR GLORY, I'M IN THE GAME OF
DEATH OR GLORY, A ONE WAY TRAIN

DEATH OR GLORY, IT'S ALL THE SAME
DEATH OR GLORY, THE PRICE OF FAME

DEATH OR GLORY, I'M IN THE GAME OF
DEATH OR GLORY, A ONE WAY TRAIN



SHADOWS OF THE VALLEY
(GERS/HARRIS)

WANDERING AIMLESSLY IN A COLD DARK MIST I FOLLOW
WALKING IN A DARK WORLD THAT'S BEEN
KISSED WITH SADNESS
WITHOUT SUNLIGHT THINGS ARE BORN
TO THE DEAD OF NIGHTMARES
SOULLESS DEMONS LAUGHING IN A SEA OF MADNESS

LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE RAVEN'S CALL
PRAYING HARD FOR OUR WORLD NOT TO END
TRY AS MIGHT TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL
WILL IT BE FOR THE PENANCE OF MEN

FOLLOW NORTH FOR THE CALL OF THE WILD
LOOK ALL OUT FOR A SMALL WAYWARD CHILD
LAY IN FEAR AS THE DARK RAVEN CROWS
LOOK FOR GUIDANCE FROM THE ONE WHO KNOWS

HE LIVED-ON THIS EARTH FOR A TIME AND A HALF
PLAYING A TUNE TO THE OLD MAN'S LAUGH
THE FEAR THAT'S INSIDE THE MEN OF THE OATH
IN THE SCRIPT OF THE BOOK THAT HE WROTE

ASK THEM THE QUESTIONS
TELL THEM NO LIES
A CRY FOR FREEDOM
PRAYING THAT THEY WOULDN'T DIE

MIND,QVER MATTER, CRY OVER SINS
THEIR LIVES ARE OVER NOW
ENDED BEFORE THEY BEGIN

AS THE RAVEN AGAIN PASSES BY
I CAN HEAR ALL THE WAKE FATHERS CRY
THAT THE FIRST BORN OF ALL MEN WILL DIE
THAT THEIR LIVES WILL BE TAKEN FROM THEM

FACE THE DANGER A BATTLE OF WILLS
STRENGTH AND COURAGE A CURE FOR ALL ILLS
WE BELIEVE IN THAT THOU SHALL NOT KILL
BUT OTHERS ARE READY TO SPILL

THE HEARTS OF ALL MEN SINCE BEGINNING OF TIME
LIVING WITH TEMPTATION WANTING AND CRIME
A WALK IN THE SHADOW OF THE VALLEY OF DEATH
KNOWING I'LL TAKE MY LAST BREATH

ASK THEM THE QUESTIONS, TELL THEM NO LIES
CRY FOR FREEDOM, PRAYING THAT"THEY WOULDN'T DIE

MIND OVER MATTER, CRY OVER SINS
THEIR LIVES ARE OVER NOW
ENDED BEFORE THEY BEGIN

THE HEARTS OF ALL MEN SINCE BEGINNING OF TIME
LIVING WITH TEMPTATION WANTING AND CRIME
A WALK IN THE SHADOW OF THE VALLEY OF DEATH
KNOW)IG I'LL TAKE MY LAST BREATH

ASK THEM THE QUESTIONS, TELL THEM NO LIES
A CRY FOR FREEDOM, PRAYING THAT THEY WOULDN'T DIE

MIND OVER MATTER, CRY OVER SINS
THEIR LIVES ARE OVER NOW
ENDED BEFORE THEY BEGIN

INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH FEAR NO EVIL
WE WILL GO FORWARD NO MATTER THE COST
INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH FOLLOW ME NOW
BRING ME YOUR SOULS AND I'LL MAKE IT Or LAST

ASK THEM THE QUESTIONS, TELL THEM NO LIES
A CRY FOR FREEDOM, PRAYING THAT THEY WOULDN'T DIE

MIND OVER MATTER
CRY OVER SINS
THEIR LIVES ARE OVER NOW
ENDED BEFORE THEY BEGIN



TEARS OF A CLOWN
(SMITH/HARRIS)

ALL ALONE IN A CROWDED ROOM
HE TRIES TO FORCE A SMILE
THE SMILE IT BEAMED OR SO IT SEEMED

BUT NEVER REACHED THE EYES, DISGUISE
MASQUERADING AS THE FUNNY MAN DO THEY DESPISE

THE FALSE SMILE MAKETH OF THE MAN
GLASS EMPTY OR HALF FULL
TRY TO MAKE SOME SENSE OR SORROWS DROWN

ALL LOOKS YELL ON THE OUTSIDE
UNDERNEATH THE SOLEMN TRUTH
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT INSIDE HAS DIED

TOMORROW COMES TOMORROW GOES
BUT THE CLOUD REMAINS THE SAME
WONDER WHY HE'S FEELING DOWN
TEARS OF A CLOWN

MAYBE IT'S ALL JUST FOR THE BEST
LAY HIS WEARY HEAD TO REST
WAS FOREVER FEELING DROWNED
TEARS OF A CLOWN

WHO MOTIVATES THE MOTIVATOR
FACADE IT HAS TO GO
HE KNOWS IT SOONER OR LATER
SMILE FOR CAMERAS ALL OK
BUT TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY
HE MUST GET THROUGH

HE HAD A LONGER WAY TO RUN
OR SO THE STORY GOES
LIFE FULL OF FUN WHERE DID IT GO

WE SAW THE SADNESS IN HIS EYES
IT CAME AS NO SURPRISE
AND NOW OF COURSE WE'LL NEVER KNOW

TOMORROW COMES TOMORROW GOES
BUT THE CLOUD REMAINS THE SAME
WONDER WHY HE'S FEELING DOWN
TEARS OF A CLOWN

MAYBE IT'S ALL JUST FOR THE BEST
LAY HIS-WEARY HEAD TO REST
WAS FOREVER FEELING DROWNED
TEARS OF A CLOWN

TOMORROW COMES TOMORROW GOES
BUT THE CLOUD REMAINS THE SAME
WONDER WHY HE'S FEELING DOWN
TEARS OF A CLOWN

MAYBE IT'S ALL JUST FOR THE BEST

LAY HIS WEARY HEAD TO REST
WAS FOREVER FEELING DOWN
TEARS OF A CLOWN

TEARS OF A CLOWN...



THE MAN OF SORROWS
(MURRAY/HARRIS)

LIKE A MAN WITHOUT A HOME
WATCHING PEOPLE COME AND GOCARRY ON THEIR DAILY LIVES
WITHOUT A THOUGHT FOR THE ONES ALONE

CAST THE DREAM ASIDE LIKE THROWING
A PEBBLE INTO THE OCEAN TIDE
AND I'M FEELING SO ALOE AGAIN

FREE THE ANGRY FROM THEIR PAIN
FREE THE CAPTIVES FROM THE CHAINS
CAST ASIDE THE DOUBT THATNOTHING GOOD CAN COME THEIR WAY AGAIN

LOOKING THROUGH A MIST OF TRUTH
THAT WE BELIEVE AN ELUSIVE CLOUD
THE THINGS WE FIND ARE HARD TO SAY NOW
THAT WE LIVE THROUGH DAY TO DAY.
FIND IT HARD TO FORCE THE REASONS
WHY WE FIND IT HARD TO DIE

NOW WE NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH NOW
OPEN OUR EYES THAT WE CAN SEE
SO WE LIVE AND BREATHE AGAIN
BETTER DAYS FOR YOU AND ME
CAN WE EVEN HOPE TO DELIVER THIS
WE ARE SO FAR AWAY

AS ONE TURNS AGAINST THE OTHER
WITH A BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
SITUATION LIKE NO OTHER IT'S A PICTURE OF DESPAIR

AS WE LOOK TO SEE THE MAN OF SORROWS
PASSING KNOWLEDGE TO THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW
AS WE WATCH ALL OUR FRIENDS PASSING OVER
AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE EDGES OF TIME

AND WE SEE WHAT'S AHEAD THAT AWAITS US
THAT NO LONGER DO WE FEEL AFRAID
SO WE LOOK TO SEE THE MAN OF SORROWS
AND THE LIGHT IS THE DARKNESS NO MORE

AS WE LOOK TO SEE THE MAN OF SORROWS
PASSING KNOWLEDGE TO THOSE
WHO DON'T KNOW
AS WE WATCH ALL OUR FRIENDS PASSING OVER
AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE EDGES OF TIME

AND WE SEE WHAT'S AHEAD THAT AWAITS US
THAT NO LONGER DO WE FEEL AFRAID
SO WE LOOK TO SEE THE MAN OF SORROWS
AND THE LIGHT IS THE DARKNES5 NO MORE



EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS
(DICKINSON)

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

ROYALTY AND DIGNITARIES BRANDY AND CIGARS
GREY LADY GIANT OF THE SKIES
YOU HOLD THEM IN YOUR ARMS

THE MILLIONTH CHANCE THEY LAUGHED
"WO TAKE DOWN HIS MAJESTY'S CRAFT
TO INDIA THEY SAY MAGIC CARPET FLOAT AWAY
AN OCTOBER FATEFUL DAY...

MIST IS IN THE TREES
STONE SWEATS WITH THE DEW
THE MORNING SUNRISE RED BEFORE THE BLUE

HANGING AT THE MAST
WAITING FOR COMMAND
HIS MAJESTY'S AIRSHIP
THE R101

SHE'S THE BIGGEST VESSEL BUILT BY MAN

A GIANT OF THE SKIES
FOR ALL YOU UNBELIEVERS
THE TITANIC FITS INSIDE

DRUM ROLL TIGHT HER CANVAS SKIN
SILVERED IN THE SUN
NEVER TESTED WITH THE FURY
WITH THE BEATING YET TO COME
THE FURY YET TO COME

IN THE GATHERING GLOOM
THE STORM RISING IN THE WEST
THE COXSWAIN STARED
INTO THE PLUNGING WEATHER GLASS

WE MUST GO NOW
WE MUST TAKE OUR CHANCE WITH FATE
WE MUST GO NOW
FOR A POLITIICIAN, HE CAN'T BE LATE

THE AIRSHIP CREW AWAKE FOR THIRTY
HOURS AT FULL STRETCH
BUT THE SHIP 15 IN THEIR BACKBONE
EVERY SINEW EVERY INCH

SHE NEVER FLEW AT FULL SPEED
A TRIAL NEVER DONE
HER FRAGILE OUTER COVER
HER ACHILLES WOULD BECOME
AN ACHILLES YET TO COME

SAILORS OF THE SKY
A HARDENED BREED
LOYAL TO THE KING AND AN AIRSHIP CREED

THE ENGINES DRUM
THE TELEGRAPH SOUNDS
RELEASE THE CORDS
THAT BIND US TO THE GROUND

SAID THE COXSWAIN a5IR SHE'S HEAVY"
"SHE'LL NEVER MAKE THIS FLIGHT"
SAID THE CAPTAIN "D"AMN THE CARGO"
"WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY TONIGHT"

GROUNDLINGS CHEERED IN WONDER
AS SHE BACKED‘OFF FROM THE MAST
BAPTIZING THEM HER WATER
FROM THE BALLAST FORE AND AFT
NOW SHE SLIPS INTO OUR PAST

FIGHTING THE WIND AS IT ROLLS YOU
FEELING THE DIESELS THAT PUSH YOU ALONG
WATCHING THE CHANNEL BELOW YOU
LOWER AND LOWER INTO THE NIGHT

LIGHTS ARE PASSING BELOW YOU
NORTHERN FRANCE ASLEEP IN THEIR BEDS
STORM IS RAGING AROUND YOU
A MILLION TO ONE THAT'S WHAT HE SAID

REAPER STANDING BESIDE HER
WITH HIS SCYTHE CUTS TO THE BONE
PANIC TO MAKE A DECISION
EXPERIENCED MEN ASLEEP iN THEIR GRAVES

HER COVER IS RIPPED AND SHE'S DROWNING
RAIN IS FLOODING INTO THE HULL
BLEEDING TO DEATH AND SHE'S FALLING
LIFTING GAS IS DRAINING AWAY

"WE'RE DOWN LADS" CAME THE CRY
BOW PLUNGING FROM THE SKY
THREE THOUSAND HORSES SILENT
AS THE SHIP BEGAN TO DIE

THE FLARES TO GUIDE HER PATH
IGNITED AT IIIE LAST
THE EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS
JUST ASHES IN OUR PAST
JUST ASHES AT THE LAST

HERE LIE THEIR DREAMS
AS I STAND IN THE SUN
ON THE GROUND WHERE THEY BUILT
AND THE ENGINES DID RUN

TO THE MOON AND THE STARS
NOW WHAT HAVE WE DONE
OH THE DREAMERS MAY DIE
BUT THE DREAMS LIVE ON
DREAMS LIVE ON
DREAMS LIVE OW...

NOW A SHADOW ON A HILL
THE ANGEL OF THE EAST
THE EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS
MAY REST IN PEACE

AND IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD
LAID HEAD TO THE MAST -
EIGHT AND FORTY SOUL
WHO CAME TO DIE IN FRANCE

[Deleted User 2259]

Ok to wrzucę też tutaj, edytuje nr 7, w sumie jak już wszystko będziemy wiedzieć to mogę zedytować cały post i trzymać tutaj na samej górze w drugim poście :

Jest ktoś w stanie wypisać o czym jest każdy utwór ?

Pozwolę sobie wrzucić całą listę, być może w jakimś wywiadzie gdzieś to wszystko było napisane, ale możliwe że przeoczyłem/zapomniałem, zastanawiam się czy jest jakiś utwór bazujący na bitwie historycznej, najlepiej z okresu 2 wojny światowej.Bo jak na razie na żaden ślad o tym świadczący się nie natknąłem.

1. If Eternity Should Fail - ?
2. Speed of Light - ktoś pisał swoje przypuszczenia, ale już zapomniałem więc - ?
3. The Great Unknown - ?
4. The Red and the Black - tu coś mi świta, ale nie pamiętam - ?
5. When the River Runs Deep - ?
6. The Book of Souls - Majowie, dusze i tego typu sprawy jak mniemam, dobrze myślę ?
7. Death or Glory - Trójpłatowce z I wojny światowej ?
8. Shadows of the Valley - ?
9. Tears of a Clown - To jest Tribute dla samego Robina Williamsa czy coś więcej ?
10. The Man of Sorrows - ?
11. Empire of the Clouds - Katastrofa samolotu, ale można to przecież interpretować w inny sposób.

Płyty jeszcze nie słuchałem, dzięki za odpowiedź

[PanPrezes]

Co do The Red and the Black to https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czerwone_i_czarne

[Journeyman666]

11. Empire of the Clouds - katastrofa sterowca R101 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R101

[likipiki]

A tak w ogóle, to są gdzieś już teksty spisane?

[PanPrezes]

Znalazłem tekst do IESF, jednak może być niedokładnie spisany:

Here is the soul of a man
Here in this place for the taking
Clothing in white
Stand in the line
Here is the soul of a man

Time to speak with a shame on a gain
Conjure the jester again
Black dog in the ruins is howling no name
So here is the soul of a man

When the world was virgin
Before the coming of man
Just a solar witness
The beginning of the end

From a world of magma
To a cold white face
The ascent of madness
In the human race

We are strange believers
All of us
There are stranger truths
In mortal lust

We'll rise from slumber
He calls our name
Recalls our number
How bad we came

Reefin' a sail on the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail

Reefin' a sail on the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail

Two gods illusion
Which i recall
Was our delusion
Before the fall

The angels come
And angels go
For the lord of light
Shining below

Eternal blackness
Beyond the stars
We think our wisdom
Will get that far

At the master's chamber
The table's bare
No lined up (...)
Devastation, despair

Reefin' a sail on the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail

Reefin' a sail on the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line at the ending of time
If eternity should fail

Reefin' a sail on the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail

Reefin' a sail on the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line at the ending of time
If eternity should fail

[Deleted User 804]

Dorzuciłem do pierwszego postu teksty dwóch pierwszych numerów. Jak mi się uda to dorzucę jeszcze dziś resztę.

Znalazłem tekst do IESF, jednak może być niedokładnie spisany:

No parę kwiatów tu jest Np.

Stand in the line

light

[RidingOntheWind]

Jak myślicie o czym jest tekst do The Red and the Black?

[WICKER MAN]

Jak myślicie o czym jest tekst do The Red and the Black?

Było kilka postów wyżej.

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czerwone_i_czarne

[RidingOntheWind]

Nie znam dobrze angielskiego ale przecież pojawiłoby się imię tego chłopaka, głównego bohatera Juliana. Tekst raczej wskazuje na jakąś inną inspirację. Jednak mogę się mylić. Steve Harris może w wywiadzie uchyli rąbka tajemnicy.

[RidingOntheWind]

Red and the Black nie może być o tej powieści przez fragment "PLANES OVERHEAD GO SEARCH DESTROY"
Samoloty i Francja Burbonów? raczej nie....

[Deleted User 804]

W pierwszym poście macie teksty wszystkich kawałów. Pokusi się może ktoś o tłumaczenie?

[dostoevsky]

Jak myślicie o czym jest tekst do The Red and the Black?

Było kilka postów wyżej.

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czerwone_i_czarne

Dlaczego tak się uparliście na tę powieść?

Pisałem wcześniej, że to w pewnym stopniu tematyczny kontynuator "The Angel and the Gambler", opowiada o uzależnieniu od hazardu.

[RidingOntheWind]

Steve Harris widocznie bardzo lubi ten temat.

[filip]

Death or glory - to wg mnie o asie lotniczym baronie Manfredzie von Richthofenie - I RIDE A BLOOD RED TRIPLANE - takim krwistoczerwonym trójpłatowcem Fokker latał . Czerwony baron urodził się zresztą we Wrocławiu , a właściwie Breslau . Troche historii jest . Co wy na to ?

[RidingOntheWind]

Bruce jest totalnie wkręcony w temat lotnictwa. Steve w latach 80 chyba też musiał być (Aces High, Where Eagles Dare)

[paniron]

Empire of the clouds

Tak mniej wiecej ogarnalem. Staralem sie zamiescic sens wersow raczej, niz tlumaczyc poszczegole wyrazy. Nie jest idealnie, czasem dziwnie brzmi ale wydaje mi sie ze ogolny sens jest zachowany. Sorki na brak polskich liter ale na tablecie to pisalem, poza tym nie chce mi sie edytowac

Imperium Chmur/Przestworzy
Przejechac sztorm do imperium chmur/przestworzy
Przejechac sztorm, wspieli sie na srebrrnego ducha
Przejechac sztorm do krolestwa ktore nadejdzie
Przejechac sztorm na pohybel wszystkim… w zapomnienie.

Krolewscy I dygnitarze, brandy i cygara
Szara damo – olbrzymie niebios
Trzymasz ich w ramionach

Szansa jedna na million- smiali sie
Kto powstrzyma statek Jej Krolewskiej Mosci
‘’Do Indii’’ powiedzieli, prowadz magiczny dywanie
W pazdzernikowy fatalny/pechowy dzien.

Mgla jest posrod drzew
Kamienie spowite przez rose
Poranny swit – czerwien potem blekit

Przywiazany do masztu
Czeka na rozkaz
Sterowiec Jej krolewskiej Mosci – R101

Jest najwiekszym statkiem zbudowanym przez czlowieka
Gigant przestworzy, dla wszystkich niedowiarkow:
Titanica w srodku miesci

Rolki sciskaja plocienna skore
Srebrzaca sie w sloncu
Nie sprawdzony jeszcze w szale/furii/boju
I laniu/biciu ktore nadejdzie
Furia ktora nadejdzie

W gestniejacym mroku
Sztorm nadciaga od zachodu
Sternik zapatrzony w wyblakla tafle

Musimy isc teraz
Musimy sprobowac szczescia
Musimy isc teraz
Polityk nie moze sie spoznic

Zaloga sterowca od 30-stu
Godzin na pelnych obrotach
Ale sa przesiaknieci statkiem do glebi

Nigdy nie sprawdzony w boju
Jego delikatna powloka to pieta achillesowa

An achilles yet to come – kazdy wie o co chodzi, po polsku to glupio brzmi

Zeglarze przestworzy, zahartowana rasa
Lojalna koronie i kodeksowi

Silniki zawyly, dzwieki telegrafu
Odcumujcie liny, ktore wiaza nas z ziemia
Sternik rzecze: ‘’Jest ciezka, nie polecimy’’
Kapitan na to: ‘’olac kodeks, w nocy bedziemy juz w drodze’’
Gapie wiwatuja w zdumieniu, gdy (statek) odsunal sie od masztu
Baptising with her water, from the ballast fore and aft - chodzi o cos w rodzaju ‘’wodowania’’

Teraz przechodzi do przeszlosci
Czujesz muskajacy cie wiatr
Czujesz omijajace cie promienie
Ogladasz kanal pod Toba
Nizej I nizej az zapadnie zmrok

Swiatla przesuwaja sie pod Toba
Polnocna Francja uspiona w swych lozkach
Sztorm szaleje wokolo
‘’Jeden na million’’ – tak mowili

Zniwiarz u Twego boku
Siatr przenika az do kosci
Doswiadczeni ludzi w panice
Jakby uspieni w swym grobie

Oslona rozdarta, nabiera wody
Deszcz zatapia ladownie
Wykrwawia sie I opada (sterowiec)
Unoszacy gas sie ulatnia

‘’Idziemy w dol panowie’’ padl krzyk,
Nurkuje dzioben prosto z nieba
Trzy tysiace KM milczy, gdy statek zaczyna umierac
Wreszcie flary wskazuja droge
Imperium chmur, teraz tylko zgliszcza z przeszlosci

Tu gdzie stoja w sloncu leza ich marzenia
Na ziemi gdzie budowali I silniki odpalali
Do ksiezyca I gwiazd, coz uczynilismy?
Marzyciele moga odejsc, lez marzenie zyje dalej

Teraz tylko cien na wzgorzu, aniol wschodu
Imperium chmur moze spoczac w pokoju
I na lokalnym cmentarzu, polozy glowy
1840 dusz, ktorym rzyszlo zginac we Francji…

[gumbyy]

Przejechać sztorm? Za cholerę nie pasuje w przypadku tej tematyki Raczej "szybować poprzez"

[PanPrezes]

Tam jest chyba w tekście "To ride the storm", czyli chyba chodzi o coś w stylu "ujeździć burzę"

[sajki]

I też raczej nie sztorm, a burzę. Ja bym to przetłumaczył mniej więcej jak "przebić się przez burzę".

Prezes był szybszy.