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IRON MAIDEN LYRICS
"Aces High" (1984 Single)
1. Aces High
2. King Of Twilight (Nektar cover)
3. Number Of The Beast (live)
1. Aces High
There goes the siren that warns of the air raid
There 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, doing it again
Running, scrambling, flying
Rolling, turning, diving...
Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die, won't you
Run, live to fly, fly to live, aces high!
Move in to fire at the mainstream of bombers
Let of 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-109's 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, doing it again
Rolling, turning, diving
Rolling, turning, diving, doing it again
Run, live to fly, fly to live, do or die, won't you
Run, live to fly, fly to live, aces high!
2. King Of Twilight (Nektar cover)
note: This is actually two songs "Cry'in in the Dark" and "King of Twilight"
I've been trying, trying so hard
I've been crying, crying in the dark
Don't forsake me, the time of mine is near
Don't ever break me and the world that brought me here
Sick and lonely, waiting for the dawn
Sick and lonely, wondering what to do
Can you hear me, when I say to you
You give me your hand, I'll give mine to you
When the king of twilight shows me
I will take ten steps to see
Forty leaves I pay for freedom
For a chance to be free!
For a chance to be free
When the king of twilight calls you
Take a step and you will see
We all need a quick solution
For a chance to be free!
For a chance to be free... free
When the king of twilight shows me
I will take ten steps to see
Forty leaves I pay for freedom
For a chance to be free!
For a chance to be... free
3. Number Of The Beast (live)
"Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast
For it is a human number. It's number is six hundred and sixty six"
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
'Cos in my dreams it's always there, the evil face
That twists my mind and brings me to despair
The night was black was no use holding back
'Cos 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 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 are burning bright
The ritual has begun, Satan's work is done
666, the number of the Beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight
This can't go on, I must inform the law
Can this still be real or just some crazy dream?
But I feel drawn towards the evil chanting hordes
They seem to mesmerise me... can't avoid their eyes
666, the number of the Beast
666, 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
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