Genius Lyrics
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Iron Maiden – The Prophecy
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This song is about the Seventh Son foreseeing a disaster coming to the village. Nobody believes him however, and when the disaster happens, everyone blames him.
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Iron Maiden – The Book of Souls [Live Chapter]
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Sacrifices buried with kings / Accompany them on a journey with no end / To an afterlife that’s rich with fruit of all the gods / And to face the
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Iron Maiden – The Book of Souls
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“The Book Of Souls” is the title track from Iron Maiden’s sixteenth album. It draws inspiration from the Mayans, which subsequently led to the Mesoamerican artwork of the album. Co
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Iron Maiden – The Great Unknown [Live Chapter]
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Winter softly falling to the ground / Calmly waiting don’t you hear a sound / When the world has fallen to the depths below / Where the future’s open and the fear has grown / And
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Iron Maiden – The Great Unknown
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“The Great Unknown” is the 3rd song from Iron Maiden’s album The Book of Souls.
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Iron Maiden – Moonchild
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“Moonchild” is loosely based on the Aleister Crowley’s novel of the same name. This is track one from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Released in 1988, it was the first album where
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Iron Maiden – Massacre
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[Verse 1] / At a point below zero / There's no place left to go / Six hundred unknown heroes / Were killed like sleeping buffalo / [Verse 2] / Through the devil's canyon / Across
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Dungeon – Wasted Years
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[Bonus Track, Iron Maiden Cover] / From the coast of gold, across the seven seas / I'm travellin' on, far and wide / But now it seems, I'm just a stranger to myself / And all the
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Iron Maiden – The Red and the Black [Live Chapter]
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The morals of life and the perils of death / Take the wrong way out running out of breath / Meet my match in the afterlife / Suppress the demons that plague the night / A tortured
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Iron Maiden – The Clairvoyant
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This song was the album’s third single.
The lyrics are about the Seventh Son being clairvoyant. He is now a fully-fledged seer and can control his visions. However, these visions
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Iron Maiden – Infinite Dreams
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This song is about someone who is tormented by paranormal dreams and nightmares. He seems to have some clairvoyant powers, but he he’s scared by what he sees in his visions, which
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Iron Maiden – The Evil That Men Do
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The title of this song is from William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Specifically, it is the lines spoken by Marcus Antonius (Mark Anthony) as he addresses a crowd of Romans after
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Iron Maiden – Only the Good Die Young
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This song is about the Seventh Son having his doubts. He can look into the future and feels the responsibility to influence it, but he knows to do so will end his life. He has no
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Iron Maiden – Prowler '88
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[Verse 1] / Walking through the city / Lookin', oh, so pretty / I've just got to find my way / See the ladies flashing / All their legs and lashes / I've just got to find my way
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Iron Maiden – Black Bart Blues
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“Black Bart Blues” is one of the B-sides to the Can I Play With Madness single.
The song is about the suit of armour that rode in the back lounge of Iron Maiden’s tour buses (
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Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
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The birth of the prophesied one, the chosen one, the seventh son of the seventh son. His family are all watching him to see what path he chooses in life.
This song, and album in
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Squealer – The Prophecy (Follow Me)
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[Pre - Chorus:] / Scared, scared for life / Scared, nothing but lies / [Chorus:] / I will go but you will follow / I will go my time has come / [Pre - Chorus:] / Scared, scared for
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Iron Maiden – The Prisoner Samples
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See all of “The Prisoner” by Iron Maiden’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Genius Lists – Songs Based On Stories
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The perfect way for Lit Geniuses to get in on the music scene, or vice versa. Let us know if you work on any of these songs by making an annotation.
– Album cover to Leviathan
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