tell you a thing
that you ought to know
two minutes of your time
then on you go
tell tale of the men
all dressed in black
that most of them
not coming back
sent off to war
to play little games
and on their return
can't name no names
some strange yellow gas
has played with their minds
has reddened their eyes
removed all the lies
and strange as it souns
death knows no bounds
how many get well
only time will tell
only time will tell
you lie in your death bed now
but what did you bring to the table
brought us only holy sin
utter trust is a deadly thing
to the prayer of holy peace
we didn't know what was lying underneath
so how could we be such fools
and to think we thought you the answer
i can't begin to understand in all the lies
but on your death bed i can see it in your eyes
just as clear as all the sweat upon your brow
it realy makes sense i can clearly see it now
tangled up in a web of lies
could have been away from prophesise
unaware of the consequence
not aware of the secrets that you kept
nothing that we could believe
to reveal the facade of faceless men
not a thing tat we could foresee
now a sing that would tell us the outcome
you had us all strung out with
promises of peace
but all along your cover plan was to decieve
can it put to rights now only time will tell
your prohpecies will send us all to hell as well
left to all our golden sons
all to pick up on the peace
you could have given all of them
a little chance.....at least
take the world to a better place
given them all just a little hope
just think what a legacy
you know......will leave
we seem destined to live in fear
and some that would say armageddon is near
but where there's a life while there's no hope
that man won't self destruct
why can't we treat our fellow men
with more respect and a shake of their hands
but anger and loathing is rife
the death on all side is
becoming a way of life
we live in a undertain world
fear understanding and ignorance
is leading to death
only the corpses are left
for voltures they pray on their bones
but some are just not wanting peace
their whole life is death and misery
the only thing that they know
fight fire with fire life is cheap
but if they do stop to think
that man is teetering right on the brink
but do you think that they care
they benefit from death and pain and despair
her albümde biraz daha dibe vuran bir takım grupların aksine iron maiden'ın nasıl da hayvani bir kaliteye sahip olduğunun göstergesi olan harikulade sanat eseri.
müthiş testament albümü. bir thrash metal klasiğidir. "over the wall" isimli gaz parçayla başlar, "apocalyptic city" ile kapanır. bütün şarkıları güzel olan albümlerdendir. uzun yol albümümdür.
"bir şey anlatacağım
bilmen gereken bir şey
sadece iki dakikanı alacak
sonra yine bildiğin yoldan gidebilirisin "
"kutsal barış yakarışlarının
bilmiyorduk ne yattığını altında
nasıl bu kadar aptal olabildik
çözümün savaş olduğunu sanacak kadar"
Yukarıdaki sözleriyle kafamın içinde "beyler bruce bize bir şey anlatmaya çalışıyor" ibaresinin canlandığı şarkıdır. judas be my guide şarkısından sonra dance of death ve brave new world albümlerindeki değişimin ve üstü kapalı mesajların açığa vurulmuş en iyi albümlerdendir.
Hele ki the final frontier albümü düşünüldüğünde cidden bruce -aslında harris- bize bir şey anlatmaya çalışıyor demek kolaydır.
