Základní údaje

Datum vydání: 11. 5. 1992
Producent: Martin “The Juggler” Birch a Steve Harris
Inženýr: Martin Birch
Mix: Martin Birch a Steve Harris
Nahráno a zmixováno: Barnyard Studios, Essex, Anglie
Asistent inženýra: Mick “Doctor” McKenna
Zvláštní poděkování: Michael Kenney – Klávesy
Ilustrce: Melvyn Grant
Fotograf: George Chin, Phil Anstice
Balení: The Complete Works
Lokace: Phil Anstice
Manažeři: Rod Smallwood a Andy Taylor for Sanctuary Music
Iron Maiden děkují :
Rod Smallwood, Andy Taylor, Aky Najeeb, Merck Mercuriadis, Keith Wilfort, Mike Miller, Paul Oxley, Michael Conacur, Noel Shields, Sheila Poff, Derek Jones, David Hoare and all at Sanctuary
The Killer Krew: Dicky Bell, Graham Holmes, Doug Hall, Paul Devine, Michael Kenney, Steve Gadd, Kevin “Batty” Walsh, Robbie Price, Trisha Clarke, Chris Hiles, Toby Short, Alan Parker, Anzac, Mark Berryman, Chris Lang, Dee Miller, Mick Staplehurst, Nick Farrant, Robin Brigham, Tony Simpson, Tony Leighton, Mark Armstrong, Dave Mills
Howard Johnson, Tracey jay, Annick Barbaria, Ralph Simon, Clive Calder, David Gentle, Derek Riggs, Barry Drinkwater and Bravado, Vicky Kostura and the I.L.S. Homeboy, Rangi, George Chin, Tony Mottram, Ross Halfin, Phil McIntyre and Paul Roberts, Ossy Hoppe, Bill Elson and ICM, John Jackson and Fair Warning, Howard Jones, Michael Thomas, Bill Leibowitz, Jim Dunford, Ian Patton and Stafford Knight, Eva Strom, Lindsey, Angela, Rina at Platinum Travel, Diane Steel and Steady State Travel, Caroline Latif and David Larkham at the Complete Works, Maurice Jones, Tim Parsons and Stuart Galbraith at M.C.P., Mark Cordury, Bill Talbot, Mark Fairburn at Talisman, Norfolk N.C.C., Bob Chiappardi and Concrete Marketing, John Valent and Tour Design
Vic Vella, John Smith, Bridie Rumsey, Manu DaSilva, Trevor Searle, Mark Malevani, Steve Lazarus, Melbourne Sports F.C., Andy Curran, Shaun Hutson, Lorraine, Lauren, Kerry, Faye and George Harris, Emma Roe, John Burke, Paddy, Austin and Polywog, Sweetpea and Baby Nick Jr., Lois and Boleslaw Gers, Sandra, Chris, Andrea, Micky Dripping, Yvette, Ginger, Mick and Kate, Tamar and Tasha, Adrian and Nathalie Smith
Thomas, Robert, Michy, Ted Voellmy and all at Paiste, Karl Heinz Menzel, Horst and Oliver Link, John Dyke and all at Sonor, Mike Brooks, Paiste UK, David Hammond and all at Shawsticks, John Midgeley and all at Beyer Dynamic, John Winkler, Frank Micali and all at Backstage Music, Jeff “Spuds Daily” and Debbie Hammer, Mark and Debs Guterres, Martin Connolly and Sue, Jerry Ricci and all at the N.P.A., Phil Hilborne, Andy Frost
Pat “The Mad Irishman” Hegan, Dave and Carrie and all at The Spoons, Clive Sutton Jaguar, Ken Dobbs, Crate Amplifiers, Digitech, Washburn Guitars, Tom “M.G.M.” Mates, all at Korg, Jim, Mike Simon and all at Marshall Amplification, Eventide, Rob and all at Thatched Cottage, Peter Cornish, Steve Kaufman and Jackson Guitars, Larry and Steve at Di Marzio Pick Ups, Mark Wittenberg, Tom Nolan, Larry Brookes and Fender Guitars, Ernie Ball Strings, Strings and Things, Rich and Bob at Gallien Krueger, John Thompson Audio, Neve, Packhorse Cases, Seymour Duncan, EMU E.V. Speakers, Stirling Sound, Chris Joel and Motts Travel, Ronan Willson at Meteorlites, Mike Lowe and Brian Grant at Brittania Row, Panasonic (UK), M2 Video, Tom Goulding, Andy Munro, H.W. International, Trans-Am, Jason and all at Rotosound Strings, Denny Ball Music, Ian Haynes and Ed Butler at Rock-It Cargo, Machine Head Music, Alan Chesters and Hangman, Fiona and Mouse at Cat and Mouse Catering, Tony Lawrence at Eat To The Beat, Jim Dunlop, Phil and Mariko at B.M.S.

Up the Irons!

Sestava

Bruce Dickinson – zpěv
Dave Murray – kytara
Janick Gers – kytara
Steve Harris – basykata
Nicko McBrain- bicí

Seznam skladeb

1. Be Quick Or Be Dead (Dickinson, Gers)
2. From Here To Eternity (Harris)
3. Afraid To Shoot Strangers (Harris)
4. Fear Is The Key (Dickinson, Gers)
5. Childhood’s End (Harris)
6. Wasting Love (Dickinson, Gers)
7. The Fugitive (Harris)
8. Chains Of Misery (Dickinson, Murray)
9. The Apparition (Harris, Gers)
10. Judas Be My Guide (Dickinson, Murray)
11. Weekend Warrior (Harris, Gers)
12. Fear Of The Dark (Harris)

Remasterovaná verze z roku 1998 obsahuje navíc multimediální sekci s klipy:

1. Be Quick Or Be Dead
2. From Here To Eternity

Texty

Be Quick Or Be Dead [3:21] (Dickinson, Gers)

Covered in sinners and dripping with gilt
Making your money from slime and from filth
Parading your bellies in ivory towers
Investing our lives in your schemes and your powers

You got to watch them – Be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven – The thief in your head
You’ve got to watch them – Be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven – The thief in your head…
Be quick! Or be dead!
Be quick! Or be dead!

See… what’s ruling all our lives
See… who’s pulling the strings…
See… what’s ruling all our lives
See… who pulls the strings…
I bet you won’t fall on your face
Your belly will hold you in place

The serpent is crawling inside of your ear
He says you must vote for what you want to hear
Don’t matter what’s wrong as long as you’re alright
So pull yourself stupid and rub yourself blind

You got to watch them – Be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven – The thief in your head
You’ve got to watch them – Be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven – The thief in your head…
Be quick! Or be dead!
Be quick! Or be dead!

(2:28 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(2:44 – Solo: Dave Murray)

You got to watch them – Be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven – The thief in your head
You’ve got to watch them – Be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven – The thief in your head…
Be quick! Or be dead!
Be quick!

From Here To Eternity [3:35] (Harris)

She fell in love with his greasy machine
She leaned over wiped his kickstart clean
She’d never seen the beast before
But she left there wanting more more more
But when she was walking on down the road
She heard a sound that made her heart explode
He whispered to her to get on the back
“I’ll take you on a ride from here to eternity”

Hell ain’t a bad place, hell is from here to eternity
Hell ain’t a bad place, hell is from here to eternity

She must be having one of her crazy dreams
She’d never sat on a piece so mean
It made her feel like’s she’s on cloud nine
She even thought she heard the engine sigh
But like all dreams that come to an end
They took a tumble at the devil’s bend
The beast and Charlotte they were two of a kind
They’d always take the line… from here to eternity

Hell ain’t a bad place, hell is from here to eternity
Hell ain’t a bad place, hell is from here to eternity

(2:16 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(2:28 – Solo: Janick Gers)

Hell ain’t a bad place, hell is from here to eternity
Hell ain’t a bad place, hell is from here to eternity

Afraid To Shoot Strangers [6:52] (Harris)

Lying awake at night I wipe the sweat from my brow
But it’s not the fear ’cause I’d rather go now
Trying to visualise the horrors that will lay ahead
The desert sand mound a burial ground

When it comes to the time, are we partners in crime?
When it comes to the time, we’ll be ready to die

God let us go now and finish what’s to be done
Thy Kingdom come, thy shall be done… on Earth

Trying to justify to ourselves the reasons to go
Should we live and let live, forget or forgive?

But how can we let them go on this way?
The reign of terror corruption must end
And we know deep down there’s no other way
No trust, no reasoning, no more to say

(4:01 – Solo: Janick Gers)

Afraid, afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid, afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid, afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid, afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid, afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid, afraid to shoot strangers

(5:25 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid to shoot strangers

Fear Is The Key [5:30] (Dickinson, Gers)

We live our lives in fever, in a choking sweat of fear
In the heat of the night you can feel so much
In the heat of the night I scream “Don’t touch!”

I remember a time when we used and abused
We fought all our battles in vain
I remember a time we thought that passion was free
In the heat of the night… bodies aflame
We live in fever…

I hear your secret heartbeat I can hear your silent cries
The kids have lost their freedom and nobody cares ’til somebody famous dies

I remember a time when we used and abused
We fought all our battles in vain
I remember a time we thought that passion was free
In the heat of the night… bodies aflame

Now we live in a world of uncertainty
Fear is the key – to what you want to be
You don’t get a say the majority gets its way
You’re outnumbered by the bastards ’til the day you die

I hear your secret heartbeat, I can hear your silent cries
Oh, it gets to lies and lies
The kids have lost their freedom and nobody cares ’til somebody famous dies
They’re telling lies and lies and lies and lies and lies…

I remember a time when we used and abused
Ah, it was just lies
I remember a time we thought that passion was free
But it was just lies and lies and lies and lies and lies
In the night, ooh

(4:27 – Solo: Janick Gers)

We live in fever, we live in fever, we live in fever

Now we live in a world of uncertainty
Fear is the key – to what you want to be
You don’t get a say the majority gets its way
You’re outnumbered by the bastards ’til the day you die

Childhood’s End [4:37] (Harris)

I’d sail across the ocean, I’d walk a hundred miles
If I could make it to the end oh just to see a smile
You see it in their faces, the sadness in their tears
The desperation and the anger, madness and the fear

No hope, no life, just pain and fear
No food, no love, just greed is here

Starvation and the hunger, the suffering and the pain
The agonies of all-out war, when will it ever end?
The struggle for the power, a tyrant tries again
Just what the hell is going on? When will it ever end?

No hope, no life, just pain and fear
No food, no love, just greed is here

(2:46 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(3:04 – Solo: Dave Murray)

You see the full moon float, you watch the red sun rise
We take these things for granted but somewhere someone’s dying
Contaminated waters, pollution and decay
Just waiting for disease to strike oh will we learn someday?

No hope, no life, just pain and fear
No food, no love, no seed… Childhood’s end!

 

Wasting Love [5:46] (Dickinson, Gers)

Maybe one day I’ll be an honest man
Up till now I’m doing the best I can
Long roads, long days of sunrise to sunset, sunrise to sunset
Dream on brother while you can,
Dream on sister, I hope you find the one
All of our lives, covered up quickly by the tides of time

Spend your days full of emptiness, spend your years full of loneliness
Wasting love in a desperate caress, rolling shadows of nights

Dream on brother while you can,
Dream on sister, I hope you find the one
All of our lives, covered up quickly by the tides of time
Sands are flowing and the lines are in your hand
In your eyes I see the hunger and the desperate cry that tears the night

Spend your days full of emptiness, spend your years full of loneliness
Wasting love in a desperate caress, rolling shadows of nights

(4:18 – Solo: Janick Gers)

Spend your days full of emptiness, spend your years full of loneliness
Wasting love in a desperate caress, rolling shadows of nights

Spend your days full of emptiness, spend your years full of loneliness
Wasting love in a desperate caress, rolling shadows of nights

 

The Fugitive [4:52] (Harris)

On a cold October morning as frost lay on the ground
Waiting to make my move I make no sound
Waiting for the mist to cover all around
I carefully picked my time then took the wall

I’m sick and tired of running, the hunger and the pain
A stop to look about then off again
Being at the wrong place and at the wrong time
Suspected of a hit that was my crime

I am a fugitive being hunted down like game
I am a fugitive but I’ve got to clear my name
I am a fugitive being hunted down like game
I am a fugitive but I’ve got to clear my name

Always looking ’round me forever looking back
I’ll always be a target for attack
Ever moving onward, always on the run
Waiting for the sight of a loaded gun

I am a fugitive being hunted down like game
I am a fugitive but I’ve got to clear my name
I am a fugitive being hunted down like game
I am a fugitive but I’ve got to clear my name

(2:46 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(3:48 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Even if I find them and get to clear my name
I know that things can never be the same
But if I ever prove my innocence some day
I’ve got to get them all to make them pay

I am a fugitive being hunted down like game
I am a fugitive but I’ve got to clear my name
I am a fugitive being hunted down like game
I am a fugitive but I’ve got to clear my name

 

Chains Of Misery [3:33] (Dickinson, Murray)

There’s a madman in the corner of your eye
He likes to pry – into your sunlight
He wants to burst into the street with you and I
A world of shadows and of rain
He’s seen what love is… he wants to pay you back with guilt

He lies to you – he won’t let you be
He’s got your chains of misery
He won’t be still till he’s turned your key
He holds your chains of misery
Yeah yeah, he’s got your chains of misery

There’s a prophet in the gutter in the street
He says “You’re damned!” – and you believe him…
He’s got a vision but it shines out through your eyes
A world of hatred and fear…
He’s felt what love means… he wants to pay you back with pain

He lies to you – he won’t let you be
He’s got your chains of misery
He won’t be still till he’s turned your key
He holds your chains of misery
He lies to you he won’t let you be
He’s got your chains of misery
He won’t be still till he’s turned your key
He holds your chains of misery

It’s only love that holds the key to our hearts…
It’s only love…

(2:19 – Solo: Dave Murray)

He lies to you he won’t let you be
He’s got your chains of misery
He won’t be still till he’s turned your key
He holds your chains of misery
He lies to you he won’t let you be
He’s got your chains of misery
He won’t be still till he’s turned your key
He holds your chains of misery

The Apparition [3:53] (Harris, Gers)

Now I’m here can you see me? ‘Cause I’m out on my own
When the room goes cold tell me you can feel me
…’cause I’m here

Here I am can you see me? Passing through on my way
To a place I’d been to only in my dreams
…before

In a world of delusion never turn your back on a friend
‘Cause you can count your real true friends on one hand
…through life

There are those that deceive you, there are those that’ll let you down
Is there someone out there that would die for you?
…thought not

Live your life with a passion, everything you do, do well
You only get out of life what you put in
…so they say

In a world of confusion, people never say what they mean
If you want a straight answer go look for one
…right now

In a room full of strangers do you stand with your back to the wall
Do you sometimes feel like you’re on the outside
…looking in?

You can make your own luck, you create your destiny
I believe you have the power if you want to
…it’s true

(1:38 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(1:57 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(2:06 – Solo: Janick Gers)

You can do what you want to if you try a little bit harder
A little bit of faith goes a long way
…it does

Are we here for a reason? I’d like to know just what you think
It would be nice to know what happens when we die
…wouldn’t it?

There are some who are wise, there are some who are born naive
I believe that there are some that must have lived before
…don’t you?

As for me well I’m thinking you gotta keep an open mind
But I hope that my life’s not an open and shut case

Extra sensory perception, life after death, telepathy
Can the soul live on and travel through space and time?

You know I feel so elated ’cause I’m about to find it out
And when I know all the answers maybe I’ll come back
…to fill you in

You don’t be alarmed now if I try to contact you
If things go missing or get moved around
…it’s me

And don’t disbelieve it no matter what your “friends” might say
We’ll meet up again some place, some way
…one day

 

Judas Be My Guide [3:06] (Dickinson, Murray)

(0:16 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Lights out – We live in a world of darkness
No doubt – Everything’s up for sale
We sleep – All of the world is burning
We pray – To god for a better deal

Nothing is sacred – Back then or now
Everything’s wasted, is that all there is?
Can I go now?

Judas my guide, whispers in the night
Judas my guide

Fight wars – Die in a blaze of glory
Come home – Meat in a plastic sack
Fall down – Better pray to your god for mercy
So kneel – And help the blade cut clean

Nothing is sacred – Back then or now
Everyone’s wasted, is that all there is?
Is that it now?

Judas my guide, whispers in the night
Judas my guide
Judas my guide, whispers in the night
Judas my guide

I live in the black I have no guiding light
I’m whispering in your dreams…

(2:14 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Judas my guide, whispers in the night
Judas my guide
Judas my guide, whispers in the night
Judas my guide

Weekend Warrior [5:37] (Harris, Gers)

The rebel of yesterday, tomorrow’s fool
Who are you kidding being that cool?
Trying to break away from running with the pack
But they ain’t listening so you’ve gotta go back
You’re a weekend warrior when you’re one of the crowd
But it’s over, just look at you now…

You’re not so brave the way you behave
It makes you sick, gotta get out quick
It’s all bravado when you’re out with your mates
It’s like a different person goes through those gates
And the game begins, the adrenaline’s high
Feel the tension maybe someone will die…

A weekend warrior lately, a weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you ain’t that way anymore
A weekend warrior lately, a weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you ain’t that way anymore

You’ve gotta get out gotta get away
But you’re in with a clique it’s not easy to stray
You’ve gotta admit you’re just living a lie
It didn’t take long to work out why
It’s hard to say why you got involved
Just wanting to be part, just wanting to belong…

A weekend warrior lately, a weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you ain’t that way anymore
A weekend warrior lately, a weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you ain’t that way anymore

(2:59 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:54 – Solo: Janick Gers)

Some of the things you’ve done, you feel so ashamed, after all it’s only a game… isn’t it?
And after all the adrenaline’s gone what you gonna do on Monday….

A weekend warrior lately, a weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you ain’t that way anymore
A weekend warrior lately, a weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you were never like that at all

Fear Of The Dark [7:16] (Harris)

I am a man who walks alone
And when I’m walking a dark road
At night or strolling through the park
When the light begins to change
I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when it’s dark

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that something’s always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone’s always there

Have you run your fingers down the wall
And have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you’re searching for the light?
Sometimes when you’re scared to take a look
At the corner of the room
You’ve sensed that something’s watching you

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that something’s always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone’s always there

Have you ever been alone at night
Thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no-one’s there?
And as you quicken up your pace
You find it hard to look again
Because you’re sure there’s someone there

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that something’s always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone’s always there

(4:09 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(4:26 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark

Watching horror films the night before
Debating witches and folklore
The unknown troubles on your mind
Maybe your mind is playing tricks
You sense and suddenly eyes fix
On dancing shadows from behind

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear that something’s always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone’s always there

When I’m walking a dark road, I am a man who walks alone…

Základní údaje

Datum vydání: 1. 10. 1990
Producent, enženýring a mix: Martin “The Bishop” Birch
Nahráno: Steve Harris’ Barn, somewhere in England on the Rolling Stone Mobile
Asistent inženýra: Mick McKenna a Les Kingham
Smícháno: Battery Studios, London
Asistent inženýra: Chris “Wood” Marshall
Všechny skladby publikovány: Zomba Music Publishers Ltd
Ilustrace obalu: Derek Riggs
Fotograf: Ross Halfin
Balení: The Complete Works
Manařer: Rod Smallwood a Andy Taylor for Sanctuary Music
Iron Maiden děkují :
Rod Smallwood, Andy Taylor, Aky Najeeb, Keith Wilfort, Annick Barbaria, Tracey Jay, Howard Johnson, Merck Mercuriadis, Carl Wright, Paul Oxley and all at Sanctuary
The Killer Krew: Tony Wigens, Dicky Bell, Graham Holmes, Doug Hall, Paul Devine, Bill Barclay, Rangi, Michael Kenney, Steve Gadd, Wally Grove, Dave Mills, Trisha Clarke
Ralph Simon, Clive Calder, David Gentle, Martin ‘Bunter’ Birch, Derek Riggs, Barry Drinkwater, Tom Bennett & Bravado, Vicky Pelmore & I.L.S., Ira Sokoloff & Great Southern, Homeboy
Michael Jensen, George Bodnar, George Chin, Tony Mottram, Ross Halfin, Phil McIntyre and Paul Roberts, Ossy Hoppe and Eric Thompson, Bill Elson and ICM, John Jackson and Fair Warning, Howard Jones, Mike Thomas, Bill Leibowitz, Pat McKenna, Jim Dunford, Ian Patton and Stafford Knight, Eva Strom, Kirsty Birch, Lindsey, Angela, Nina at Platinum Travel, Caroline Latif and Adrian Allen at the Complete Works
Vic Vella, John Smith, Bridie, Sue Hughes, Manu DaSilva, Carlos Costa, Trevor Searle, Mark Malevani, Melbourne Sports F.C., Garry Bushell, Dave Watson, Bryan King, Joe Elliott, Andy Curran, Len Lobreglio, Peter Lokranz, Shaun Hutson, John Williams, Tom Brown, Diane McDonald, Debbie Parker, Denise Sims, Paddy and Lump, Sweetpea (for putting up with Nicko!)
Janick would like to thank Lois and Boleslaw Gers for having him, Andrea, Yvette, Chris, Mick and especially Sandra for putting up with him
Washburn Guitars, Seymour Duncan Pick-ups, Rotosound Strings, Tom Nolan and Fender Guitars, Tom Mates, Korg UK & US, E-MU, Jim, Steve, Mike and all at Marshall Amplification, Carver, Eventide, Rob and all at Thatched Cottage, Peter Cornish, Grover, Joanne & Steve Kaufman at Jackson Guitars, Larry & Steve at Di Marzio Pick Ups, Don Dawson at D’Addario Strings, Matt & Pauli at E.S.P. Shibuya, Rich & Bob at Gallien Krueger, John & Steve at Allbang and Strummit, Petes Guitars, Angela Instruments, Floyds Rose Tremelo Systems, Rence Schaller, Howard & Jessica Moltz at Rainbow Guitars, Peter at P.M.E. Audio, Rick Gould, Carl “Sikorsky” Bobrow at Norms Music, Stuart, Manny, Thomas, Robert, Michi, Ted Voellmy, Bobby Lieser and all at Paiste, Karl Heinz Menzel, Elizabeth, Horste, Oliver Link and all at Sonor, David Hammond and all at Shawsticks, Bill Ludwig Junior and all at Ludwig Drums, John Winkler, Frank and Russ at Drum Design, Jerry Ricci and the boys at L.I.D.C., Jeff and Debbie Hammer, Graham Walker, Andy Matthews, Beyer Dynamic Microphones, Packhorse Cases, E.V. Speakers, Hipshot, Stirling Sound, Edwin Shirley Trucking, Motts Travel, Charlie Kail and his Brilliant Constructions, Ronan Wilsonat Meteorlites, Mike Lowe at Brittania Row
Special Thanks to Michael Kenney – Keyboards

Up the Irons – No Prayer For The Cup?

Sestava

Bruce Dickinson – zpěv
Dave Murray – kytara
Janick Gers – kytara
Steve Harris – basykata
Nicko McBrain- bicí

Seznam skladeb

1. Tailgunner (Harris, Dickinson)
2. Holy Smoke (Harris, Dickinson)
3. No Prayer For The Dying (Harris)
4. Public Enema Number One (Murray, Dickinson)
5. Fates Warning (Murray, Harris)
6. The Assassin (Harris)
7. Run Silent Run Deep (Harris, Dickinson)
8. Hooks In You (Dickinson, Smith)
9. Bring Your Daughter… …To The Slaughter (Dickinson)
10. Mother Russia (Harris)

Remasterovaná verze z roku 1998 obsahuje navíc multimediální sekci s klipy:

1. Holy Smoke
2. Bring Your Daughter … … To The Slaughter

Texty

Tailgunner [4:14] (Harris, Dickinson)

Trace your way back 50 years
To the glow of Dresden – blood and tears
In the black above by the cruel searchlight
Men will die men will fight – yeah!
Who shot who and who fired first?
Dripping death to whet the bloodthirst
No radar lock on – skin and bone
The bomber boys are going home

Climb into the sky never wonder why – Tailgunner, you’re a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why – Tailgunner, you’re a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why – Tailgunner, you’re a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why – Tailgunner, you’re a Tailgunner

(2:09 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(2:28 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Nail that Fokker kill that son
Gonna blow your guts out with my gun
The weather forecasts good for War
Cologne and Frankfurt? have some more!
Tail-end Charlie in the boiling sky
The Enola Gay was my last try
Now that this Tailgunner’s gone
No more Bombers, just one big bomb

Climb into the sky never wonder why – Tailgunner, you’re a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why – Tailgunner, you’re a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why – Tailgunner, you’re a Tailgunner
Climb into the sky never wonder why – Tailgunner, you’re a Tailgunner

Holy Smoke [3:48] (Harris, Dickinson)

Believe in me – send no money
I died on the cross and that ain’t funny
But my so-called friends are making me a joke
They missed out what I said like I never spoke
They choose what they wanna hear – don’t tell a lie
They just leave out the truth as they’re watching you die
Saving your souls by taking your money
Flies round shit, bees around honey

Holy smoke, holy smoke
Plenty bad preachers for the Devil to stoke
Feed’em in feet first this is no joke
This is thirsty work making holy smoke

Jimmy Reptile and all his friends
Say they gonna be with you at the end
Burning records burning books
Holy soldiers Nazi looks
Crocodile smiles just wait a while
Till the TV Queen gets her make up clean
I’ve lived in filth I’ve lived in sin
And I still smell cleaner that the shit you’re in

Holy smoke, holy smoke
Plenty bad preachers for the Devil to stoke
Feed’em in feet first this is no joke
This is thirsty work making holy smoke

(2:09 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(2:31 – Solo: Dave Murray)

They ain’t religious but they ain’t no fools
When Noah built his Cadillac it was cool
Two by two they’re still going down
And the satellite circus just left town
I think they’re strange and when they’re dead
They can have a Lincoln for their bed
Friend of the President – trick of the tail
Now they ain’t got a prayer – 100 years in jail

Holy smoke, holy smoke
Plenty bad preachers for the Devil to stoke
Feed’em in feet first this is no joke
This is thirsty work making holy smoke

No Prayer For The Dying [4:23] (Harris)

There are times when I’ve wondered
And times when I’ve cried
When my prayers they were answered
At times when I’ve lied
But if you asked me a question
Would I tell you the truth
Now there’s something to bet on
You’ve got nothing to lose

When I’ve sat by the window
And gazed at the rain
With an ache in my heart
But never feeling the pain
If you would tell me
Just what my life means
Walking a long road
Never reaching the end

(2:34 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(2:52 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(3:10 – Solo: Dave Murray)

God give me the answers to my life
God give me the answers to my dreams
God give me the answers to my prayers
God give me the answers to my being

Public Enema Number One [4:13] (Murray, Dickinson)

When it all comes down the line and the lights they turn to greed
And you race off with your tyres screaming – rolling thunder
And the people choke with poison, children cry in fear
But you’ve got your fast bullet, one way ticket outta here

Fall on your knees today and pray the world will mend its ways
Get to your feet again, refugees from the heartbreak and the pain

In the cities in the streets there’s a tension you can feel
The breaking strain is fast approaching – guns and riots
The politicians gamble and lie to save their skins
And the Press get fed the scapegoats – Public Enema number one

Fall on your knees today and pray the world will mend its ways
Get to your feet again, refugees from the heartbreak and the pain

(2:21 – Solo: Dave Murray)

A million network slaves in an advertising new age
I don’t need a crystal ball to sell ya
Your children have more brains than your drug-infested remains
California dreaming as the Earth dies screaming

Fall on your knees today and pray the world will mend its ways
Get to your feet again, refugees from the heartbreak and the pain

Fates Warning [4:10] (Murray, Harris)

Why is it some of us are destined to stay alive
And some of us are here just so that we’ll die?
How come the bullet hits the other guy?
Do we have to try and reason why?

Be it the devil or be it him
You can count on just one thing
When the time is up you’ll know
Not just one power runs the show

Are we the lucky ones saved for another day
Or they the lucky ones who are taken away?
Is it a hand on your shoulder from the Lord above
Or the devil himself come to give you a shove?

Be it the devil or be it him
You can count on just one thing
When the time is up you’ll know
Not just one power runs the show

A volcano erupts and sweeps a town away
A hurricane devastates the cities in its way
The grief and misery for the ones that are left behind
The worst is yet to come a hell to face mankind

(2:52 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:31 – Solo: Janick Gers)

Be it the devil or be it him
You can count on just one thing
When the time is up you’ll know
Not just one power runs the show

 

The Assassin [4:17] (Harris)

Now the contracts out, they’ve put the word about
I’m coming after you
It’s not the money I make it’s the thrill of the chase
And I’m coming after you

I watch your every move, study the things you do
And the pattern of your ways
I watch the way you walk, I hear your telephone talk
I want to understand the way you think

Better watch out, cos I’m the assassin
Better watch out, cos I’m the assassin
Better watch out, better watch out
Better watch out, cos I’m the assassin
Better watch out, cos I’m the assassin
Better watch out, assassin! Assassin! Assassin!

(2:05 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(2:26 – Solo: Janick Gers)

I’m in a cold cold sweat I taste the smell of death
I know the moment’s getting closer
And as you walk to the light I feel my hands go tight
Excitement running through my veins

I’ve got you in my sights I’ve got you dead to rights
The triggers waiting for my finger
I feel adrenaline rush it’s just the final touch
You can kiss your arse goodbye

Better watch out, cos I’m the assassin
Better watch out, cos I’m the assassin
Better watch out, better watch out
Better watch out, cos I’m the assassin
Better watch out, cos I’m the assassin
Better watch out, assassin! Assassin! Assassin!

 

Run Silent Run Deep [4:34] (Harris, Dickinson)

The convoy lights are dead ahead
The merchantmen lay in their bed
The thump of diesels hammers down
In the oily sea – the killing ground
His knuckles white his eyes alight,
He slams the hatch on the deadly night
A cunning fox in the chickens lair
A hound of hell and the devil don’t care

Running silent, running deep, we are your final prayer
Warriors in secret sleep, a merchantman’s nightmare
A silent death lies waiting for all of you below
Running silent running deep, sink into your final sleep

Chill the hearts of fighting men
In open ocean wondering when?
The lethal silver fish will fly
The boat will shiver – men will die
A cast of millions – a part to play
Killer? victim? or fool for a day
Obeying an order – men have to die
Us or them – a well rehearsed lie

Running silent, running deep, we are your final prayer
Warriors in secret sleep, a merchantman’s nightmare
A silent death lies waiting for all of you below
Running silent running deep, sink into your final sleep

(2:20 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(2:36 – Solo: Dave Murray)

The lifeboats shattered the hull is torn
The tar black smell of burning oil
On the way down to Davy Jones,
Every man for himself – you’re on your own
The wolf eyes watch the crosswire
“Stern tubes ready”, “Aim and fire!”
They can pin some medal on your chest
But in two more weeks – dead like the rest

Running silent, running deep, we are your final prayer
Warriors in secret sleep, a merchantman’s nightmare
A silent death lies waiting for all of you below
Running silent running deep, sink into your final sleep

 

Hooks In You [4:06] (Dickinson, Smith)

I got the keys to view at number 22, behind my green door there’s nothing to see
Is that a feature, what kind of creature would hang around waiting for a guy like me
Stone cold sober and sitting in silence, laid back and looking for sympathy
I like a girl who knows where she’s bound, I don’t like girls who’ve been hanging around

Hooks in you, hooks in me, hooks in the ceiling for that well hung feeling
No big deal, no big sin, strung up on love I got the hooks screwed in

Hooks in you, hooks in me, hooks in the ceiling for that well hung feeling
No big deal, no big sin, strung up on love I got the hooks screwed in

She’s tied up she can’t come to the phone,
You must have got your wires crossed cos she ain’t home
Knock on wood – you know I like that sound
She never could keep her feet on the ground

Hooks in you, hooks in me, hooks in the ceiling for that well hung feeling
No big deal, no big sin, strung up on love I got the hooks screwed in

Hooks in you, hooks in me, hooks in the ceiling for that well hung feeling
No big deal, no big sin, strung up on love I got the hooks screwed in

Hooks in you, I’ve got those hooks in you, hooks in you, in you…
Hooks in you, I’ve got those hooks in you, hooks in you, in you…

(2:25 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(2:36 – Solo: Both together)

Right on the money got it wrapped up tight, got new ideas for the decor tonight
Gonna make this house a preservation zone, gonna set her in concrete set her up on her own

Hooks in you, hooks in me, hooks in the ceiling for that well hung feeling
No big deal, no big sin, strung up on love I got the hooks screwed in

Hooks in you, hooks in me, hooks in the ceiling for that well hung feeling
No big deal, no big sin, strung up on love I got the hooks screwed in

Hooks in you, I’ve got those hooks in you, hooks in you, in you…
Hooks in you, I’ve got those hooks in you, hooks in you, in you…
I’ve got those hooks in you

Bring Your Daughter… …To The Slaughter [4:42] (Dickinson)

Honey it’s getting close to midnight and all the myths are still in town
True love and lipstick on your linen, bite the pillow make no sound
If there’s some living to be done before your life becomes your tomb
You’d better know that I’m the one so unchain your back door invite me around

Bring your daughter, bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Bring your daughter, bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Let her go, yeah!

Honey it’s getting close to daybreak, the sun is creeping in the sky
No patent remedies for heartache, just empty words and humble pie
So get down on your knees honey, assume an attitude
You just pray that I’ll be waiting ’cause you know I’m coming soon

Bring your daughter, bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Bring your daughter, bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go

So pick up your foolish pride, no going back
No where, no way, no place to hide

(2:24 – Solo: Janick Gers)

Bring your daughter, bring your daughter
Bring your daughter, bring your daughter
Bring your daughter, bring your daughter to the slaughter
Bring your daughter, fetch your daughter
Bring your daughter, fetch your daughter
Bring your daughter, fetch your daughter to the slaughter

Bring your daughter, bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
Bring your daughter, bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go

I’m gonna get you!

 

Mother Russia [5:31] (Harris)

Mother Russia how are you sleeping?
Middle winter cold winds blow
From the trees the snowflakes drifting
Swirling round like ghosts in the snow
Mother Russia poetry majestic
Tells the time of a great empire
Turning round the old man ponders
Reminiscing an age gone by

(3:14 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:37 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(4:00 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(4:10 – Solo: Janick Gers)
(4:20 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Mother Russia, dance of the Tsars
Hold up your heads, be proud of what you are
Now it has come, freedom at last
Turning the tides of history and your past
Mother Russia, dance of the Tsars
Hold up your heads, remember who you are
Can you release the anger the grief
Can you be happy now your people are free

Základní údaje

Datum vydání: 11. 4. 1988
Produkce, Inženýr a Mix: Martin ‘Disappearing Armchair’ Birch
Nahráno ve studiu: Musicland studios, Mnichov, Německo
2 inženýr: Stephane ‘The Vardengrip’ Wissner
Mastering: George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York
Všechny skladby vydal: Zomba Music Publishers Ltd
Koncept a design obalu : DerekRiggs a Rod Smallwood
Ilustrace na obalu? Derek Riggs
Fotografie: Ross Halfin
Balení: The Complete Works
Manažer: Rod Smallwood a Andy Taylor, Sanctuary Music

Sestava

Bruce Dickinson – zpěv
Dave Murray – kytara
Adrian Smith – kytara
Steve Harris – basykata, vokály
Nicko McBrain- bicí

Seznam skladeb

1. Moonchild (Smith, Dickinson)
2. Infinite Dreams (Harris)
3. Can I Play With Madness (Smith, Dickinson, Harris)
4. The Evil That Men Do (Smith, Dickinson, Harris)
5. Seventh Son Of a Seventh Son (Harris)
6. The Prophecy (Murray, Harris)
7. The Clairvoyant (Harris)
8. Only The Good die Young (Harris, Dickinson)

Texty

Moonchild [5:40] (Smith, Dickinson)

Seven deadly sins seven ways to win
Seven holy paths to hell and your trip begins
Seven downward slopes seven bloodied hopes
Seven are your burning fires seven your desires…

I am he the bornless one the fallen angel watching you
Babylon, the scarlet whore, I’ll infiltrate your gratitude
Don’t you dare to save your son kill him now and save the young ones
Be the mother of a birth strangled babe, be the devils own Lucifer’s my name

Moonchild – hear the mandrake scream
Moonchild – open the seventh seal

I count the heads of those unborn the accursed ones I’ll find them all
If you die by your own hand as a suicide you shall be damned
And if you try to save your soul I will torment you – you shall not grow old
With every second and passing breath you’ll be so alone your soul will bleed to death

Moonchild – hear the mandrake scream
Moonchild – open the seventh seal
Moonchild – you’ll be mine soon child
Moonchild – take my hand tonight

The twins they are exhausted, seven is this night
Gemini is rising as the red lips kiss to bite
Seven angels seven demons battle for his soul
When Gabriel lies sleeping, this child was born to die

(3:38 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(4:07 – Solo: Dave Murray)

One more dies and one more lives, one baby cries one mother grieves
For all the sins you will commit you’ll beg forgiveness and none I’ll give
A web of fear shall be your coat to clothe you in the night
A lucky escape for you young man but I’ll see you damned in endless night

Moonchild – hear the mandrake scream
Moonchild – open the seventh seal
Moonchild – you’ll be mine soon child
Moonchild – take my hand tonight

Infinite Dreams [6:09] (Harris)

Infinite dreams I can’t deny them, infinity is hard to comprehend
I couldn’t hear those screams even in my wildest dreams
Suffocation waking in a sweat, scared to fall asleep again
In case the dream begins again

Someone chasing I cannot move, standing rigid a nightmare’s statue
What a dream when will it end and will I transcend?
Restless sleep the minds in turmoil, one nightmare ends another fertile
Getting to me so scared to sleep but scared to wake now, in too deep

Even though its reached new heights I rather like the restless nights
It makes me wonder it makes me think there’s more to this I’m on the brink
It’s not the fear of what’s beyond it’s just that I might not respond
I have an interest almost craving but would I like to get too far in?

It can’t all be coincidence too many things are evident
You tell me you’re an unbeliever, spiritualist? Well me I’m neither
But wouldn’t you like to know the truth of what’s out there to have the proof
And find out just which side you’re on, where would you end in Heaven or in Hell?

Help me – help me to find my true self without seeing the future
Save me – save me from torturing myself even within my dreams

(4:39 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(4:51 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

There’s got to be just more to it than this or tell me why do we exist
I’d like to think that when I die I’d get a chance another time
And to return and live again, reincarnate, play the game
Again and again and again and again

Can I Play With Madness [3:30] (Smith, Dickinson, Harris)

Can I play with madness?

Give me the sense to wonder, to wonder if I’m free
Give me a sense of wonder to know I can be me
Give me the strength to hold my head up, spit back in their face
Don’t need no key to unlock this door, gonna break down the walls
Break out of this bad place

Can I play with madness? – the prophet stared at his crystal ball
Can I play with madness? – there’s no vision there at all
Can I play with madness? – the prophet looked and he laughed at me
Can I play with madness? – he said you’re blind too blind too see

I screamed aloud to the old man I said don’t lie don’t say you don’t know
I say you’ll pay for your mischief in this world or the next
Oh and then he fixed me with a freezing glance and the hell fires raged in his eyes
He said do you want to know the truth son – I’ll tell you the truth
Your soul’s gonna burn in a lake of fire

Can I play with madness? – the prophet stared at his crystal ball
Can I play with madness? – there’s no vision there at all
Can I play with madness? – the prophet looked and he laughed at me
Can I play with madness? – he said you’re blind too blind too see

Oh listen to me, said the prophet

(2:40 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

Can I play with madness? – the prophet stared at his crystal ball
Can I play with madness? – there’s no vision there at all
Can I play with madness? – the prophet looked and he laughed at me
Can I play with madness? – he said you’re blind too blind too see

Can I play with madness?

The Evil Tha Men Do [4:33] (Smith, Dickinson, Harris)

Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade
Slept in the dust with his daughter, her eyes red with the slaughter of innocence
But I will pray for her, I will call her name out loud
I would bleed for her, if I could only see her now

Living on a razor’s edge, balancing on a ledge
Living on a razor’s edge, balancing on a ledge
Balancing on a ledge, living on a razor’s edge
Balancing on a ledge, you know, you know

The evil that men do lives on and on…
The evil that men do lives on and on…
The evil that men do lives on and on…
The evil that men do lives on and on…

Circle of fire my baptism of joy at an end it seems
The seventh lamb slain, the book of life opens before me
And I will pray for you, someday I may return
Don’t you cry for me, beyond is where I learn

Living on a razor’s edge, balancing on a ledge
Living on a razor’s edge, you know, you know

The evil that men do lives on and on…
The evil that men do lives on and on…
The evil that men do lives on and on…
The evil that men do lives on and on…

(3:15 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

Living on a razor’s edge, balancing on a ledge
Living on a razor’s edge, you know, you know

The evil that men do lives on and on…
The evil that men do lives on and on…
The evil that men do lives on and on…
The evil that men do lives on and on…

The evil, the evil, the evil that men do
The evil, the evil, the evil that men do

Seventh Son Of a Seventh Son [9:53] (Harris)

Here they stand brothers them all
All the sons divided they’d fall
Here await the birth of the son
The seventh, the heavenly, the chosen one

Here the birth from an unbroken line
Born the healer the seventh, his time
Unknowingly blessed and as his life unfolds
Slowly unveiling the power he holds

Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son

Then they watch the progress he makes
The Good and the Evil which path will he take
Both of them trying to manipulate
The use of his powers before it’s too late

Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son

Today is born the seventh one, born of woman the seventh son
And he in turn of a seventh son, he has the power to heal
He has the gift of the second sight, he is the chosen one
So it shall be written, so it shall be done

(7:05 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(7:37 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(7:57 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(8:25 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

 

The Prophercy [5:05] (Murray, Harris)

Now that I know that the right time has come my prediction will surely be true
The impending disaster it looms and the whole of the village is doomed
Why won’t you listen to me? Is it so hard to understand
That I am the real seventh son? Your life or death on me depends

Suffering and pain impending disaster, souls crying the devil’s laughter
I’ve heard the cry of the seven whistlers, Lucifer smiles looks on and waits

I’ll take your life in my hands, your fate your fortune’s in my visions
Heed what I say and you’ll see what will be, please listen to me

(2:22 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Now that they see the disaster is done, now they put all the blame unto me
They feel I brought on a curse don’t they know that the torment it stays
With me knowing that I walk alone, through the eyes of the future I see
They don’t even know what fear is, don’t they know I’m the one who is cursed

Purgatory beckons souls lost forever, life after death or heaven hereafter
Heard the call of the seven whistlers again, now Lucifer laughs hell awaits

I had their lives in my hands, their fate their fortunes in my visions
No one believed in my true prophecy and now it’s too late

 

The Clairvoyant [4:26] (Harris)

Feel the sweat break on my brow
Is it me or is it shadows that are dancing on the walls?
Is this a dream or is it now?
Is this a vision or normality I see before my eyes?

I wonder why I wonder how
That it seems the power’s getting stronger every day
I feel a strength an inner fire
But I’m scared I won’t be able to control it anymore

There’s a time to live and a time to die when it’s time to meet the maker
There’s a time to live but isn’t it strange that as soon as you’re born you’re dying
There’s a time to live and a time to die when it’s time to meet the maker
There’s a time to live but isn’t it strange that as soon as you’re born you’re dying

(2:30 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Just by looking in through your eyes
He could see the future penetrating right in through your mind
See the truth and see your lies
But for all his power couldn’t foresee his own demise

There’s a time to live and a time to die when it’s time to meet the maker
There’s a time to live but isn’t it strange that as soon as you’re born you’re dying
There’s a time to live and a time to die when it’s time to meet the maker
There’s a time to live but isn’t it strange that as soon as you’re born you’re dying…

…and reborn again?

 

Only The Good Die Young [4:42] (Harris, Dickinson)

The demon in your mind will rape you in your bed at night
The wisdom of ages, the lies and outrages concealed
Time it waits for no man, my future is revealed
Time it waits for no man, my fate is sealed

If I cancel tomorrow the undead will thank me today
Fly in the face of your prophets I mock your morality plays
The moon is red and bleeding, the sun is burned and black
The book of life is silent, no turning back

Only the good die young – all the evil seem to live forever
Only the good die young – all the evil seem to live forever
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

(1:29 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(1:51 – Solo: Steve Harris)

Mystery madman a victim of cruel charade
Some innocent pawn in an end game one more stalemate
Is death another birthday, a way to kiss your dreams goodbye?
Do the undead live within us and look through our eyes?

Walking on water are miracles all you can trust
Measure your coffin does it measure up to your lust?
So I think I’ll leave you with your bishops and your guilt
So until the next time, have a good sin

Only the good die young – all the evil seem to live forever
Only the good die young – all the evil seem to live forever
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

(3:32 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Seven deadly sins seven ways to win
Seven holy paths to hell…
Seven downward slopes seven bloodied hopes
Seven are your burning fires seven your desires…

Základní údaje

Datum vydání: 29. 9. 1986
Produkce, Inženýr a Mix: Martin ‘Masa’ Birch
Baskytary, baskytarové syntezátory a bící nahrány ve studiu Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamy
Asistent inženýra: Sean Burrows
Kytary, zpěv a kytarové syntezátory nahrány ve studiu Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holandsko
Asistent inženýra: Albert Boekholt, Ronald Prent
Tape operátor a čaj: Marvin Birch
Mixováno v Electric Ladyland Studios, New York
Druhý inženýr: Bruce Buchhalter
Mastering: George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York
Všechny skladby vydal: Zomba Music Publishers Ltd
Design a koncept obalu: Derek Riggs a Rod Smallwood
Ilustrace obalu : Derek “Master Of The Universe” Riggs
Fotograf: Aaron Rapaport
Příprava obalu: The Artful Dodgers
Manažeři: Rod “Rufus the Red” Smallwood for Sanctuary Music (overseas) Ltd. a Andy “Razzle Dazzle” Taylor For Sanctuary Music Ltd.

Iron Maiden děkují:
Iron Maiden thank the following: Rod and Andy; Derek Riggs; Somewhere in the Killer Krew – Tony Wigens, Dicky Bell, Dave Lights, Doug Hall, Warren Poppe, Rangi, Bill Barclay, Michael Kenney, Steve Gadd, Rob Price; John Whitehead; Eva, Karen and Platinum Travel; Ronan, Roger, Derek, Dizzy and Meteorlites; Charlie Kail and his Brilliant Constructions; Sanctuary Staff – Terri, Val, Karen, Cathi, Tom, Bill; John Jackson for his Fair Warnings; Bill Elson and all at ICM; Keith Wilfort FC; Howard Jones; Bill Leibowitz; Pat McKenna; Masa and the Burrners; Kerrang!; Clive, Ralph, Jan and Rachelle at Zomba; Ira and Homeboy; Barry, Keith, Clutch and the Bravado Boys; The Tehe’s Bar (Amsterdam); Mob for vocal support on ‘Heaven Can Wait’; All the mums, dads, wifes, kids, girlfriends, and friends for putting up with us; Marvin; Pat Cash and Ian Barclay; Chris Ambler; the travelling fans who are always with us – Yeah! You!; Steve Lazarus; Melbourne F.C. – You’ll Never Play Alone; Halfin and Bodnar; Andy Strange; Justin Pitman; Maitre Van Severen; London Thames Fencing Club; OFC Bonn; The Jersey bears; Tommy and Debbie Beal; Geoff Hammer; Leo Matta; Bruce and Terry; Rufus Lewis; Donny Robin and the Waterloo; Steve Kemp; Colin, Freddie and the Poop Deck, Nassau; Steve and Caroline Yorke; Chris Godfrey; Channel Islands Aero Club and all at Minstrel Bay; Vic Vella; Ian Branston, Bill Bright; John Williams; Audrey Mahoney, Andy Currant, Dave O’Brien, Mark Malevani; The lads from HMS Invincible; L’Amour (New York); Jimmy Shulman; Trevor Searle; Alex Alexandrou; C.C. Star; Cafe Toye; Safy, Jeff Rolat; Big Sal; Jim, Ken and Mike at Marshall; Peter Cornish; Pauline at Rotosound Strings; Dave Storey at Kahler Tremelo Systems; Chris at Dean Markley (USA); Larry and Steve at Di Marzio; Norms Music Brooklyn; Steve Angela; Guitars MD; Nady Wireless Systems; RSD Amplification; Dean Guitars, Chicago; Stuart and Billy H at Mannys New York; Roger and Melvin at Giffin Guitars London; Joe Lado Guitars Toronto; Gallien Krueger USA; Rick Gould; Jackson Charvel Guitars; Pawnshops of America; Seymour Duncan Pick-ups; Oliver, Horst, Elizabeth Link and all at Sonor Drums; Bobby Leiser, Mr. R. Paiste and all at Paiste Cymbals; Eddie at Footes and W. Shaw for me sticks; William Ludwig Jun. for the Skins; Studiomaster; Seat Belts; Alec at Alectron; Hotel L’Emeraude, Longuebille, Jersey; Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland; Sonesta Hotel, Amsterdam, Holland; Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas… and last, but by no means least… The Entire Population Of Hackney.

Sestava

Bruce Dickinson – zpěv
Dave Murray – kytara, kytarové syntezátory
Adrian Smith – kytara, kytarové syntezátory
Steve Harris – baskytara, baskytarové syntezátory
Nicko McBrain- bicí

Seznam skladeb

1. Caught Somewhere In Time (Harris)
2. Wasted Years (Smith)
3. Sea Of Madness (Smith)
4. Heaven Can Wait (Harris)
5. The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (Harris)
6. Stranger In A Strange Land (Smith)
7. Deja-Vu (Murray, Harris)
8. Alexander The Great (Harris)

Reedice z roku 1995 obsahuje navíc 2. CD na kterém jsou tyto skladby:

1. Reach Out (Colwell) [3:29]
2. Sherif Of Huddersfield (Dickinson, Harris, McBrain, Smith, Murray) [3:45]
3. That Girl (Barnett, Goldsworthy, Jupp) [5:05]
4. Juanita (Barnacle, O’Neil) [3:47]

Texty

Caught Somewhere In Time [7:22] (Harris)

If you had the time to lose
An open mind and time to choose
Would you care to take a look
Or can you read me like a book

Time is always on my side
Time is always on my side

Can I tempt you come with me
Be Devil may care fulfil your dream
If I said I’d take you there
Would you go would you be scared

Time is always on my side
Time is always on my side

Don’t be afraid you’re safe with me
Safe as any soul can be… honestly
Just let yourself go

Caught somewhere in time
Caught somewhere in time
Caught somewhere in time… oh oh

(3:26 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(4:04 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing
You try to hide your deepest sins
Of all the things that you’ve done wrong
And I know where you belong

Time is always on my side
Time is always on my side

Make you an offer you can’t refuse
You’ve only got your soul to lose… eternally
Just let yourself go

Caught somewhere in time
Caught somewhere in time
Caught somewhere in time… oh oh

Caught somewhere in time
Caught somewhere in time
Caught now in two minds… oh oh

Wasted Years [5:06] (Smith)

From the coast of gold, across the seven seas
I’m 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

I close my eyes and think of home, another city goes by in the night
Ain’t it funny how it is you never miss it ’til it’s gone away
And my heart is lying there and will be ’til my dying day

So understand
Don’t waste your time always searching for those wasted years
Face up… make your stand
And realise you’re living in the golden years

Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind
Can’t ease this pain so easily
When you can’t find the words to say it’s hard to make it through another day
And it just makes me wanna cry and throw my hands up to the sky

So understand
Don’t waste your time always searching for those wasted years
Face up… make your stand
And realise you’re living in the golden years

(3:14 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

So understand
Don’t waste your time always searching for those wasted years
Face up… make your stand
And realise you’re living in the golden years

So understand
Don’t waste your time always searching for those wasted years
Face up… make your stand
And realise you’re living in the golden years

 

Sea Of Madness [5:42] (Smith)

Out in the street somebody’s crying
Out in the night the fires burn
Maybe tonight somebody’s crying
Reached the point of no return

Oh – my eyes they see but I can’t believe
Oh – my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave

Like the eagle and the dove
Fly so high on wings above
When all you see can only bring you sadness
Like a river we will flow
On toward the sea we go
When all you do can only bring you sadness

Out on the sea of madness

Somewhere I hear a voice that’s calling
Out in the dark there burns a dream
You got to hope when you are falling
To find the world that you have seen

Oh – my eyes they see but I can’t believe
Oh – my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave

Like the eagle and the dove
Fly so high on wings above
When all you see can only bring you sadness
Like a river we will flow
On toward the sea we go
When all you do can only bring you sadness

Out on the sea of madness

(2:36 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

It’s madness
The sun don’t shine
On the sea of madness
There ain’t no wind to fill your sails
Madness when all you see can only bring you sadness

On towards the sea we go

Out in the street somebody’s crying
Out in the night the fires burn
Maybe tonight somebody’s crying
Reached the point of no return

Oh – my eyes they see but I can’t believe
Oh – my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave

Like the eagle and the dove
Fly so high on wings above
When all you see can only bring you sadness
Like a river we will flow
On toward the sea we go
When all you do can only bring you sadness

Out on the sea of madness
Of madness… of madness… of madness…

 

Heaven Can Wait [7:24] (Harris)

Can’t understand what is happening to me
This isn’t real this is only a dream
But I never have felt, no I never have felt this way before
I’m looking down on my body below
I lie asleep in the midst of a dream
Is it now could it be the Angel of Death has come for me

I can’t believe that really my time has come
I don’t feel ready there’s so much left undone
And it’s my soul and I’m not gonna let it get away

Heaven can wait, heaven can wait, heaven can wait
Heaven can wait ’til another day
Heaven can wait, heaven can wait, heaven can wait
Heaven can wait ’til another day

I have a lust for the earth below
And hell itself is my only foe
‘Cause I’ve no fear of dying, I’ll go when I’m good and ready
I snatch a glimpse of the light’s eternal rays
I see a tunnel I stand amazed
At all of the people standing there in front of me

Into the paths of rightness I’ll be led
Is this the place where the living join the dead?
I wish I knew this was only just a nightmare

Heaven can wait, heaven can wait, heaven can wait
Heaven can wait ’til another day
Heaven can wait, heaven can wait, heaven can wait
Heaven can wait ’til another day

(2:21 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Take my hand I’ll lead you to the promised land
Take my hand I’ll give you immortality
Eternal youth I’ll take you to the other side
To see the truth the path for you is decided

(4:26 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

My body tingles and I feel so strange
I feel so tired I feel so drained
And I’m wondering if I’ll ever be the same again
Is this in limbo or Heaven or Hell?
Maybe I’m going down there as well
I can’t accept my soul will drift forever

I feel myself floating back down to Earth
So could this be the hour of my rebirth?
Or have I died or will I wake from dreaming?

Heaven can wait, heaven can wait, heaven can wait
Heaven can wait ’til another day
Heaven can wait, heaven can wait, heaven can wait
Heaven can wait ’til another day

The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner [6:31] (Harris)

The tough of the track with the wind and the rain that’s beating down on your back
Your heart’s beating loud and goes on getting louder and goes on even more
‘Til the sound is ringing in your head with every step you tread and every breath you take
Determination makes you run never stop got to win got to run ’til you drop
Keep the pace hold the race your mind is getting clearer
You’re over half way there but the miles they never seem to end
As if you’re in a dream not getting anywhere it seems so futile

Run on and on, run on and on
The loneliness of the long distance runner

I’ve got to keep running the course
I’ve got to keep running and win at all costs
I’ve got to keep going be strong
Must be so determined and push myself on

(3:25 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(3:45 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Run over stiles across fields turn to look at who’s on your heels
Way ahead of the field the line is getting nearer but do you want the glory that goes
You reach the final stretch ideals are just a trace
You feel like throwing the race it’s all so futile

Run on and on, run on and on
The loneliness of the long distance runner
Run on and on, run on and on
The loneliness of the long distance runner
Run on and on, run on and on
The loneliness of the long distance runner
Run on and on, run on and on
The loneliness of the long distance runner

 

Stranger In A Strange Land [5:43] (Smith)

Was many years ago that I left home and came this way
I was a young man full of hopes and dreams
But now it seems that all is lost and nothing gained
Sometimes things ain’t what they seem

No brave new world, no brave new world
No brave new world, no brave new world

Night and day I scan horizon, sea and sky
My spirit wanders endlessly
Until the day will dawn and friends from home discover why
Hear me calling, rescue me

Set me free, set me free
Lost in this place and leave no trace

Stranger in a strange land, land of ice and snow
Trapped here in this prison, lost and far from home

One hundred years have gone and men again they came that way
To find the answer to the mystery
They found his body lying where it fell that day
Preserved in time for all to see

No brave new world, no brave new world
Lost in this place and leave no trace

Stranger in a strange land, land of ice and snow
Trapped here in this prison, lost and far from home

(3:18 – Slow solo: Adrian Smith)
(3:50 – Fast solo: Adrian Smith)

What became of the men that started
all are gone and their souls departed
Left me here in this place so all alone

Stranger in a strange land, land of ice and snow
Trapped here in this prison, lost and far from home
Stranger in a strange land, land of ice and snow
Trapped here in this prison, lost and far from home
Stranger in a strange land, land of ice and snow
Trapped here in this prison, lost and far from home

 

Deja-Vu [4:55] (Murray, Harris)

(0:01 – Solo: Dave Murray)

When you see familiar faces but you don’t remember where they’re from
Could you be wrong?
When you’ve been particular places that you know you’ve never seen before
Can you be sure?

‘Cause you know this has happened before
And you know that this moment in time is for real
And you know when you feel deja-vu

Feel like I’ve been here before, feel like I’ve been here before
Feel like I’ve been here before, feel like I’ve been here before

Ever had a conversation that you realise you’ve had before
Isn’t it strange?
Have you ever talked to someone and you feel you know what’s coming next
It feels pre-arranged

‘Cause you know that you’ve heard it before
And you feel that this moment in time is surreal
‘Cause you know when you feel deja-vu

Feel like I’ve been here before, feel like I’ve been here before
Feel like I’ve been here before, feel like I’ve been here before

 

Alexander The Great [8:35] (Harris)

“My son ask for thyself another Kingdom,
for that which I leave is too small for thee”
(King Philip of Macedonia – 339 B.C.)

(0:15 – Intro solo: Adrian Smith)

Near to the east in a part of ancient Greece in an ancient land called Macedonia
Was born a son to Philip of Macedon the legend his name was Alexander
At the age of nineteen he became the Macedon King and he swore to free all of Asia Minor
By the Aegian Sea in 334 BC he utterly beat the armies of Persia

Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Alexander the Great
Became a legend amongst mortal men

King Darius the third defeated fled Persia the Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes
Then Egypt fell to the Macedon King as well and he founded the city called Alexandria
By the Tigris river he met King Darius again and crushed him again in the battle of Arbela
Entering Babylon and Susa treasures he found took Persepolis the capital of Persia

Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Alexander the Great
Became a God amongst mortal men

(4:00 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(5:49 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(6:30 – Solo: Dave Murray)

A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke and Alexander cut the ‘Gordian knot’
And legend said that who untied the knot he would become the master of Asia
Hellenism he spread far and wide the Macedonian learned mind
Their culture was a western way of life he paved the way for Christianity

Marching on, marching on

The battle weary marching side by side Alexander’s army line by line
They wouldn’t follow him to India tired of the combat, pain and the glory

Alexander the Great
His name struck fear into hearts of men
Alexander the Great
He died of fever in Babylon

Reach Out (Colwell)

It’s over your head
And you don’t seem to understand
One word I say
And you can’t live your life
Trying to run away

You’re fighting your friends
And you’re wearing everyone
But it never ends
You’re wearing me out

Come on, reach out
And let someone into your life

Don’t get me wrong
You always apologise
It’s just your way
Of making a scene
You need to be loved
It’s not such a crime

Come on, reach out
And let someone into your life
Come on, reach out
And let someone into your life

Over your head
You just don’t seem to understand
One word I say
And you can’t live your life
You got so much love
It’s burning inside

Come on, reach out
And let someone into your life
Come on, reach out
And let someone into your life
Reach out
And let someone into your life

 

Sheriff Of Huddersfield (Dickinson, Harris, McBrain, Smith, Murray)

We’re on a mission from Rod <belch> <laughter>

Don’t think it’s very bloody funny at all, dunno what you’re all laughing about.

Life in a city living in L.A. is a long way from Huddersfield town
The back of the Rainbow’s a long way from heaven
But that’s where he get’s his pork pie
Limos and ladies they’re driving him cwasy
Wugby and cwicket’s unknown
Baseball and football they’re making him lazy
Your fan club says “Rodney come home”

The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
Looks out on the Hollywood Hills
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
You’re our own Hot Rod on wheels

A good game of arrows a few dozen barrels
The Nautilus rusts in the yard
Yorkshire is yearning but because he’s earning
He’ll always live in L.A.
A custom-made wallet that stays in his pocket
And never comes out to pay bills
He’s winning at poker and playing the Joker
And he always cheats when he deals

The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
Looks out on the Hollywood Hills
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
You’re our own Hot Rod on wheels

Hello, let me introduce meself! My name is Rodney. I’m immensely strong. When I were a lad, I could lift up five navvies on the end of a shovel. The reason I never took up martial arts is because I was immensely fearsome and I’d probably kill everybody that I came into contact with. I was phenomenally strong. Pride and ego, my lads, pride and ego, is what makes the world rotate. And everybody knows the centre of the universe is Huddersfield. That’s why I don’t live there anymore. I live in Los Angeles! It’s great!… I think!

Rufus The Red has a crane by his bed to wrench himself up in the morn’
You dare to tread at the foot of his bed, you’ll wish you’d never been born
A bear with a sore head we don’t mean your forehead He slumbers for most of the day
Wide eyed and legless, baked beans for breakfast
Your problem Rodney is L.A.

The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
Looks down on the Hollywood Hills
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
You’re our own Hot Rod on wheels
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
Looks down on the Hollywood Hills
The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
You’re our own Hot Rod on wheels

No, I don’t know what you’re making such a fuss about. No, I don’t. I’m not in here for the money. I like it here! The sun shines all night!

<belching and farting sounds>

It’s alright, I’m a Yorkshireman. I can take it.
I used to be able to lift five navvies on a shovel, you know.
You know? Uhhh… you’re not bloody listening to me, are you

 

That Girl (Barnett, Goldsworthy, Jupp)

The words she said turned out why
Desperation fills her eyes
Hold her in your arms, don’t let go

When you taste defeat, when you lose again
Fight and win, never give in
Hold her in your arms, don’t let go

That girl you need, gonna knock you off your feet
That girl, you know she’ll never let you go

That girl, that girl, that girl you need
That girl, that girl, that girl, that girl

Can you hear her call, call out your name
Think about you, cry without you
Hold her in your arms, don’t let go

Can you taste defeat, when you lose again
Fight and win, never give in
Hold her in your arms, don’t let go

That girl you need, gonna knock you off your feet
That girl, you know she’ll never let you go

That girl, that girl, that girl you need
That girl, that girl, that girl, that girl

That girl, that girl, that girl you need
That girl, that girl, that girl you need
That girl, that girl, that girl you need
That girl, that girl, that girl
That girl you need

Juanita (Barnacle, O’Neil)

Yeah and it’s the truth girl I’m looking from town to town for you
You know you never offered much security
Do you know I’m gonna get you back?
You just wait and see

I’m never goin’ back Juanita
I know you never got my call
I’m never goin’ back Juanita
Never at all

Yeah I’m spending a long time trying to work it out for true
Yeah it’s such small crime thirsting over you
Living in a Chelsea flat seems so lonely now
I just know I gotta get you back I just don’t know how

I’m never goin’ back Juanita
I know you didn’t get my call
I’m never goin’ back Juanita
Damn on it all

I’m never goin’ back Juanita
I’m never goin’ back Juanita
I’m never goin’ back Juanita
Never at all
Never never at all
Never never at all

Yeah just got to tell you I’m gonna leave it up to you
Yeah, what more can I say, what more can I do?
Living in a Chelsea flat seems so lonely now
I just know I gotta get you back I just don’t know how

I’m never goin’ down on Juanita
I’m never gonna make the call
I’m never goin’ down on Juanita
Never at all

I’m never goin’ down on Juanita
I’m never gonna make the call
I’m never goin’ down on Juanita
Two fingers and all

I’m never goin’ back Juanita
I’m never goin’ down on you Juanita
I’m never goin’ back Juanita
I’m never goin’ back Juanita
Never goin’ back Juanita
Never at all

Základní údaje

Datum vydání: 3. 9. 1984
Produkce, inženýring a mix: Martin “Pool Bully” Birch
Nahráno: Compass Point, Nassau, Bahamy
Asistent inženýra: Frankie Gibson
Mixováno: Electric Ladyland, New York
Asistent inženýra: Bruce Buchhalter
Mastering: George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York
Všechny skladby vydal: Zomba Music Publishers Ltd
Koncept obalu a design: Derek “The Master” Riggs, Rod Smallwood a Iron Maiden
Fotograf: Moshe Brakha
Manažeři: Rod “I can tak’ it—I’m a Yorkshireman” Smallwood for Sanctuary Music (overseas) Ltd. a Andy “Aye, a large Bacardi and Coke” Taylor For Sanctuary Music Ltd.

Iron Maiden děkují:
Iron Maiden thank the following: Rod and Andy: The Killer Krew – Tony “Computer-Man” Wigens, Dicky “‘Course I’m pissed–It’s a day off” Bell, Dave “I’m already working on thenext tour” Lights, Doug “Megawatt” Hall, Bill “Casanova” Barclay, Warren “I’ve gotta get going very fast” Poppe, Mike “Maudlin” Kenney, Steve “E’s a geezer” Gadd, Steve “Mooshy” Altman, “JT” Thompson, Horace “Mr. Casual” Ward, Ian Black, Vic “Crazy Innit” Vella, John Harte, “Loopey” Newhouse, Paddy, Paul Joe and Dizzy; Ronan, Roger and Derek at Meteorlites; Charlie Kail and his Brilliant Constructions; Turbosound; Keith Wilfort FC; Terry “Totally Together” Berg, Bob Lefsetz, Bill Taylor, Bob Laird; Platinum Travel; Bill Elso and ATI; John Jackson and Fair Warning; Howard Jones; Bill Leibowitz; Patrick McKenna; Paul Fowler; Masa Ito; Ibanez, Dean Markley, Marshall, Electrovoice, Rotosound, Chas Foote, Bill Ludwig; Bobby Leiser and all at Paiste; Jochen Sponsel and all at Sonor; Total Productions; Sunny Bushell; Joe Kovacic and all at Lado Guitars, Toronto; Lorraine, Kathy, Jane and Tamar for putting up with so much; Barry, Clutch, Rangy, Jeff, Rob and Bob; Ira and Homeboy; Peter, Nick and Frank at Le Chalet; Lorraine and Ivy at Compass Point; Donny Robin and Little Bill at the Waterloo; Clive, Ralph, Rachelle and Jan at Zomba; especially “Court Jester” Birch and Mr. Riggs; Chadwell Heath Mob–Chris, Mark, Titch and Paul; Pat Cash and Ian “Barkers” Barclay; Chris Ambler; the travelling fans around the World–you know who you are; Terry “Slasher” Wilson-Slesser; Jeff “I missed it again” Lovell; Andy Curran; Seymour Duncan; Steve Lazarus; Steve Cantwell; Steve Hunter; Melbourne F.C. for winning the cup! Mark at Ilford for the tatts! John and Benny of the Essex Angels; Doc Cardwell; Trevor Searle; ‘H’ Prophet; Jimmy Jones; Mr. Strange; Mrs. Canary for oatmeal and nosebags; Salle Bardakh; Mori and Gascon; Jersey Fencing Club including Reg “Mine’s another pint” snepp; Brain Pitman and London Thames Fencing Club; Eddie R.I.P.; British Rail for UK tour transportation
for Bruce: Bruce’s mum and dad, who still don’t know where he is; Ross “I don’t wanna spend my birthday in Poland” Halfin; Bill Bailey; Charlie Barnett; Steve, Trevor and all the reprobates at the Channel Islands Aero Club; Steve “Can ya handle the Power” Yorke; Lorraine and Jim Colkett… and everybody else we’ve forgotten. Buy us a pint and you too can be on here next year! Beware of false imitations!

This album is dedicated to the memory of Marcus Cowe – a good mate and a great guy.

To the fans – THANKS as always. See you on the
“WORLD SLAVERY TOUR” 84-85

Got any errr! Well… ish! There’s only one ‘um… and that’s Fuck’um! ‘Kin ‘ell! Up the Irons!

 

Sestava

Steve Harris – basykata
Dave Murray – kytara
Nicko McBrain- bicí
Bruce Dickinson – zpěv
Adrian Smith – kytara

Seznam skladeb

1. Aces High (Harris)
2. 2 Minutes To Midnight (Smith, Dickinson)
3. Losfer Words (Big ‘Orra) (Harris)
4. Flash Of The Blade (Dickinson)
5. The Duellists (Harris)
6. Back In The Village (Smith, Dickinson)
7. Powerslave (Dickinson)
8. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Harris)

Remasterovaná verze z roku 1998 obsahuje navíc multimediální sekci s klipy:

1. 2 Minutes To Midnight
2. Aces High

Texty

Aces High [4:31] (Harris)

There goes the siren that warns of the air raid
Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak
Out for the scramble we’ve got to get airborne
Got to get up for the coming attack

Jump in the cockpit and start up the engines
Remove all the wheel blocks there’s no time to waste
Gathering speed as we head down the runway
Got to get airborne before it’s too late

Running, scrambling, flying
Rolling, turning, diving, going in again
Running, scrambling, flying
Rolling, turning, diving…

Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Run, live to fly, fly to live, Aces high

(2:09 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(2:23 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

Move in to fire at the mainstream of bombers
Let off a sharp burst and then turn away
Roll over, spin round to come in behind them
Move to their blind sides and firing again

Bandits at 8 O’clock move in behind us
Ten Me-109s out of the sun
Ascending and turning our spitfires to face them
Heading straight for them I press down my guns

Rolling, turning, diving
Rolling, turning, diving, going in again
Rolling, turning, diving
Rolling, turning, diving, going in again

Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Run, live to fly, fly to live, Aces high

2 Minutes to Midnight [6:04] (Smith, Dickinson)

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
Blackened pride still burns inside this shell of bloody treason
Here’s my gun for a barrel of fun for the love of living death

The killer’s breed or the demon’s seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom’s stain
But don’t you pray for my soul anymore

2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb

The blind men shout let the creatures out, we’ll show the unbelievers
The napalm screams of human flames, of a prime-time Belsen feast… YEAH!
As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy
We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies

The killer’s breed or the demon’s seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom’s stain
But don’t you pray for my soul anymore

2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb

(2:45 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:06 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

The body bags and little rags of children torn in two
And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you
As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song
To the tune of starving millions, to make a better kind of gun

The killer’s breed or the demon’s seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom’s stain
But don’t you pray for my soul anymore

2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb

Midnight… midnight… it’s all night
Midnight… midnight… all night!

Losfer Words (Big ‘Orra) [4:15] (Harris)

Instrumental

(2:07 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

Flash Of The Blade [4:05] (Dickinson)

As a young boy chasing dragons with your wooden sword so mighty
You’re St. George or you’re David and you always killed the beast
Times change very quickly and you had to grow up early
A house in smoking ruins and the bodies at your feet

You’ll die as you lived in a flash of the blade
In a corner forgotten by no-one
You lived for touch, for the feel of the steel
One man and his honour

The smell of resined leather, the steely iron mask
As you cut and thrust and parried at the fencing master’s call
He taught you all he ever knew to fear no mortal man
And now you’ll wreak your vengeance in the screams of evil men

You’ll die as you lived in a flash of the blade
In a corner forgotten by no-one
You lived for touch, for the feel of the steel
One man and his honour

(2:02 – Instrumental)

You’ll die as you lived in a flash of the blade
In a corner forgotten by no-one
You lived for touch, for the feel of the steel
One man and his honour

The Duellists [4:10] (Harris)

He threw down a glove you made the mistake of picking it up now you’re gone
The choosing of guns or fighting with swords the choice of weapons is done
He’ll tear you apart as soon as you start, you know you don’t have a chance
OH… OH… Fight for the honour
Fight for the splendour
Fight for the pleasure
OH… OH… Fight for the honour
Fight for the splendour
Fight for your life!

Ready to start the duel begins the best man wins in the end
A lunge and a feint, a parry too late, a cut in the chest and you’re down
Seeing the stain then feeling the pain, feeling the sweat on your brow
OH… OH… Fight for the honour
Fight for the splendour
Fight for the pleasure
OH… OH… Fight for the honour
Fight for the splendour
Fight for your life!

(2:52 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:40 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

The fighting resumes, a silence looms, the swordsmen move ‘gainst each other
A cut and a thrust, a parry, a blow, a stab to the heart and you’re down
The Angel of Death hears your last breath, meanwhile the Reaper looks on
OH… OH… Fought for the honour
Fought for the splendour
Fought for the pleasure
OH… OH… Fought for the honour
Fought for the splendour
Fought to the death

 

Back In The Village [5:02] (Smith, Dickinson)

Turn the spotlights on the people, switch the dial and eat the worm
Take your chances, kill the engine, drop your bombs and let it burn
White flags shot to ribbons, the truce is black and burned
Shellshock in the kitchen, tables overturned

Back in the Village again, in the Village
I’m back in the Village again

Throwing dice now, rolling loaded, I see sixes all the way
In a black hole, and I’m spinning, as my wings get shot away
Questions are a burden and answers a prison for oneself
Shellshock in the kitchen, tables start to burn

Back in the Village again, in the Village
I’m back in the Village again

(2:31 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:14 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

No breaks on the inside, paper cats and burning barns
There’s a fox among the chickens, and a killer in the hounds
Questions are a burden and answers a prison for oneself
Shellshock in the kitchen, tables start to burn

Back in the Village again, in the Village
I’m back in the Village again

But still we walk into the valley and others try to kill the inner flame
We’re burning brighter than before, I don’t have a number I’M A NAME!

Back in the Village again, in the Village
I’m back in the Village again
Back in the Village again, in the Village
I’m back in the Village again

Back in the Village
I’m back in the Village
I’m back in the Village… again!

 

Powerslave [7:12] (Dickinson)

Into the Abyss I’ll fall – the eye of Horus
Into the eyes of the night watching me go
Green is the cat’s eye that glows in this temple
Enter the risen Osiris – risen again

Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don’t wanna die, I’m a God, why can’t I live on?
When the Life-Giver dies, all around is laid waste
And in my last hour I’m a slave to the power of Death

When I was living this lie, fear was my game
People would worship and fall, drop to their knees
So bring me the blood and red wine for the one to succeed me
For he is a man and a God – and He will die too

Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don’t wanna die, I’m a God, why can’t I live on?
When the Life-Giver dies, all around is laid waste
And in my last hour I’m a slave to the power of Death

(3:06 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:55 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(4:41 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins
Silent the terror that reigned – marbled in stone
A shell of a man God preserved for a thousand ages
But open the gates of my Hell – I will strike from the grave

Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don’t wanna die, I’m a God, why can’t I live on?
When the Life-Giver dies, all around is laid waste
And in my last hour I’m a slave to the power of Death

Slave to the Power of Death…
Slave to the Power of Death…

 

Rime Of The Ancient Mariner [13:45] (Harris)

Hear the rime of the Ancient Mariner
See his eye as he stops one of three
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests
Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the Sea

And the music plays on, as the bride passes by
Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale

Driven south to the land of the snow and ice
To a place where nobody’s been
Through the snow fog flies on the albatross
Hailed in God’s name, hoping good luck it brings

And the ship sails on, back to the North
Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on

The Mariner kills the bird of good omen
His shipmates cry against what he’s done
But when the fog clears they justify him
And make themselves a part of the crime

Sailing on and on and North across the sea
Sailing on and on and North ’til all is calm

The albatross begins with its vengeance
A terrible curse a thirst has begun
His shipmates blame bad luck on the Mariner
About his neck the dead bird is hung

And the curse goes on and on at sea
And the curse goes on and on for them and me

“Day after day, day after day, we stuck nor breath nor motion
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
Water, water everywhere and all the boards did shrink
Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink.”
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1798–1834)

There, calls the Mariner, there comes a ship over the line
But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide?

See… onward she comes, onward she nears, out of the sun
See… she has no crew, she has no life, wait but there’s two

Death and she Life in Death, they throw their dice for the crew
She wins the Mariner and he belongs to her now
Then… crew one by one, they drop down dead, two hundred men
She… She Life in Death, she lets him live, her chosen one

“One after one by the star dogged moon, too quick for groan or sigh
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang, and cursed me with his eye
Four times fifty living men, (and I heard nor sigh nor groan)
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, they dropped down one by one.”
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1798–1834)

The curse it lives on in their eyes
The Mariner he wished he’d die
Along with the sea creatures
But they lived on, so did he
And by the light of the moon
He prays for their beauty not doom
With heart he blesses them
God’s creatures all of them too

Then the spell starts to break
The albatross falls from his neck
Sinks down like lead into the Sea
Then down in falls comes the rain

(9:15 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(9:41 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Hear the groans of the long dead seamen
See them stir and they start to rise
Bodies lifted by good spirits
None of them speak and they’re lifeless in their eyes

And revenge is still sought, penance starts again
Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on

Now the curse is finally lifted
And the Mariner sights his home
Spirits go from the long dead bodies
Form their own light and the Mariner’s left alone

And then a boat came sailing toward him
It was a joy he could not believe
The Pilot’s boat, his son and the hermit
Penance of life will fall onto Him

And the ship it sinks like lead into the sea
And the hermit shrieves the Mariner of his sins

The Mariner’s bound to tell of his story
To tell his tale wherever he goes
To teach God’s word by his own example
That we must love all things that God made

And the wedding guest’s a sad and wiser man
And the tale goes on and on and on…

Základní údaje

Datum vydání: 22. 3. 1982
Produkce: Martin “Farmer” Birch
Druhý inženýr: Nigel “it was working yesterday” Hewitt-Green
Nahráno a mixováno: Battery Studios, Londýn
Manažer: Rod “Bloody ‘ell Fire” Smallwood for Sanctuary Music
Návrh obalu: Rod Smallwood
Ilustrace na obalu: Derek Riggs
Fotografie na obalu : Simon Fowler

Sestava:

Steve Harris – baskytara
Dave Murray – kytara
Bruce Dickinson – zpěv
Clive Burr – bicí
Adrian Smith – kytara, vokály

Seznam skladeb:

1. Invaders (Harris)
2. Children Of The Damned (Harris)
3. The Prisoner (Smith, Harris)
4. 22, Acacia Avenue (Harris, Smith)
5. The Number Of The Beast (Harris)
6. Run To The Hills (Harris)
7. Gangland (Smith, Burr)
8. Total Eclipse (Harris, Murray, Burr)
9. Hallowed Be Thy Name (Harris)

Reedice z roku 1995 obsahuje navíc 2. CD na kterém jsou tyto skladby:

1. Total Eclipse (Harris, Di’Anno, Burr) [4:28]
2. Remember Tomorrow (live) (Harris, Di’Anno) [5:27]

Remasterovaná verze z roku 1998 obsahuje navíc multimediální sekci s klipy:

1. Run To The Hills
2. The Number Of The Beast

Texty skladeb:

Invaders [3:22] (Harris)

Longboats have been sighted and the evidence of war has begun
Many Nordic fighting men their swords and shields gleam in the sun
Call to arms defend yourselves get ready to stand and fight for your lives
Judgement day has come around so be prepared don’t run stand your ground

They’re coming in from the sea they’ve come, the enemy!
Beneath the blazing sun the battle has to be won
Invaders… Pillaging!
Invaders… Looting!

Set ablaze the campfires and alert the other men from inland
Warning must be given and there’s not enough men here for a stand
The Vikings are too many, much too powerful to take on our own
We must bring reinforcements we cannot fight this battle alone

They’re coming over the hill they’ve come to attack!
They’re coming in for the kill there’s no turning back
Invaders… Fighting!
Invaders… Marauding!

(1:51 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(2:09 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

Axes grind and maces clash as wounded fighters fall to the ground
Severed limbs and fatal woundings bloody corpses lay all around
The smell of death and burning flesh the battle weary fight to the end
The Saxons have been overpowered victims of the mighty Norsemen

You’d better scatter and run the battle’s lost and not won
You’d better get away to fight another day
Invaders… Raping!
Invaders… Plundering!

Children Of The Damned [4:33] (Harris)

He’s walking like a small child but watch his eyes burn you away
Black holes in his golden stare God knows he wants to go home

Children of the damned, Children of the damned
Children of the damned, Children of the damned

He’s walking like a dead man if he had lived he would have crucified us all
Now he’s standing on his last step he thought oblivion well it beckons us all

Children of the damned, Children of the damned
Children of the damned, Children of the damned

Now it’s burning his hands he’s turning to laugh
Smiles as the flame sears his flesh
Melting his face screaming in pain
Peeling the skin from his eyes
Watch him die according to plan
He’s dust on the ground what did we learn?

(3:21 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

You’re children of the damned your back’s against the wall
You turn into the light you’re burning in the night
You’re children of the damned like candles watch them burn
Burning in the light you’ll burn again tonight

Children of the damned

The Prisoner [6:00] (Smith, Harris)

We want information… information… 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!

I’m on the run I kill to eat
I’m starving now feeling dead on my feet
Going all the way I’m nature’s beast
Do what I want I’ll do as I please

Run, fight, to breathe it’s tough
Now you see me now you don’t break the walls I’m coming out

Not a prisoner I’m a free man and my blood is my own now
Don’t care where the past was I know where I’m going… Out!

If you kill me it’s self defence
If I kill you then I call it vengeance
Spit in your eye I will defy
You’ll be afraid when I call out your name

Run, fight, to breathe it’s gonna be tough
Now you see me now you don’t break the walls, I’m coming out

Not a prisoner I’m a free man and my blood is my own now
Don’t care where the past was I know where I’m going
Not a number I’m a free man I’ll live my life how I want to
You’d better scratch me from your black book ’cause I’ll run rings around you

(4:19 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(4:37 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Not a prisoner I’m a free man and my blood is my own now
Don’t care where the past was I know where I’m going
Not a number I’m a free man live my life where I want to
You’d better scratch me from your black book ’cause I’ll run rings around you

Not a prisoner I’m a free man and my blood is my own now
Don’t care where the past was I know where I’m going

22. Acacia Avenue [6:34] (Harris, Smith)

If you’re feeling down depressed and lonely I know a place where we can go
22 Acacia Avenue meet a lady that I know
So if you’re looking for a good time and you’re prepared to pay the price
Fifteen quid is all she asks for everybody’s got their vice

If you’re waiting for a long time for the rest to do their piece
You can tell her that you know me you might even get it free
So any time you’re down the East End don’t you hesitate to go
You can take my honest word for it she’ll teach you more than you can know

Charlotte can’t you get out from all of this madness?
Can’t you see it only brings you sadness
When you entertain your men don’t you know the risk of getting disease?

Some day when you’re reaching the age of forty
I bet you’ll regret the days when you were laying
Nobody then will want to know you won’t have any beautiful wares to show any more

22, the Avenue, that’s the place where we all go
You will find it’s warm inside, the red light’s burning bright tonight

Charlotte isn’t it time you stopped this mad life?
Don’t you ever think about the bad times?
Why do you have to live this way? Do you enjoy your lay or is it the pay?

Sometimes when you’re strolling down the Avenue
The way you walk it makes men think of having you
When you’re walking down the street everybody stops and turns to stare at you

22, the Avenue, that’s the place where we all go
You will find it’s warm inside, the red light’s burning bright tonight

Beat her, mistreat her, do anything that you please
Bite her, excite her, make her get down on her knees
Abuse her, misuse her, she can take all that you’ve got
Caress her, molest her, she always does what you want

(3:50 – Solo: Dave Murray)

You’re running away don’t you know what you’re doing?
Can’t you see it’ll lead you to ruin?
Charlotte you’ve taken your life and you’ve thrown it away
You believe that because what you’re earning
Your life’s good don’t you know that you’re hurting
All the people that love you don’t cast them aside
All the men that are constantly drooling
It’s no life for you stop all that screwing
You’re packing your bags and you’re coming with me

(5:31 – Solo: Adrian Smith) 

The Number Of The Beast [4:49] (Harris)

Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea,
for the Devil sends the beast with wrath,
because he knows the time is short…
– Revelations 12:12
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.
– Revelations 13:18

I left alone, my mind was blank
I needed time to think, to get the memories from my mind
What did I see? Can I believe
That what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy

Just what I saw in my old dreams
Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me
‘Cause in my dreams it’s always there
The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair

Night was black, was no use holding back
‘Cause I just had to see was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist
Was this all for real or just some kind of hell?

Six six six – the Number of the Beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released

Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised
As they start to cry hands held to the sky
In the night the fires burning bright
The ritual has begun Satan’s work is done

Six six six – the Number of the Beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight

(2:46 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:15 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

This can’t go on I must inform the law
Can this still be real or some crazy dream?
But I feel drawn toward the evil chanting hordes
Seem to mesmerize me, can’t avoid their eyes

Six six six – the Number of the Beast
Six six six – the one for you and me

I’m coming back, I will return
And I’ll possess your body and I’ll make you burn
I have the fire, I have the force
I have the power to make my evil take its course

Run To The Hills [3:50] (Harris)

The white man came across the sea
He brought us pain and misery
He killed our tribes he killed our creed
He took our game for his own need
We fought him hard we fought him well
Out on the plains we gave him hell
But many came too much for Cree
Oh will we ever be set free?

Riding through dust clouds and barren wastes
Galloping hard on the plains
Chasing the redskins back to their holes
Fighting them at their own game
Murder for freedom the stab in the back
Women and children and cowards attack

Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives

Soldiers blue in the barren wastes
Hunting and killing the game
Raping the women and wasting the men
The only good Indians are tame
Selling them whisky and taking their gold
Enslaving the young and destroying the old

Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives

(2:12 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives

Gangland [3:47] (Smith, Burr)

Shadows may hide you but also be your grave
You’re running today maybe tomorrow you’ll be saved
You pray for the daylight to save you for a while
You wonder if your children will face the killer’s smile

Dead men tell no tales, in Gangland murders up for sale
Dead men tell no tales, in Gangland where jail birds die

Face at the window leers into your own
But it’s only your reflection still you tremble in your bones
How long can you hide, how long till they come?
A rat in a trap but you’ve got to survive

Once you were glad to be free for a while
The air tasted good and the world was your friend
Then came the day when the hard time began
Now your alone but alive – for how long?

Dead men tell no tales, in Gangland murders up for sale
Dead men tell no tales, in Gangland where jail birds die

(2:45 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

A knife at your throat another body on the pile
A contract to keep and it’s service with a smile
Murder for vengeance or murder for gain
Death on the streets or in a blacked out jail

Dead men tell no tales, in Gangland murders up for sale
Dead men tell no tales, in Gangland where jail birds die

Dead men… gangland… murder
In Gangland you tell no tales!

Total Eclipse [4:28] (Harris, Murray, Burr)

Cold as steel the darkness waits its hour will come
A cry of fear from our children worshipping the sun
Mother nature’s black revenge on those who waste her life
War babies in the garden of Eden shall turn our ashes to ice

Sunrise is gone, freezing up the fires
Sunrise is gone, numbing our desires
Sunrise is gone, sunrise is gone

Around the world the people stop with terror-stricken eyes
A shadow cast upon them all to crush them like a fly
In the icy rain and whiplashed seas there’s nowhere left to run
The hammer blows of winter fall like a hurricane

Sunrise is gone, freezing up the fires
Sunrise is gone, numbing all desires

Around the world the nations wait for some wise words from their leading light
You know it’s not only madmen who listen to fools
“Is this the end?” the millions cried clutching their riches as they died
Those who survive must weather the storm

(Solo: Dave Murray)
(Solo: Adrian Smith)

Gone are the days when man looked down
They’ve taken away his sacred crown
To be so free it took so long
It’s not the journey’s end it’s just begun

Hallowed Be Thy Name [7:10] (Harris)

I’m waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime
Reflecting on my past life and it doesn’t have much time
‘Cause at five o’clock they’ll take me to the gallows pole
The sands of time for me are running low…
Running low…

When the priest comes to read me the last rites
I take a look through the bars at the last sights
Of a world that has gone very wrong for me
Can it be there’s been some kind of error
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end not some crazy dream?

Somebody please tell me that I’m dreaming
It’s not easy to stop from screaming
But words escape me when I try to speak
Tears they flow but why am I crying?
After all I’m not afraid of dying
Don’t I believe that there never is an end?

As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Someone calls from a cell “God be with you!”
If there’s a god then why has he let me go?
As I walk all my life drifts before me
And though the end is near I’m not sorry
Catch my soul it’s willing to fly away

Mark my words please believe my soul lives on
Please don’t worry now that I have gone
I’ve gone beyond to see the truth
When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then you’ll begin to understand
Life down here is just a strange illusion

(4:50 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(5:08 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

Yeah! Hallowed be Thy name! Hallowed be Thy name!

Remember Tomorrow (live) (Harris)

Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday’s sorrows tomorrow’s white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire

Tears for remembrance and tears for joy
Tears for somebody and this lonely boy
Out in the madness the all seeing eye
Flickers above us to light up the sky

Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday’s sorrows tomorrow’s white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire

Základní údaje

Datum vydání: 9. 2. 1981
Produkce, inženýr: Martin “Headmaster” Birch
Nahráno v : Battery Studios, Londýn
Druhý inženýr: Nigel Hewitt
Manažer: Rod Smallwood for Sanctuary
Ilustrace přední strany obalu: Derek Riggs

Sestava

Steve Harris – baskytara, vokály
Dave Murray – kytara
Paul Di’Anno – zpěv
Clive Burr – bicí

 Seznam skladeb

1. The Ides Of March (Harris)
2. Wrathchild (Harris)
3. Murders In The Rue Morgue (Harris)
4. Another Life (Harris, Di’Anno)
5. Genghis Khan (Harris)
6. Innocent Exile (Harris)
7. Killers (Di’Anno, Harris)
8. Twilight Zone (Harris, Murray)
9. Prodigal Son (Harris)
10. Purgatory (Harris)
11. Drifter (Harris)

Remasterovaná verze z roku 1998 obsahuje navíc multimediální sekci s klipy:

1. Wrathchild
2. Killers (Taken From “Live At The Rainbow”

Texty

The Ides Of March [1:46] (Harris)

Instrumental

(0:40 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(0:59 – Solo: Dave Murray) 

Wrathchild [2:54] (Harris)

I was born into a scene of angriness and greed, and dominance and persecution
My mother was a queen, my dad I’ve never seen, I was never meant to be

And now I spend my time looking all around
For a man that’s nowhere to be found
Until I find him I’m never gonna stop searching
I’m gonna find my man, gonna travel around

‘Cause I’m a wrathchild
Well I’m a wrathchild
Yeah I’m a wrathchild
I’m coming to get you, oooh yeah!

(1:01 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Some say it shouldn’t matter, ain’t nothin’ gonna alter the course of my destination
I know I’ve got to find some serious peace of mind, or I know I’ll just go crazy

And now I spend my time looking all around
For a man that’s nowhere to be found
Until I find him I’m never gonna stop searching
I’m gonna find my man, gonna travel around

‘Cause I’m a wrathchild
Well I’m a wrathchild
Yeah I’m a wrathchild
I’m coming to get you, oooh yeah!

Murders In The Rue Morgue [4:18] (Harris)

(Intro solo: Dave Murray)

I remember it as plain as day although it happened in the dark of the night
I was strolling through the streets of Paris and it was cold it was starting to rain
And then I heard a piercing scream and I rushed to the scene of the crime
But all I found was the butchered remains of two girls lay side by side

Murders in the Rue Morgue, someone call the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue, leave before the killers go free

There’s some people coming down the street at last there’s someone heard my call
I can’t understand why they’re pointing at me I never done nothing at all
But I must have got some blood on my hands because everyone’s shouting at me
I can’t speak French so I couldn’t explain and like a fool I started running away

Murders in the Rue Morgue, someone call the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue, am I ever gonna be free?

And now I’ve gotta get away from the arms of the law all of France is looking for me
I’ve gotta find my way across the border for sure down the south to Italy

Murders in the Rue Morgue, someone call the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue, I’m never going home

Well I made it to the border at last but I can’t erase the scene from my mind
Anytime somebody stares at me well I just start running blind
Well I’m moving through the shadows at night away from the staring eyes
Any day they’ll be looking for me ’cause I know I show the signs of…

Murders in the Rue Morgue, running from the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue, running from the arms of the law

(2:58 – Solo: Dave Murray & Adrian Smith together)

Murders in the Rue Morgue, running from the Gendarmes
Murders in the Rue Morgue, am I ever gonna be free?

It took so long and I’m getting so tired, I’m running out of places to hide
Should I return to the scene of the crime where the two young victims died
If I could go to somebody for help it’d get me out of trouble for sure
But I know that it’s on my mind that my doctor said I’ve done it before

Murders in the Rue Morgue, they’re never gonna find me
Murders in the Rue Morgue, I’m never going home

Another Life [3:23] (Harris)

(0:16 – Solo: Dave Murray)

As I lay here lying on my bed
Sweet voices come into my head
Oh what it is I wanna know
Please won’t you tell me it’s got to go
There’s a feeling that’s inside me telling me to get away
But I’m so tired of living I might as well end today

As I lay here lying on my bed
Sweet voices come into my head
Oh what it is I wanna know
Please won’t you tell me it’s got to go
There’s a feeling that’s inside me telling me to get away
But I’m so tired of living I might as well end today

(2:13 – Solo: Dave Murray)

As I lay here lying on my bed
Sweet voices come into my head
Oh what it is I wanna know
Please won’t you tell me it’s got to go
There’s a feeling that’s inside me telling me to get away
But I’m so tired of living I might as well end today

(3:03 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:09 – Solo: Adrian Smith) 

Genghis Khan [3:07] (Harris)

Instrumental

Innocent Exile [3:52] (Harris)

My life is so empty nothing to live for
My mind is all confusion ’cause I defied the law
When you weren’t there to help me I lost my mind and ran
I never had no trouble before this all began

My life is so empty nothing to live for
My mind is all confusion ’cause I defied the law
When you weren’t there to help me I lost my mind and ran
I never had no trouble before this all began

I’m running away, nowhere to go
I’m lost and tired and I just don’t know. Yeah…
They say I killed a woman they know it isn’t true
They’re just trying to frame me and all because of you. Yeah…

(2:24 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(2:44 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

Oh I’m running…

Killers [5:01] (Di’Anno, Harris)

You walk through the subway his eyes burn a hole in your back
A footstep behind you he lunges prepared for attack
Scream for mercy he laughs as he’s watching you bleed
Killer behind you his blood lust defies all his needs

My innocent victims are slaughtered with wrath and despise
The mocking religion of hatred that burns in the night
I have no one I’m bound to destroy all this greed
A voice inside me compelling to satisfy me

I can see what a knife’s meant to be
And you’ll never know how I came to foresee, see, see

(2:59 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:21 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

My faith in believing is stronger than lifelines and ties
With the glimmer of metal my moment is ready to strike
Death call arises a scream breaks the still of the night
Another tomorrow remember to walk in the light

I have found you and now there is no place to run
Excitement shakes me oh God help me what have I done?
Ooh yeah I’ve done it again!

You walk through the subway my eyes burn a hole in your back
A footstep behind you he lunges prepared for attack
Scream for mercy he laughs as he’s watching you bleed
Killer behind you my blood lust defies all my needs
Oooh look out I’m coming for you
Hahahahahah!

Twilight Zone [2:31] (Harris, Murray)

She lays in bed at night and that is when I make my call
But when she stares at me she can’t see nothing at all
Because you see I can’t take no shape or form
It’s been three long years since I’ve been gone

I can’t get used to purgatory, you know it really makes me cry
I’ll never know the reason why I had to go
I’m crying, oh, oh, oh, deep inside me
Oh, oh, oh, can’t you see me? Ah, can’t you see me?

I’m looking forward to her spirit coming over to me
I feel tempted to bring her over to see
Just what it’s like to be hanging on the other side
I feel so lonely it’s been a long time since I died

I try to show her that she’s never gonna be alone
Because my spirit is imprisoned in the twilight zone
I’m crying, oh, oh, oh, deep inside me
Oh, oh, oh, can’t you see me? Ah, can’t you see me?

Prodigal Son [6:11] (Harris)

Listen to me Lamia listen to what I’ve got to say
I’ve got these feelings and they won’t go away
I’ve got these fears inside that’ll bring me to my knees
Oh help me Lamia or I’m sure I’ll die, oh please

I feel unsettled now I know that I’ve done wrong
I’ve messed around with mystic things and magic for too long
I feel I’m being paid with this nightmare inside me
The devil’s got a hold on my soul and he just won’t let me be

I’m on my knees oh help me please
I’m on my knees help me please

Oh Lamia please try to help me
The devil’s got a hold of my soul and he won’t let me be
Lamia I’ve got this curse I’m turning to bad
The devil’s got a hold of my soul and it’s driving me mad
Oooooh

(3:04 – Solo: Adrian Smith)
(3:44 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Oh Lamia please try to help me
The devil’s got a hold of my soul and he won’t let me be
Lamia I’ve got this curse I’m turning to bad
The devil’s got a hold of my soul and it’s driving me mad
Oooooh

Purgatory [3:20] (Harris)

Thinking of an age old dream
Places I have never seen
Fantasies lived times before
I split my brain melt through the floor

Over clouds my mind will fly
Forever now I can’t think why
My body tries to leave my soul
Or is it me I just don’t know
Memories rising from the past
The future’s shadow overcast
Something’s clutching at my head
Through the darkness I’ll be led

Oh another time another place
Oh another smile on another face
When you see me floating up beside you
You get the feeling that all my love’s inside of you

(0:56 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Please take me away, take me away, so far away
Please take me away, take me away, so far away
Please take me away, take me away, so far away

Thinking of an age old dream
Places I have never seen
Fantasies lived times before
I split my brain melt through the floor

Over clouds my mind will fly
Forever now I can’t think why
My body tries to leave my soul
Or is it me I just don’t know
Memories rising from the past
The future’s shadow overcast
Something’s clutching at my head
Through the darkness I’ll be led

Oh another time another place
Oh another smile on another face
When you see me floating up beside you
You get the feeling that all my love’s inside of you

Please take me away, take me away, so far away
Please take me away, take me away, so far away
Please take me away, take me away, so far away

Drifter [4:49] (Harris)

Walk away!

Look out now baby won’t you take me away
Sitting here it’s gonna be a new day
Gotta sing my song and I can’t go wrong
Gotta keep on roaming gotta sing my song

What you feeling when you hold me tight?
I’m gonna cuddle up with you tonight
Gonna get you feeling so secure
Listen child don’t you see there’s a cure?
Anywhere, got to get you away
Feels so good think it’s gonna be a new day
I’m gonna get my song ’til I can’t go on
I’m gonna keep on roaming gonna sing my song
Ooh yeah, ooh

(1:29 – Solo: Dave Murray)

I want you to sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it along
I want you to sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it along

What you feeling when you hold me tight?
I’m gonna cuddle up with you tonight
Gonna get you feeling so secure
Listen child don’t you see there’s a cure?
Anywhere got to get you away
Feels so good, think it’s gonna be a new day
I’m gonna get my song ’til I can’t go on
I’m gonna keep on roaming gonna sing my song
I wanna rock and roll, yeah

(3:03 – Solo: Adrian Smith)

I’m gonna sing my song yeah, and it won’t take long
I’m gonna sing my song yeah, I want you to sing along

I want you to sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it along
I want you to sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it along

 

Disc 1
1. If Eternity Should Fail (Dickinson) 8:28
2. Speed Of Light (Smith/ Dickinson) 5:01
3. The Great Unknown (Smith/ Harris) 6:37
4. The Red And The Black (Harris) 13:33
5. When The River Runs Deep (Smith/ Harris) 5:52
6. The Book Of Souls (Gers/ Harris) 10:27

Disc 2
7. Death Or Glory (Smith/ Dickinson) 5:13
8. Shadows Of The Valley (Gers/ Harris) 7:32
9. Tears Of A Clown (Smith/ Harris) 4:59
10. The Man Of Sorrows (Murray/ Harris) 6:28
11. Empire Of The Clouds (Dickinson) 18:01

Základní údaje

Datum vydání: 11. 4. 1980
Produkce: Will Malone, December 1979
Nahráno ve studiu: Kingsway Studios, Londýn
Inženýr: Martin Levan
Manažer: Rod Smallwood for Sanctuary Music
Ilustrace titulní strany: Derek Riggs

Sestava

Steve Harris – basykata, vokály
Dave Murray – kytara
Paul Di’Anno – zpěv
Clive Burr – bicí
Dennis Stratton – kytara

Seznam skladeb

1. Prowler (Harris)
2. Sanctuary (Harris, Di’Anno, Murray)
3. Remember Tomorrow (Harris, Di’Anno)
4. Running Free (Harris, Di’Anno)
5. Phantom Of The Opera (Harris)
6. Transylvania (Harris)
7. Strange World (Harris)
8. Charlotte The Harlot (Murray)
9. Iron Maiden (Harris)

Reedice z roku 1995 obsahuje navíc 2. CD na kterém jsou tyto skladby:

1. Burning Ambition (Harris) [2:40]
2. Drifter (live) (Harris) [6:04]
3. I’ve Got The Fire (live) (Montrose) [3:14]

Remasterovaná verze z roku 1998 obsahuje navíc multimediální sekci s klipy:

1. Iron Maiden
2. Phantom Of The Opera (Taken From “Live At The Rainbow”)

 

Texty

Prowler [3:55] (Harris)

Walking through the city
Looking oh so pretty
I’ve just got to find my way
See the ladies flashing
All their legs and lashes
I’ve just got to find my way

Well you see me crawling through the bushes
With it open wide – What you seeing girl?
Can’t you believe that feeling, can’t you believe it?
Can’t you believe your eyes? – It’s the real thing girl

Got me feeling myself and reeling around
Got me talking but feel like walking around

(1:59 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Got me feeling myself and reeling a…
Got me talking but nothing’s with me…
Got me feeling myself and reeling around

Walking through the city
Looking oh so pretty
I’ve just got to find my way
See the ladies flashing
All their legs and lashes
I’ve just got to find my way

Well you see me crawling through the bushes
With it open wide – What you seeing girl?
Can’t you believe that feeling, can’t you believe it?
Can’t you believe your eyes? – It’s the real thing girl

Got me feeling myself and reeling around
Got me talking but feel like walking around

Sanctuary [3:13] (Harris, Di’Anno, Murray)

Out of the winter came a war horse of steel
I’ve never killed a woman before but I know how it feels

I know you’d have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I’ve got to look for sanctuary from the law

I met up with a ‘slinger last night to keep me alive
He spends all his money on gambling and guns to survive

I know you’d have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I’ve got to look for sanctuary from the law

So give me sanctuary from the law and I’ll be alright
Just give me sanctuary from the law and love me tonight, tonight

(1:11 – Solo: Dennis Stratton)
(1:30 – Solo: Dave Murray)

I know you’d have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I’ve got to look for sanctuary from the law

I can laugh at the wind, I can howl at the rain
Down in the canyon or out in the plain

I know you’d have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I’ve got to look for sanctuary from the law

So give me sanctuary from the law and I’ll be alright
Just give me sanctuary from the law and love me tonight, tonight

Remember Tomorrow [5:27] (Harris, Di’Anno)

Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday’s sorrows tomorrow’s white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire

Tears for remembrance and tears for joy
Tears for somebody and this lonely boy
Out in the madness the all seeing eye
Flickers above us to light up the sky

(2:39 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:08 – Solo: Dennis Stratton)

Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday’s sorrows tomorrow’s white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire

Running Free [3:16] (Harris, Di’Anno)

Just sixteen a pickup truck, out of money out of luck
I’ve got nowhere to call my own, hit the gas and here I go

I’m running free yeah! I’m running free
I’m running free yeah! Oh I’m running free

Spent the night in an L.A. jail and listened to the sirens wail
They ain’t got a thing on me, I’m running wild I’m running free

I’m running free yeah! I’m running free
I’m running free yeah! Oh I’m running free

Pulled her at the Bottle Top, whisky dancing disco hop
Now all the boys are after me and that’s the way it’s gonna be

I’m running free yeah! I’m running free
I’m running free yeah! Oh I’m running free

Phantom Of The Opera [7:20] (Harris)

I’ve been looking so long for you now you won’t get away from my grasp
You’ve been living so long in hiding in hiding behind that false mask
And you know and I know that you ain’t got that long to last
Your looks and your feelings are just the remains of your past

Standing in the wings there you wait for the curtain to fall
Knowing the terror and holding you have on us all
I know that you’re gonna scratch me and maim me and maul
You know I’m helpless from your mesmerising cat call

Keep your distance walk away don’t take his bait
Don’t you stray, don’t fade away
Watch your step he’s out to get you come what may
Don’t you stray from the narrow way

(2:47 – Slow Solo: Dave Murray)
(5:09 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(5:26 – Solo: Dennis Stratton)

I’m running and hiding in my dreams you’re always there
You’re the Phantom of the Opera you’re the devil you’re just out to scare
You damaged my mind and my soul it just floats through the air
You haunt me you taunt me you torture me back at your lair

Transylvania [4:05] (Harris)

Instrumental

(1:55 – Solo: Dennis Stratton)
(2:13 – Solo: Dave Murray) 

Strange World [5:45] (Harris)

(0:55 – Solo: Dennis Stratton)

The only place where you can dream,
Living here is not what it seems
Ship of white, light in the sky,
Nobody there to reason why
Here I am, I’m not really there,
Smiling faces ever so rare
Let’s walk in deepest space,
Living here just isn’t the place

(3:12 – Solo: Dave Murray)

Stalks of light come from the ground
When I cry there isn’t a sound
All my feelings cannot be held
I’m happy in my new strange world
Shades of green grasses twine
Girls drinking plasma wine
A look at love, a dream unfolds
Living here you’ll never grow old

Don’t you hear me call? Ooh ooh ooh ooh

Charlotte The Harlot [4:12] (Murray)

Giving a swish with your arse in the air don’t you know what they’re saying?
Charlotte you’re so refined when you take all the love that they’re giving
Sticking with every man that you find don’t you know what they’re after?
Charlotte you’ve got your legs in the air don’t you hear all the laughter?

Charlotte The Harlot show me your legs
Charlotte The Harlot take me to bed
Charlotte The Harlot let me see blood
Charlotte The Harlot let me see love

Taking so many men to your room don’t you feel no remorse?
You charge them a fiver it’s only for starters and ten for the main course
And you’ve got no feelings they died long ago don’t you care who you let in?
Don’t you know you’re breaking the law with the service you’re giving

Charlotte The Harlot show me your legs
Charlotte The Harlot take me to bed
Charlotte The Harlot let me see blood
Charlotte The Harlot let me see love

There was a time when you left me standing there picking up pieces of love off the floor
Well Charlotte you left me alone in there to make your ends as a bloody whore
Well Charlotte you told me you love me true picking up pieces of love yesterday
Well Charlotte your drawers are off color too ’cause you’re making love all day

(2:58 – Solo: Dave Murray)
(3:07 – Solo: Dennis Stratton)

Giving a swish with your arse in the air don’t you know what they’re saying?
Charlotte you’re so refined when you take all the love that they’re giving
Sticking with every man that you find don’t you know what they’re after?
Charlotte you’ve got your legs in the air don’t you hear all the laughter?

Charlotte The Harlot show me your legs
Charlotte The Harlot take me to bed
Charlotte The Harlot let me see blood
Charlotte The Harlot let me see love

Iron Maiden [3:35] (Harris)

Won’t you come into my room I wanna show you all my wares
I just want to see your blood I just want to stand and stare
See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor
Iron Maiden can’t be fought Iron Maiden can’t be sought

Oh well, wherever, wherever you are
Iron Maiden’s gonna get you no matter how far
See the blood flow, watching it shed up above my head
Iron Maiden wants you for dead

Won’t you come into my room I wanna show you all my wares
I just want to see your blood I just want to stand and stare
See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor
Iron Maiden can’t be fought Iron Maiden can’t be sought

Oh well, wherever, wherever you are
Iron Maiden’s gonna get you no matter how far
See the blood flow, watching it shed up above my head
Iron Maiden wants you for dead

Burning Ambition (Harris) [2:40]

So you think you can own me, well you’d better just think again
You’d better watch your steps now, woman, ’cause I ain’t like those other men
There’s something burning inside me that makes me want to be free
And when I get these feelings honey, you better keep away from me

There’s things in life now, baby, that I know I’ve got to do
And I need your love now, baby, to help me see it through
So you think you can own me, well you’d better just think again
You’d better watch your steps now, woman, ’cause I ain’t like those other men

So you think you can own me, well you’d better just think again
You’d better watch your steps now, woman, ’cause I ain’t like those other men
There’s something burning inside me that makes me want to be free
And when I get these feelings honey, you better keep away from me

Drifter (live) (Harris) [6:04]

Walk away!

Look out now baby won’t you take me away
Sitting here it’s gonna be a new day
Gotta sing my song and I can’t go wrong
Gotta keep on roaming gotta sing my song

What you feeling when you hold me tight?
I’m gonna cuddle up with you tonight
Gonna get you feeling so secure
Listen child don’t you see there’s a cure?
Anywhere, got to get you away
Feels so good think it’s gonna be a new day
I’m gonna get my song ’til I can’t go on
I’m gonna keep on roaming gonna sing my song
Ooh yeah, ooh

I want you to sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it along
I want you to sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it along

What you feeling when you hold me tight?
I’m gonna cuddle up with you tonight
Gonna get you feeling so secure
Listen child don’t you see there’s a cure?
Anywhere got to get you away
Feels so good, think it’s gonna be a new day
I’m gonna get my song ’til I can’t go on
I’m gonna keep on roaming gonna sing my song
I wanna rock and roll, yeah

I’m gonna sing my song yeah, and it won’t take long
I’m gonna sing my song yeah, I want you to sing along

I want you to sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it along
I want you to sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it alone

I’ve Got The Fire (live) (Montrose) [3:14]

Then baby, pass me by
And if you wanted something that’s twenty years deep
Baby, don’t even try
And if you wanted someone to take your soul
I’ll lift you up little bit higher

I’ve got the fire!

So you think I’m skinny, don’t you sell me cheap
I’m as wide as a country-mile
Some like it wide, I like it deep
Guess which one is my style
So you think you can beat me by my own game
Maybe I’ll call you a liar

I’ve got the fire! I’ve got the fire!