Genius Lyrics
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Iron Maiden – Sign of the Cross
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This epic track was inspired by the novel The Name of the Rose, which tells the tale of a Franciscan monk in medieval Italy defending himself against accusations of heresy.
The
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Iron Maiden – Sign of the Cross [Rock in Rio]
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[Intro] / Eleven saintly shrouded men / Silhouettes stand against the sky / One in front with a cross held high / Come to wash my sins away / [Verse 1] / Standing alone in the wind
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Blaze Bayley – Sign of the Cross (Iron Maiden cover)
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Eleven saintly shrouded men / Silhouettes stand against the sky / One in front with a cross held night / Come to wash my sins away / Standing alone in the wind and rain / Feeling
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Songs based on literature!
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Hey Lit fam! If you’ve never ventured into annotating music here is the perfect transitioning device (also vice versa):
https://genius.com/Genius-songs-based-on-stories-annotated
It seems like 1984 is the most popular book to write a song about, but there was a surprising amount of diversity. I was thrilled to see all of the songs about Nabokov’s work. Check out the list and find a song (or piece of literature) you like, and feel free to add to the list!
[me using a pic of Taylor Swift is Streetlights' B-day present]
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Iron Maiden – Judgement Day
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[Verse 1] / There are no marks upon a man / That can say he's good or bad / No label and no telltale sign / That can show he's full of lies / [Pre-Chorus] / By your deeds, you will
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Iron Maiden – Justice of the Peace
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[Verse 1] / Have you heard on the news? / Another let-off madman / Another screw on the loose / Is it the judge or the bad man? / What's the matter these days? / No one has the
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Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden [Rock in Rio]
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[Verse 1] / Won't you come into my room, I wanna show you all my wares / I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare / See the blood begin to flow as it falls
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Iron Maiden – Run to the Hills [Rock in Rio]
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[Verse 1] / Riding through dust clouds and barren wastes / Galloping hard on the plains / Chasing the redskins back to their holes / Fighting them at their own game / Murder for
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Iron Maiden – Cross-Eyed Mary
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This song is a cover, originally performed by Jethro Tull on the 1971 album Aqualung. It was the B-side song on the single for The Trooper.
Cross-Eyed Mary is a song about another
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Iron Maiden – Sanctuary [Rock in Rio]
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[Verse 1] / Out of winter came a warhorse of steel / I've never killed a woman before but I know how it feels / [Chorus 1] / I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
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Iron Maiden – The Mercenary [Rock in Rio]
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[Verse 1] / Pay to kill, die to lose / Hunter, hunted, which are you? / Diablo, come again / To make trophies out of men / Lose your skin, lose your skull / One by one the sack is
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Iron Maiden – The Wicker Man [Rock in Rio]
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[Intro] / [Verse 1] / Hand of fate is moving and the finger points to you / He knocks you to your feet and so what are you gonna do? / Your tongue has frozen now you've got
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Iron Maiden – The Trooper [Rock in Rio]
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[Verse 1] / You'll take my life but I'll take yours too / You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through / So when you're waiting for the next attack / You'd better stand there's
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Iron Maiden – Hallowed Be Thy Name [Rock in Rio]
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[Intro] / I'm waiting in my cold cell, when the bell begins to chime / Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time / Cause at 5 o'clock they take me to the Gallows
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Iron Maiden – 2 A.M.
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This song is about a man who is living alone with nothing better to do with his life and no hope for the future.
The lyrics, written by bassist Steve Harris, are very pessimistic
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Iron Maiden – Wrathchild [Rock in Rio]
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Spoken: Something old? Something new? Something from our Jurassic period... / WRATHCHILD! / [Verse 1] / I was born into a scene of angriness and greed / And dominance and
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Iron Maiden – Fortunes of War
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This song is about the mental anguish of a soldier returning from war. He suffers from nightmares, voices in his head and the haunting memories from the war.
Iron Maiden are well
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Iron Maiden – Lord of the Flies
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William Golding’s classic novel about shipwrecked children inspires this track.
The song is the second single from The X Factor album.
However, a live version of the song
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Iron Maiden – Brave New World [Rock in Rio]
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[Verse 1] / Dying swans, twisted wings / Beauty not needed here / Lost my love, lost my life / In this garden of fear / I have seen many things in a lifetime alone / Mother love is
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Iron Maiden – The Evil That Men Do [Rock in Rio]
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[Verse 1] / Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade / Slept in the dust with his daughter / Her eyes red with the slaughter of innocence / And I will pray for
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Iron Maiden – Look for the Truth
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This song is about facing and overcoming one’s fears. He’s having nightmares about them and eventually faces off his past demons.
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