Iron Maiden

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Steve Harris, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Nicko McBrain and Janick Gers

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. As pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal movement, Iron Maiden achieved initial success during the early 1980s. The band's discography has grown to 41 albums, including 17 studio albums, 13 live albums, four EPs, and seven compilations.

Song lyrics

Fly, on your way, like an eagle
Fly, touch the Sun

Iron Maiden (1980)

Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought.
- Iron Maiden, written by Steve Harris

Killers (1981)

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.
Mem'ries rising from the past, the future's shadow overcast.
Something's clutching at my head, through the darkness I'll be led.
- Purgatory, written by Steve Harris

The Number of the Beast (1982)

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 all this for real, or just some kind of hell.
666 the number of the beast.
Hell and fire was born to be released.
- The Number of the Beast, written by Steve Harris

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.
- Run to the Hills, written by Steve Harris

Run to the hills, run for your lives.
- Run to the Hills

Around the world the nations wait,
For some wise word 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.
- Total Eclipse, written by Steve Harris, Dave Murray and Clive Burr

The sands of time for me are running low.
- Hallowed Be Thy Name, written by Steve Harris

Piece of Mind (1983)

Just a babe in a black abyss,
No reason for a place like this.
The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain.
An easy way for the blind to go,
A clever path for the fools who know
The Secret of the Hangman the smile on his lips.
The light of the Blind you'll see,
The venom that tears my spine,
The Eyes of the Nile are opening you'll see.
- Revelations, written by Bruce Dickinson

She came to me with a serpents kiss,
As the Eye of the Sun rose on her lips.
Moonlight catches silver tears I cry.
- Revelations

Bind us all together,
Ablaze with Hope and Free.
No storm or heavy weather,
Will rock the boat you'll see.
- Revelations

Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears
Looks the old man in the eye
As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd
In the name of God my father I'll fly
- Flight of Icarus, written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson

Fly, on your way, like an eagle
Fly as high as the Sun
On your way, like an eagle
Fly, touch the Sun
- Flight of Icarus

13 the Beast is Rising,
The Frenchman did surmise,
Through earthquakes and starvation,
The Warlord will arise,
Terror, Death, Destruction,
Pour from the Eastern sands,
But the truth of all predictions,
Is always in your hands.
- Die with Your Boots On, written by Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris

You take my life but I'll take yours too
You fire your musket but I run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand there's no turning back.
- The Trooper, written by Steve Harris

The bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death.
- The Trooper

Powerslave (1984)

Running, scrambling, flying
Rolling, turning, diving
- Aces High, written by Steve Harris

Run,
Live to fly, fly to live, do or die
Won't you
Run, live to fly, fly to live
Aces high
- Aces High

The killer's breed or the Demon's seed,
The glamour, the fortune, the pain,
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain,
Don't you pray for my soul anymore.
- 2 Minutes to Midnight, written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson

2 minutes to midnight,
The hands that threaten doom.
2 minutes to midnight,
To kill the unborn in the womb.
- 2 Minutes to Midnight

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.
- Powerslave, Written by Bruce Dickinson

Somewhere in Time (1986)

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 makes me want to cry
And throw my hands up to the sky
- Wasted Years, written by Adrian Smith

So understand
Don't waste your time
Always searching for those wasted years
Face up... make your stand
And realize you're living in the golden years
- Wasted Years

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)

Infinite dreams, I can't deny them
Infinity is hard to comprehend
I couldn't hear those screams
Even in my wildest dreams
- Infinite Dreams, written by Steve Harris

It can't be all 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?
- Infinite Dreams

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
- Infinite Dreams

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 to see!
- Can I Play with Madness, written by Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris

Living on the razor's edge
Balancing on the ledge
You know, you know!
- The Evil That Men Do, written by Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris

Circle of fire my baptism of joy
And an end it seems
The seventh lamb slain
The book of life opens before me
- The Evil That Men Do

And I will pray for you
Some day I may return
Don't you cry for me
Beyond is where I learn
- The Evil That Men Do

The evil that men do lives on and on!
- The Evil That Men Do

There's a time to live but isn't it strange
That as soon as you're born you're dying
- The Claivoyant, written by Steve Harris

No Prayer for the Dying (1990)

I've lived in filth I've lived in sin
And I still smell cleaner than the shit you're in
- Holy Smoke, written by Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson

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
- Public Enema Number One, written by Dave Murray and Bruce Dickinson

Bring your daughter, bring your daughter to the slaughter
Let her go, let her go, let her go
- Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter, written by Bruce Dickinson

Mother Russia
Dance of the Csars
Hold up your heads
Remember who you are
Can you release
The anger the grief
Can you be happy
Now your people are free
- Mother Russia, written by Steve Harris

Fear of the Dark (1992)

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 rob yourself blind.
- Be Quick or Be Dead, written by Bruce Dickinson and Janick Gers

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 till the day you die...
- Fear Is the Key, written by Bruce Dickinson and Janick 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
- Wasting Love, written by Bruce Dickinson and Janick Gers

Dream on brothers, while you can
Dream on sisters, I hope you find the one
All of our lives, covered up quickly
By the tides of time
- Wasting Love

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
- Wasting Love

Spend your days full of emptiness
Spend your years full of loneliness
Wasting love, in a desperate caress
Rolling shadows of nights
- Wasting Love

You can make your own luck
You create your destiny
I believe you have the power if you want to
..........it's true
- The Apparition, written by Steve Harris and Janick Gers

When the light begins to change
I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when it's dark
- Fear of the Dark, written by Steve Harris

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'll find it hard to look again
Because you're sure that someone's there
- Fear of the Dark

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

The X Factor (1995)

I don't care for this world anymore
I just want to live my own fantasy
Fate has brought us to these shores
What was meant to be is now happening
- Lord of the Flies, written by Steve Harris and Janick Gers

I've found that I like this living in danger
Living on edge it feels, it makes me feel as one
Who cares now what's right or wrong,
it's reality
- Lord of the Flies

We don't need a code of morality
I like all the mixed emotion and anger
It brings out the animal, the power you can feel
And feeling so high on this much adrenalin
Excited but scary to believe what we've become
- Lord of the Flies

Saints and sinners
Something within us
To be lord of the flies
- Lord of the Flies

Try to release the anger from within
Forgive yourself a few immortal sins
Do you really care what people think
Are you strong enough to release the guilt
- The Unbeliever, written by Steve Harris and Janick Gers

Virtual XI (1998)

I want to live my life on my own
I want to lift the unturned stone
I want to walk right into the fire
I want to live out all my desires
I want to go and see the fire burn
I want to see and feel my world turn
I want to know what more there's to learn
I want to pass the point of no return
- The Educated Fool, written by Steve Harris

Brave New World (2000)

You watch the world exploding every single night
Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light
Say goodbye to gravity and say goodbye to death
Hello to eternity and live for every breath
- The Wicker Man, written by Adrian Smith, Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson

Your time will come, your time will come
- The Wicker Man

The ferryman wants his money you ain't going to give it back
He can push his own boat as you set up off the track
Nothing you can contemplate will ever be the same
Every second is a new spark, sets the universe aflame
- The Wicker Man

Withered hands, withered bodies begging for salvation
Deserted by the hand of gods of their own creation
Nations cry underneath decaying skies above
You are guilty
- Out of the Silent Planet, written by Janick Gers, Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris

I know what I want
I'll say what I want
And no one can take it away

The punishment is death for all who live
- Out of the Silent Planet

The killing fields, the grinding wheels crushed by equilibrium
Separate lives no more disguise, no more second chances
Haggard wisdom spitting out the bitter taste of hate
I accuse you
Before you know the crime it's all too late
- Out of the Silent Planet

Out of the silent planet
Dreams of desolation
Out of the silent planet
Come the demons of creation
- Out of the Silent Planet

There's a thin line between love and hate
Wider divide that you can see between good and bad
There's a grey place between black and white
But everyone does have the right to choose the path that he takes
- The Thin Line Between Love and Hate, written by Dave Murray and Steve Harris

Dance of Death (2003)

When I'm feeling down and low
I vow I'll never be the same again
I just remember what I am
And visualize just what I'm gonna be
- Wildest Dreams, written by Adrian Smith and Steve Harris

When I was wandering in the desert and was searching for the truth
I heard a choir of angels calling out my name.
I had the feeling that my life would never be the same again
I turned my face towards the barren sun.
- Rainmaker, written by Dave Murray, Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson

And I know, of the pain, that you feel the same as me.
And I dream, of the rain, as it falls upon the leaves.
And the cracks, in our lives, like the cracks upon the ground.
They are sealed, and are now, washed away.
- Rainmaker

You tell me we can start the rain.
You tell me that we all can change.
You tell me we can find something to wash the tears away.
You tell me we can start the rain.
You tell me that we all can change.
You tell me we can find something to wash the tears.
- Rainmaker

So we can only get one chance can we take it
And we only get one life can't exchange it
Can we hold on to what we have don't replace it
The age of innocence is fading... like an old dream
- Age of Innocence, written by Dave Murray and Steve Harris

And the fragment remains of our memories
And the shadows we made with our hands
Deeper grey, come to form all the colors of the dawn
Will this Journeyman’s day be his last?
- Journeyman, written by Adrian Smith, Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson

In your life you may choose desolation
And the shadows you build with your hands
If you turn to the light
That is burning in the night
Then the Journeyman's day has begun
- Journeyman

I know what I want
I'll say what I want
And no one can take it away
- Journeyman

A Matter of Life and Death (2006)

We are cast out by our bloody fathers hand
We are strangers in this lonely promised land
We are shadows of the one unholy ghost
In our nightmare world the only one we trust
- Lord of Light, written by Adrian Smith, Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson

The Final Frontier (2010)

El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold
See my ship is oversold
You've got one last chance to try
- El Dorado, written by Adrian Smith, Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson

Left the elders to their parley meant to satisfy our lust,
Leaving Damocles still hanging over all their promised trust
Walk away from freedoms offered by their jailers in their cage
Step into the light startripping over mortals in their rage
- Starblind, written by Adrian Smith, Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson

Other

There's an evil virus that's threatening mankind
Not state of the art, a serious state of the mind
The muggers, the backstabbers, the two faced elite
A menace to society, a social disease
- Virus, written by Blaze Bayley, Dave Murray, Janick Gers and Steve Harris, featured in the 1996 compilation album Best of the Beast

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