Genius Lyrics
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Iron Maiden – Back in the Village
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This song is a call back to “The Prisoner” from 1982’s The Number of The Beast. The village in question is a seemingly idyllic retreat, but is actually a horrific prison where the
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Iron Maiden – The Prisoner
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This song was inspired by a British television show of the same name. In it, a government agent is held captive in a village that seems idyllic but is actually a prison. He is
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Iron Maiden – Children of the Damned
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This song is about the science fiction films Village of the Damned and Children of the Damned from 1960 and 1964 respectively. These are about telepathic children who are chased by
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Iron Maiden – Aces High
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A rocking ditty about the aerial battles over Great Britain that occurred during WWII.
The song’s lyrics are written from the viewpoint of a British RAF pilot fighting against
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Iron Maiden – 2 Minutes to Midnight
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Released as the first single from their 1984 album Powerslave, Iron Maiden deliver another riff-heavy song. The subject of this rocker is the Doomsday Clock, an international
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Iron Maiden – Powerslave
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The title track from “Powerslave”. It details the account of a power mad Pharaoh who is on his deathbed.
Bruce Dickinson always performs the song wearing a ritual mask, no
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Iron Maiden – Flash of the Blade
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The first of two sword fighting songs on this album. Swordplay is not a new topic for Iron Maiden.
Frontman Bruce Dickinson is an accomplished fencer, and obviously enjoys singing
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Iron Maiden – The Duellists
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This song combines two Iron Maiden specialties: swordfighting and songs inspired by movies.
In this case, The Duellists was the first film by director Ridley Scott, who would
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Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast [Live Chapter]
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[Spoken intro: Barry Clayton] / Woe to you, o'er Earth and Sea / For the Devil sends the beast with wrath / Because he knows the time is short / Let him who hath understanding
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9th Prince (Ft. Kinetic 9) – Never Front
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[Intro: Beretta 9 (9th Prince)] / High tech, one-two, check it, check it out / Got to do the knowledge, all these phases (word up) / (Beretta 9) dart specialist (9th Prince) live
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DNA Tru Lyricist – My Psychosis
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[Intro] / Hoe, hahaha, oh no / Oh Lord / I didn't know my psychosis was breaking loose / My psychosis / Oh, I just can't control it / I think everybody should leave now / It's
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Iron Maiden – Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
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This is the fourth and last instrumental recorded by Iron Maiden. The guitar harmonies and galloping bass are almost a perfect distillation of the sound of the album.
The title is
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Dream Theater – Barstool Warrior
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Written by guitarist John Petrucci, “Barstool Warrior” is about two unrelated characters being in an unfavorable situation: a man living in a little maritime village who’s stuck in
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Samuel Vincent – Ode To Ages (Crucified)
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[Verse] / I'm a militant man, I swing a blade like I live in Japan / You getting censored like setting music in the Quran / I'm blowing up like dynamite, that been in the plan
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