Iron Maiden

IRON MAIDEN LYRICSFear Of The Dark (1992)
1. Be Quick Or Be Dead
2. From Here To Eternity
3. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
4. Fear Is The Key
5. Childhood's End
6. Wasting Love
7. The Fugitive
8. Chains Of Misery
9. The Apparition
10. Judas Be My Guide
11. Weekend Warrior
12. Fear Of The Dark


1. Be Quick Or Be Dead
[Dickinson/Gers]
Covered in sinners and dripping with giltMaking you money from slime and from filthParading your bellies in ivory towersInvesting our lives in your schemes and your powers
You got to watch them - Be quick or be deadSnake eyes in heaven - The thief's in your headYou've got to watch them - Be quick or be deadSnake eyes in heaven - The thief's in your head....
Be quick !Or be dead !Be quick !Or be dead
See... what's ruling all our livesSee... who pulling the strings...I bet you won't fall on your faceYour belly will hold you in place
The serpent is crawling inside of your earHe says must vote for what you want to hearDon't matter what's wrong as long as you're alrightSo pull yourself stupid and rob yourself blind.
You got to watch them - Be quick or be deadSnake eyes in heaven - The thief's in your headYou've got to watch them - Be quick or be deadSnake eyes in heaven - The thief's in your head....
Be quick!Or be dead!Be quick!Or be dead!


2. From Here To Eternity
[Harris]
She fell in love with his greasy machineShe leaned over wiped his kickstart cleanShe'd never seen the beast beforeBut she left there wanting more more more
But when she was walking on down the roadShe heard a sound that made her heart explodeHe whispered to her to get on the back"I'll take you on ride from here to eternity"
[Chorus: (2 times)]Hell ain't a bad placeHell is from here to eternity
She must be having one of her crazy dreamsShe'd never sat on a piece so meanI've made her feel like she's on cloud nineShe even thought she heard the engine sigh.
But like all dreams that come to an endThey took a tumble at the devil's bendThe beast and Charlotte they were two of a kindThey'd always take the line... from here to eternity
[Chorus 2 times]


3. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
[Harris]
Lying awake at night I wipe the sweat from my browBut it's not fear 'cos I'd rather go nowTrying to visualise the horrors that will lay aheadThe desert sand mound a burial ground
When it comes to the timeAre we partners in crime ?When it comes to the timeWe'll be ready to die
God let us go now and finish what's to be doneThy Kingdom comeThy shall be done... on earth
Trying to justify to ourselves the reasons to goShould we live and let liveForget or forgive
But how can we let them go on this way ?The reign of terror corruption must endAnd we know deep down there's no other wayNo trust, no reasoning, no more to say
Afraid to shoot strangersAfraid to shoot strangers.


4. Fear Is The Key
[Dickinson/Gers]
We live our lives in feverIn choking sweat of fearIn the heat of the night you can feel so muchIn the heat of the night I scream "Don't touch"
[Chorus:]I remember a time when we used and abusedAnd we fought all our battles in vainI remember a time we thought that passion was freeIn the heat of the night... bodies aflame
We live in fever...
I hear your secret heartbeatI can hear your silent criesThe kids have lost their freedomAnd nobody cares till somebody famous dies...
[Chorus:]
Now we live, in a world of uncertaintyFear is the key - to what you want to beYou don't get a say the majority gets it's wayYou're outnumbered by the bastards till the day you die...


5. Childhood's End
[Harris]
I'd sail across the oceanI'd walk a hundred milesIf I could make it to the endOh just to see a smile
You see it in their facesThe sadness in their tearsThe desperation and the angerMadness and the fear
[Chorus:]No hope, no life, just pain and fearNo food, no love, just greed is here
Starvation and the hungerThe suffering and the painThe agonies of all-out warWhen will it come again ?
The struggle for the powerA tyrant tries againJust what the hell is going on ?When will it ever end ?
[Chorus:]
You see the full moon floatYou watch the red sun riseWe take these things for grantedBut somewhere someone's dying
Contaminated watersPollution and decayJust waiting for disease to strikeOh will we learn someday ?
No hope, no life, just pain and fearNo food, no love, no seed, childhoods end.


6. Wasting Love
[Dickinson/Gers]
Maybe one day I'll be an honest manUp till now I'm doing the best I canLong roads.Long days, of sunrise, to sunsetSunrise to sunset
Dream on brothers while you canDream on sisters I hope you will find the oneAll of our lives, covered up quickly by the tides of time
Spend your days full of emptinessSpend your years full of lonelinessWasting love, in a desperate caressRolling shadows of night
Dream on brothers while you canDream on sisters I hope you will find the oneAll of our lives, covered up quickly by the tides of time
Sands are flowing and the lines are in your handIn your eyes I see the hunger, and the desperate cry that tears the night
Spend your days full of emptinessSpend your years full of lonelinessWasting love, in a desperate caressRolling shadows of night


7. The Fugitive
[Harris]
On a cold October morningAs frost lay on the groundWaiting to make my moveI made no sound
Waiting for the mist to cover all aroundI carefully picked my time then took the wall
I'm sick and tired of runningThe hunger and the painA stop to look about then off again
Being at the wrong placeAnd at the wrong timeSuspected of a hit that was my crime
[Chorus:]I am a fugitive being hunted down like gameI am a fugitive but I've got to clear my name
Always looking 'round meForever looking backI'll always be a target for attack
Every morning onwardsAlways on the runWaiting for a sight of a loaded gun
[Chorus:]
Even if I find themAnd get to clear my nameI know that things can never be the same
But if I ever proveMy innocence some dayI've got to get them all to make them pay
[Chorus:]


8. Chains Of Misery
[Dickinson/Murray]
There's a madman in the corner of your eyeHe likes to pry-into your sunlightHe wants to burst into the street with you and IA world of shadows and of rainHe's seen what love is...He wants to pay you back with guilt...
[Chorus:]He lies to you he won't let you beHe's got your Chains of miseryHe won't be still till he's turned your keyHe holds your Chains of misery
There's prophet in the gutter in the streetHe say "You're damned !" - and you believe him...He's got a vision but it shines out through your eyesA world of hatred and fear...He's felt what love means...He wants to pay you back with pain
[Chorus:]
It's only love that holds the key to our hearts... only love...
[Chorus 2 times]


9. The Apparition
[Harris / Gers]
Now I'm here can you see me'Cos I'm out on my ownWhen the room goes cold tell me you can feel me..........'cos I'm here
Here I am, can you see mePassing through, on my wayTo a place I'd been to only in my dreams... before
In a world of delusionNever turn your back on a friend'Cause you can count your real true friends on one hand..........through life
There are those that deceive youThere are those That'll let you downIs there someone out there that would die for you..........thought not
Live your life with a passionEverything you do, do wellYou only get out of life what you put in..........so they say
In a world of confusionPeople never say that what they meanIf you want a straight answer go look for one..........right now
In a room full of strangersDo you stand with your back to the wallDo you sometimes feel like you're on the outside..........looking in ?
You can make your own luckYou create your destinyI believe you have the power if you want to..........it's true
You can do what you want toIf you try a little bit harderA little bit of faith goes a long way..........it does
Are we here for a reason ?I'd like to know just what you thinkIt would be nice to know what happened when we die..........wouldn't it ?
There are some who are wiseThere are some who are born naiveI believe that there are some that must have lived before..........don't you ?
As for me, well I'm thinkingYou gotta keep an open mindBut I hope that my life's not an open and shut case.
Extra Sensory PerceptionLife After Death, telepathyCan the soul live on and travel through space and time ?
You know I feel so elated'Cause I'm about to find it outAnd when I know all the answersMaybe then I'll come back..........to fill you in
You don't be alarmed nowIf I try to contact youIf things go missing or get moved around ...it's me
And don't disbelieve itNo matter what your `friends' might sayWe'll meet up again some place some way..........one day


10. Judas Be My Guide
[Dickinson/Murray]
Lights out - We live in a world of darknessNo doubt - Everything's up for saleWe sleep - All of the world is burningWe pray - To god for better dealNothing is sacred - Back then or nowEverything's wasted...Is that all there is ?Can I go now ?
[Chorus:]Judas my guideWhispers in the nightJudas my guide
Fight wars - Die in a blaze of gloryCome home - Meat in a plastic sackFall down - Better pray to your god for mercySo kneel - and help the blade cut cleanNothing is sacred - Back then or nowEveryone's wasted...Is that all there is ?Is that it now ?
I live in the blackI have no guiding lightI'm whispering in your dreams...
[Chorus 2 times]


11. Weekend Warrior
[Harris/Gers]
The rebel of yesterday, tomorrow's foolWho are you kidding being that cool ?
Trying to break away from running with the packBut they ain't listening so you've gotta go back
You're a weekend warrior when you're one of the crowdBut it's over, just look at you now...
You're not so brave the way you behaveIt makes you sick, gotta get out quickIt's all bravado when you're out with your matesIt's like a different person goes through those gatesAnd the game begins, the adrenalin's highFeel the tension maybe someone will die...
[Chorus:]A weekend warrior latelyA weekend warrior sometimesA weekend warrior maybe you ain't that way anymore
You've gotta get out gotta get awayBut you're in with a clique it's not easy to strayYou've gotta admit you're just living a lieIt didn't take long to workout why
It's hard to say why you got involvedJust waiting to be part, just waiting to belong...
[Chorus:]
Some of the things that you've done you feel so ashamedAfter all it's only a game... isn't it ?And after all the adrenalin's goneWhat you gonna do on Monday ?
A weekend warrior latelyA weekend warrior sometimesA weekend warrior maybe you were never like that at all.


12. Fear Of The Dark
[Harris]
I am a man who walks aloneAnd when I'm walking a dark roadAt night or strolling through the park
When the light begins to changeI sometimes feel a little strangeA little anxious when it's dark.
Fear of the dark,fear of the darkI have constant fear that something's always nearFear of the dark,fear of the darkI have a phobia that someone's always there
Have you run your fingers down the wallAnd have you felt your neck skin crawlWhen you're searching for the light ?Sometimes when you're scared to take a lookAt the corner of the roomYou've sensed that something's watching you.
Have you ever been alone at nightThought you heard footsteps behindAnd turned around and no-one's there ?And as you quicken up your paceYou find it hard to look againBecause you're sure there's someone there
Watching horror films the night beforeDebating witches and folkloreThe unknown troubles on your mindMaybe your mind is playing tricksYou sense,and suddenly eyes fixOn dancing shadows from behind.
Fear of the dark, fear of the darkI have a constant fear, thought you heardFear of the dark, fear of the darkI have a phobia that someone's always there.
When I'm walking a dark roadI am a man who walks alone