16- the book of souls

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At the master's table, the table's bareNo land of plenty, devastation, despair

Reef in a sail at the edge of the worldIf eternity should failWaiting in line for the ending of timeIf eternity should fail




Reef in a sail at the edge of the world

If eternity should failWaiting in line for the ending of timeIf eternity should fail


Good day, my name is NecropolisI am formed of the deadI am the harvester of soul metalAnd I suck the lives from around my bed

My own two sons I gave them breathAnd I filled their living corpses with my bileWhat humanity I knew I have long forgottenFor me eternity is nothingBut a short while

2. Speed Of Light (Smith, Dickinson)

Another time, another placeA hollow universe in spaceI took a trip to see the sightsThat will be black over a night

One way ticket, no returnsMy shootin' stars are vastly burntOn the edge that we can't seeLet's shot the moon, you and meAnd that particular you'll seeI'm just lonesome galaxy

Shadows in the starsWe will not returnHumanity won't save us


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At the speed of lightShadows in the starsWe will not returnHumanity won't save usWe're slippin' through the night

I'll say a mass for you and waveShootin' plasma from my graveEvent horizon lost in spaceRunnin' in a human raceI don't know where I don't know whyBut somehow back in time againI'm on the edge that you can't seeAnother take your love at nightA single particle of meYou won't be trackin' me by sight

Shadows in the starsWe will not returnHumanity won't save usAt the speed of lightShadows in the starsWe will not returnHumanity won't save us

At the speed of light

We're slippin' through the night

3. The Great Unknown (Smith, Harris)

Winter softly falling to the groundCalmly waiting, don't you hear a sound?

When the world has fallen to the depths belowWhere the future's open and the fear has grown

And the path to follow to the great unknownWhere the dark has fallen and the seed is sown

In the selfish heart of someThe nightmare's comingWith the spilling blood of othersNow wringing through

Now the cup is spilling overWake to news of deathAnd the prophecy of sagesDestiny is met

To the depths of human mindThe cry is burningWith the mentor's angerOf the lesson ringing true

And for those who live by and are dying by the swordThey will take their ideals with themJustify their end

Where the fools are lying and the meek are crying


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Take my chances and stand by their sidesWhen the river runs deepAnd the line breaksAnd the blood it flowsFree from our lives

Is this the last together? maybe this time nowWe stand together and we're holding the line hereThere's nothing we can do just sit here and waitThe die is cast that is deciding our fate

There's no use in hidingGot to keep on tryingCan't take no more lyingThis is the last

There's no time for cryingWhen some of us are dyingNone of us decide what is our fate

Now with nothing to hide, going nowhereTake my chances and stand by their sidesWhen the river runs deepAnd the line breaks

And the blood it flowsFree from our lives

Now with nothing to hide, going nowhereTake my chances and stand by their sidesWhen the river runs deepAnd the line breaksAnd the blood it flowsFree from our lives

Now with nothing to hide, going nowhereTake my chances and stand by their sidesWhen the river runs deep

And the line breaksAnd the blood it flowsFree from our lives

Now with nothing to hide, going nowhereTake my chances and stand by their sidesWhen the river runs deepAnd the line breaksAnd the blood it flowsFree from our lives

6. The Book Of Souls (Gers, Harris)

Sacrifices buried with kingsAccompany them on a journey with no endTo an afterlife that's rich with fruit of all the GodsAnd to face the demonsOf their underworld haunts

The sentient is sent to seek out all the truthA flight to Earth that is a given from his birthTo rise from ashes of the dead


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Out of the fire is sent to fulfill man's desire

By power day and night and death he ruled themThe sky and earth and the fires tooTwo headed reptile symbol of his reignUniverses of the underworld

A life that's full of all the wealth and richesCan never last an eternityAfter living in a golden paradiseThe ultimate sacrifice

Prophecy of sky GodsThe sun and the moonPassing of old ways will come true soon

Falling of agesForest of kingsThe search for truth, the book of souls

The rulers of planets and starsThe power of the kings, of traders and the warsPlanetary cycles and the phases of the moonIs in the document a kingdom they will learn

They were praying to the Gods of natureAnd were living in the cities of stoneTowers reaching upward to the heavensSacred wonders for the world unknown

Make their lives be a mystery no moreRecords kept and the passing of lawsSacred Gods to the book of liesWhen a civilization dies

Prophecy of Sky godsThe sun and moon

Passing of old ways will come true soon

Falling of agesForest of kingsThe lost book of souls, destruction begins

Ascending the throne wearing feathers and shellsHe brought back their lives from the voidAlien invasion brings nothing but deathMass exodus and plant life destroyed

Domain of the earth to the journey of truthThe underworld caves Mayan slaves

Death of the dark lordsThe ultimate proofIn the place where the ancestors rule

The book of souls

7. Death Or Glory (Smith, Dickinson)


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I see the enemy, I know he can't see meCombat red in tooth and clawReady now for one more score

Took a bullet in my brainInside I'm the king of painOutside you will fear my nameI ride a blood red triplane

Turn like the devilShoot straight from the sunClimb like a monkeyOut of hell where I belong

Death or gloryIt's all the sameDeath or gloryThe price of fame

Death or glory, I'm in the game ofDeath or glory, a one way train

I watch you spiral downDead before you hit the ground

Bullet got you in the backDeflection shooting beam attack

I shoot the gunner firstI kill to quench my thirstI hunt the weakest preyLive to fly another day

Turn like the devilShoot straight from the sunClimb like a monkeyOut of hell where I belong


Death or gloryI'm in the game ofDeath or gloryA one way train

Turn like the devilShoot straight from the sunClimb like a monkey

Out of hell where I belong


Death or gloryI'm in the game ofDeath or glory


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A one way train


Death or gloryI'm in the game ofDeath or gloryA one way train

8. Shadows Of The Valley (Gers, Harris)

Wandering aimlessly in a cold dark mist I followWalking in a dark world thats beenKissed with sadnessWithout sunlight things are bornTo the dead of nightmaresSoulless demons laughing in a sea of madness

Listen closely to the ravens callPraying hard for our world not to end

Try as might to make sense of it allWill it be for the penance of menFollow north for the call of the wildLook all out for a small wayward childLay in fear as the dark raven crowsLook for guidance from the one who knowsHe lived on this earth for a time and a halfPlaying a tune to the old mans laughThe fear thats inside the men of the oathIn the script of the book that he wrote

Ask them the questionsTell them no lies

A cry for freedomPraying that they wouldnt dieMind over matterCry over sinsTheir lives are over nowEnded before they begin

As the raven again passes byI can hear all the wake fathers cryThat the first born of all men will dieThat their lives will be taken from themFace the danger a battle of willsStrength and courage a cure for all ills

We believe in that thou shall not killBut others are ready to spillThe hearts of all men since beginning of timeLiving with temptationWanting and crimeA walk in the shadow of the valley of deathKnowing Ill take my last breath

Ask them the questionsTell them no lies


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A cry for freedomPraying that they wouldnt dieMind over matterCry over sinsTheir lives are over nowEnded before they begin

The hearts of all men since beginning of timeLiving with temptationWanting and crimeA walk in the shadow of the valley of deathKnowing Ill take my last breath

Ask them the questionsTell them no liesA cry for freedomPraying that they wouldnt dieMind over matterCry over sinsTheir lives are over nowEnded before they begin

Into the valley of death fear no evilWe will go forward no matter the cost

Into the valley of death follow me nowBring me your souls and Ill make it our last

Ask them the questionsTell them no liesA cry for freedomPraying that they wouldnt dieMind over matter, cry over sinsTheir lives are over nowEnded before they begin

9. Tears Of A Clown (Smith, Harris)

All alone in a crowded roomHe tries to force a smileThe smile it beamed or so it seemed

But never reached the eyes, disguiseMasquerading as the funny man do they despise

The false smile maketh of the manGlass empty or half fullTry to make some sense or sorrows drown

All looks well on the outside

Underneath the solemn truthThere's something that inside has died

Tomorrow comes, tomorrow goesBut the cloud remains the sameWonder why he's feeling downTears of a clown

Maybe it's all just for the bestLay his weary head to rest


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Was forever feeling drownedTears of a clown

Who motivates the motivator?Façade it has to goHe knows it sooner or laterSmile for the cameras, all OKBut tomorrow is another day he must get through

He had a longer way to runOr so the story goesLife full of fun where did it go

We saw the sadness in his eyesIt came as no surpriseAnd now of course we'll never know


Maybe it's all just for the bestLay his weary head to rest

Was forever feeling drownedTears of a clown


Maybe it's all just for the bestLay his weary head to restWas forever feeling downTears of a clown

Tear of a clown...

10. The Man Of Sorrows (Murray, Harris)

Like a man without a homeWatching people come and goCarry on their daily livesWithout a thought for the ones alone

Cast the dream aside like throwingA pebble into the ocean tideAnd I'm feeling so alone again

Free the angry from their painFree the captives from their chainsCast aside the doubt thatNothing good can come their way again

Living in a world of liesNo matter how or hard we tryLiving life without a dream today


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Looking through a mist of truthThat we believe an elusive cloudThe things we find are hard to say nowThat we live through day to dayFind it hard to force the reasonsWhy we find it hard to die

Now we need to know the truth nowOpen our eyes that we can seeSo we live and breathe againBetter days for you and meCan we even hope to deliver thisWe are so far away

As one turns against the otherWith a brother against brotherSituation like no other it's a picture of despair

As we look to see the man of sorrowsPassing knowledge to thoseWho don't knowAs we watch all our friends passing overAs they pass through the edges of time

And we see what's ahead that awaits usThat no longer do we feel afraidSo we look to see the man of sorrowsAnd the light is the darkness no more

11. Empire Of The Clouds (Dickinson)

To ride the storm, to an empire of the cloudsTo ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghostTo ride the storm, to a kingdom that will comeTo ride the storm, and damn the rest, oblivion

Royalty and dignitaries, brandy and cigarsRelated giant of the skies, you hold them in your armsThe millionth chance they laughed, to take down his majestys craftTo India they say, magic carpet float away, an October fateful day

Mist is in the trees, stone sweats with the dewThe morning sunrise, red before the blueHanging at the mast, waiting for commandHis majestys airship, the r101

Shes the biggest vessel built by man, a giant of the skiesFor all you unbelievers, the titanic fits insideDrum rolled tight, a canvas skin, silvered in the sun

Never tested with the fury, with a beating yet to come

The fury yet to come.

In the gathering gloom, a storm rising in the westThe coxswain stared into the plunging weather glassWe must go now, we must take our chance with fateWe must go now, for a politician he can't be late

The airship crew awake for thirty hours at full stretch,


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But the ship is in their backbone, every sinew, every inchShe never flew at full speed, a trial never doneA fragile outer cover, her Achilles would become

An Achilles yet to come...

Sailors of the sky, a hardened breedLoyal to the king, and an airship creed

The engines drum, the telegraph soundsRelease the cords that bind us to the groundSaid the coxswain,sir, shes heavy, shell never make the flight.Said the captain, damn the cargo! Well be on our way tonight.Groundsmen cheered in wonder, as she backed up from the mastBaptising with her water, from the ballast fore and aft

Now she slips into our past

Feeling the wind as it blows youFeeling the as youre passing alongWatching the channel below youLower and lower, into the night

Lights are passing below you

Northern France, asleep in their bedsStorm is raging around youA million to one, thats what they say

Reaper standing beside youWind inside cuts to the boneHaving to make a decisionExperienced men, asleep in their graves

The cover is ripped and shes drowningRain is flooding into the holdBleeding to death and shes fallingLifting gas is draining away

Were down lads! came the cry, bow plunging from the skyThree thousand horses silent as the ship began to dieThe flares to guide her path ignited at the lastThe empire of the clouds, just ashes in our pastJust ashes at the last

Here lie the dreams of as I stand in the sunOn the ground where they built, and the engines they runTo 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 on

Now a shadow on a hill, the angel of the eastThe empire of the clouds may rest in peaceAnd in a country churchyard, laid head to the mastEight and forty souls, who came to die in France

Bruce Dickinson Vocals


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Steve Harris Bass, KeyboardsDave Murray GuitarsAdrian Smith GuitarsJanick Gers GuitarsNicko McBrain Drums

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