Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls (Full Album)

Lyrics to The Book Of Souls (Full Album) by Iron Maiden

Tracklist: 01. If Eternity Should Fail Here is the soul of a man Here in this place for the taking Clothed in white, stand in the light Here is the soul of a man Time to speak with the shaman again Conjure the jester again Black dog in the ruins is howling my name So here is the soul of a man When the world was virgin Before the coming of men Just a solar witness The beginning of the end From a world of magma To a cold rock face The ascent of madness And the human race We are strange believers all of us There are stranger truths immortal lust We rise from slumber he calls our name Recalls our number abide with pain Reef in a sail at the edge of the world If eternity should fail Waiting in line for the ending of time If eternity should fail To God's illusion which I recall Was our delusion Before the fall The angels come and angels go But the lord of light shining below Eternal blackness beyond the stars We think our wisdom will get that far At the master's table the table's bare No land of plenty, devastation, despair Reef in a sail at the edge of the world If eternity should fail Waiting in line for the ending of time If eternity should fail Good day my name is necropolis I am formed of the dead I am the harvester of the soul meat And I suck the lives from around my bed I own two sons I gave them breath And I filled their living corpses with my bile What humanity I knew I have long forgotten For me, eternity is nothing But a short while 02. Speed of Light Another time another place A hollow universe in space I took a trip to see the sights I will be blacker than night one way ticket no return My shooting star so fast it burns on the edge that you can't see Let's shoot the moon you and me I'm not particular you'll see Just a lonesome galaxy Shadows in the stars we will not return Humanity won't save us at the speed of light Shadows in the stars we will not return Humanity won't save us we slip into the night I'll say a mass for you and wave Shooting plasma from my grave Event horizon lost in space Running in a human race I don't know where I don't know when But somehow back there time again I'm the edge that you can't see I'm not particular at night A single particle of me You won't be tracking me by sight Shadows in the stars we will not return Humanity won't save us at the speed of light Shadows in the stars we will not return Humanity won't save us we slip into the night Shadows in the stars we will not return Humanity won't save us at the speed of light Shadows in the stars we will not return Humanity won't save us we slip into the night Shadows in the stars we will not return Humanity won't save us at the speed of light We slip into the night 03. The Great Unknown Winter softly falling to the ground Calmly waiting don't you hear a sound When the world has fallen to the depths below Where the future's open and the fear has grown And the path to follow to the great unknown Where the dark has fallen and the seed is sown In the selfish hearts of some The nightmare's coming With the spilling blood of others Now wringing through Now the cup is spilling over Wake to news of death And the prophecy of sages Destiny is met To the depths of human mind The cry is burning With the mentor's anger Of the lesson ringing true And for those who live by and are dying by the sword They will take their ideals with them Justify their end Where the fools are lying and the meek are crying Where the wolves are preying on the weak alone Where the sons are dying Hear their mothers crying And the distant sound of fire Begins again Never ending the desires of men It'll never be the same or calm again In a time of changing hearts And great unknown It'll be the damnation and end of us all Where the fools are lying And the meek are crying Where the wolves are preying on the weak alone Where the sons are dying Hear their mothers crying And the distant sound of fire begins again Never ending the desires of men It'll never be the same or calm again In a time of changing hearts And great unknown It'll be the damnation and end of us all When the world has fallen And we stand alone... 04. The Red and the Black The morals of life and the perils of death Take the wrong way out running out of breath Meet my match in the afterlife Suppress the demons that plague the night A tortured mind is a safe place to go But the truth lurks down in the dark below Step inside my inquisitive mind Are you scared at what you just might find See myself in the hall of mirrors A different shape every step I take A different mind every step of the line But in the end they are all mine Laughing sorrow inside your head Can't get out just a feeling of dread I know this burden is a heavy load A dark mistake never ending road The black jack king and the red queen clash The artful dodger he counts his stash The joker's wild like an impish child While madame fortune she waits inside The good luck charm is overkill The tired old soldier says fire at will Planes overhead go search destroy The ones below human decoy I need somebody to save me Meanwhile we play the waiting game The clock is struck the horse is lame And when we think that this is done Chance your luck a four leafed one You hedge your bets the battle lost To wait in vain and count the cost The thin edged line Between good and bad And cast the luck be happy sad I need somebody to save me The red and the black People don't want the truth Look in their eyes and you send them away The red and the black Fate and hypocrisy Burden's a heavy load there is no doubt The red and the black All out of luck again How many chances can anyone have The red and the black Treachery out to win There in the wrong place and at the wrong time I need somebody to save me 05. When the River Runs Deep Look for something that is hard to find Searching somewhere deep inside your mind Hope you find just what you're looking for Heaven's waiting with an open door If you should sell your soul as cheaply as I did then The road to ruin is a long road to hide in We signed our lives away to have an escape It's something that will be whatever our fate There's no use in hiding Got to keep on trying Can't take no more lying This is the last There's no time for crying When some of us are dying None of us decide what is our fate Now with nothing to hide going nowhere Take my chances and stand by their sides When the river runs deep And the line breaks And the blood it flows Free from our lives Is this the last together maybe this time now We stand together and we're holding the line here There's nothing we can do just sit here and wait The die is cast that is deciding our fate There's no use in hiding Got to keep on trying Can't take no more lying This is the last There's no time for crying When some of us are dying None of us decide What is our fate Now with nothing to hide going nowhere Take my chances and stand by their sides When the river runs deep And the line breaks And the blood it flows Free from our lives Now with nothing to hide going nowhere Take my chances and stand by their sides When the river runs deep And the line breaks And the blood it flows Free from our lives Now with nothing to hide going nowhere Take my chances and stand by their sides When the river runs deep And the line breaks And the blood it flows Free from our lives Now with nothing to hide going nowhere Take my chances and stand by their sides When the river runs deep And the line breaks And the blood it flows Free from our lives 06. The Book of Souls Sacrifices buried with kings Accompany them on a journey with no end To an afterlife that's rich with fruit of all the gods And to face the demons Of their underworld haunts The sentient is sent to seek out all the truth A flight to earth that is a given from his birth To rise from ashes of the dead Out of the fire is sent to fulfil man's desire By power day and night and death he ruled them The sky and earth and the fires too Two headed reptile symbol of his reign Universes of the underworld A life that's full of all the wealth and riches Can never last for an eternity After living in a golden paradise The ultimate sacrifice Prophecy of sky gods, the sun and moon Passing of old ways will come true soon Falling of ages, forest of kings The search for the truth, the book of souls The rulers of planets and stars The power of the kings of traders and the wars Planetary cycles and the phases of the moon Is in the document a kingdom they will learn They were praying to the gods of nature And were living in the cities of stone Towers reaching upward to the heavens Sacred wonders for the world unknown Make their lives be a mystery no more Records kept and the passing of laws Sacred gods to the book of lies When a civilization dies Prophecy of sky gods The sun and moon Passing of old ways will come true soon Falling of ages Forest of kings The lost book of souls, destruction begins Ascending the throne wearing feathers and shells He brought back their lives from the void Alien invasion brings nothing but death Mass exodus and plant life destroyed Domain of the earth to the journey of truth The underworld caves mayan slaves Defeat of the dark lords The ultimate proof In the place where the ancestors rule The book of souls 07. Death or Glory I see the enemy, I know he can't see me Combat red in tooth and claw Ready now for one more score Took a bullet in my brain Inside I'm the king of pain Outside you will fear my name I ride a blood red triplane Turn like the devil, shoot straight from the sun Climb like a monkey out of hell where I belong Death or glory, it's all the same Death or glory, the price of fame Death or glory, I'm in the game of Death or glory, a one way train I watch you spiral down Dead before you hit the ground Bullet got you in the back Deflection shooting beam attack I shoot the gunner first I kill to quench my thirst I hunt the weakest prey Live to fly another day Turn like the devil, shoot straight from the sun Climb like a monkey, out of hell where I belong Death or glory, it's all the same Death or glory, the price of fame Death or glory, I'm in the game of Death or glory, a one way train Turn like the devil, shoot straight from the sun Climb like a monkey out of hell where I belong Death or glory, it's all the same Death or glory, the price of fame Death or glory, I'm in the game of Death or glory, a one way train Death or glory, it's all the same Death or glory, the price of fame Death or glory, I'm in the game of Death or glory, a one way train 08. Shadows of the Valley Wandering aimlessly in a cold dark mist I follow Walking in a dark world that's been Kissed with sadness Without sunlight things are born To the dead of nightmares Soulless demons laughing in a sea of madness Listen closely to the raven's call Praying hard for our world not to end Try as might to make sense of it all Will it be for the penance of men Follow north for the call of the wild Look all out for a small wayward child Lay in fear as the dark raven crows Look for guidance from the one who knows He lived on this earth for a time and a half Playing a tune to the old man's laugh The fear that's inside the men of the oath In the script of the book that he wrote Ask them the questions Tell them no lies A cry for freedom Praying that they wouldn't die Mind over matter Cry over sins Their lives are over now Ended before they begin As the raven again passes by I can hear all the wake fathers cry That the first born of all men will die That their lives will be taken from them Face the danger a battle of wills Strength and courage a cure for all ills We believe in that thou shall not kill But others are ready to spill The hearts of all men since beginning of time Living with temptation Wanting and crime A walk in the shadow of the valley of death Knowing I'll take my last breath Ask them the questions Tell them no lies A cry for freedom Praying that they wouldn't die Mind over matter Cry over sins Their lives are over now Ended before they begin The hearts of all men since beginning of time Living with temptation Wanting and crime A walk in the shadow of the valley of death Knowing I'll take my last breath Ask them the questions Tell them no lies A cry for freedom Praying that they wouldn't die Mind over matter Cry over sins Their lives are over now Ended before they begin Into the valley of death fear no evil We will go forward no matter the cost Into the valley of death follow me now Bring me your souls and I'll make it our last Ask them the questions Tell them no lies A cry for freedom Praying that they wouldn't die Mind over matter, cry over sins Their lives are over now Ended before they begin 09. Tears of a Clown All alone in a crowded room He tries to force a smile The smile it beamed or so it seemed But never reached the eyes, disguise Masquerading as the funny man do they despise The false smile maketh of the man Glass empty or half full Try to make some sense or sorrows drown All looks well on the outside Underneath the solemn truth There's something that inside has died Tomorrow comes tomorrow goes But the cloud remains the same Wonder why he's feeling down Tears of a clown Maybe it's all just for the best Lay his weary head to rest Was forever feeling drowned Tears of a clown Who motivates the motivator Facade it has to go He knows it sooner or later Smile for cameras all ok But tomorrow is another day he must get through He had a longer way to run Or so the story goes Life full of fun where did it go We saw the sadness in his eyes It came as no surprise And now of course we'll never know Tomorrow comes tomorrow goes But the cloud remains the same Wonder why he's feeling down Tears of a clown Maybe it's all just for the best Lay his weary head to rest Was forever feeling drowned Tears of a clown Tomorrow comes tomorrow goes But the cloud remains the same Wonder why he's feeling down Tears of a clown Maybe it's all just for the best Lay his weary head to rest Was forever feeling down Tears of a clown Tears of a clown... 10. The Man of Sorrows Like a man without a home Watching people come and go Carry on their daily lives Without a thought for the ones alone Cast the dream aside like throwing A pebble into the ocean tide And I'm feeling so alone again Free the angry from their pain Free the captives from the chains Cast aside the doubt that Nothing good can come their way again Living in a world of lies No matter how or hard we try Living life without a dream today Looking through a mist of truth That we believe an elusive cloud The things we find are hard to say now That we live through day to day Find it hard to force the reasons Why we find it hard to die Now we need to know the truth now Open our eyes that we can see So we live and breathe again Better days for you and me Can we even hope to deliver this We are so far away As one turns against the other With a brother against brother Situation like no other it's a picture of despair As we look to see the man of sorrows Passing knowledge to those who don't know As we watch all our friends passing over As they pass through the edges of time And we see what's ahead that awaits us That no longer do we feel afraid So we look to see the man of sorrows And the light is the darkness no more As we look to see the man of sorrows Passing knowledge to those Who don't know As we watch all our friends passing over As they pass through the edges of time And we see what's ahead that awaits us That no longer do we feel afraid So we look to see the man of sorrows And the light is the darkness no more 11. Empire of the Clouds To ride the storm, to an empire of the clouds To ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghost To ride the storm, to a kingdom that will come To ride the storm, and damn the rest... oblivion Royalty and dignitaries brandy and cigars Related giant of the skies You hold them in your arms The millionth chance they laughed To take down his majesty's craft To India they say magic carpet float away An October fateful day... Mist is in the trees Stone sweats with the dew The morning sunrise red before the blue Hanging at the mast Waiting for command His majesty's airship The R101 She's the biggest vessel built by man A giant of the skies For all you unbelievers The Titanic fits inside Drum rolled tight her canvas skin Silvered in the sun Never tested with the fury With the beating yet to come The fury yet to come In the gathering gloom A storm rising in the west The coxswain stared Into the plunging weather glass We must go now We must take our chance with fate We must go now For the politicians, he can't be late The airship crew awake for thirty Hours at full stretch, But the ship is in their backbone Every sinew, every inch She never flew at full speed A trial never done A fragile outer cover Her Achilles would become An Achilles yet to come Sailors of the sky A hardened breed Loyal to the king and an airship creed The engines drum The telegraph sounds Release the cords That bind us to the ground Said the coxswain,"Sir, she's heavy" "She'll never make this flight" Said the captain "Damn the cargo" "We'll be on our way tonight" Groundlings cheered in wonder As she backed off from the mast Baptising them her water From the ballast fore and aft Now she slips into our past Fighting in the wind as it rolls you Feeling the diesels that push you along Watching the channel below you Lower and lower into the night Lights are passing below you Northern France asleep in their beds Storm is raging around you A million to one that's what he said Reaper standing beside her With his scythe cuts to the bone Panic to make a decision Experienced men asleep in their graves Her cover is ripped and she's drowning Rain is flooding into the hull Bleeding to death and she's falling Lifting gas is draining away "We're down lads" came a cry Bow plunging from the sky Three thousand horses silent As the ship began to die The flares to guide her path Ignited at the last The empire of the clouds Just ashes in our past Just ashes at the last Here lie their dreams As they stand in the sun on the ground where they built And the engines did run To the moon and the stars Now what have we done Oh the dreamers may die But the dreams live on Dreams live on Dreams live on... Now a shadow on a hill The angel of the east The empire of the clouds May rest in peace And in a country churchyard Laid head to the mast Eight and forty souls Who came to die in France Thanks for watching!!!