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| 2. |
| 2:01 | 
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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 |
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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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| 3:55 |
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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 |
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| 6. |
| 5:17 |
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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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| 5:11 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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| 3:52 |
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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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| 6:44 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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