IRON MAIDEN (1980)
LineUp
Chant : Paul Di'Anno
Basse : Steve Harris
Guitare : Dave Murray
Guitare : Dennis Stratton
Batterie : Clive Burr
Commentaire
La chanson ci-dessous, Sanctuary, est un single sorti après l'album. Il contient aussi Drifter et I've Got The Fire.
En concert elle annonce souvent la fin proche de celui-ci.
Out of the winter came a war horse of steel.
I've never killed a woman before, but I know how it feels.
I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw.
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law.
So give me sanctuary from the law and I'll be alright.
Just give me sanctuary from the law and love me tonight, tonight.
I met up with a 'slinger last night to keep me alive.
He spends all his money on gambling and guns to survive.
I can laugh at the wind, I can howl at the rain.
Down in the Canyon or out in the plain.
Chansons
1. Prowler (Harris)
Walking through the city
Looking 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 a way.
Well you see me crawling through
the bushes with it open wide
What you seeing girl?
Can’t you believe that feeling
Can’t you believe it
Can’t you believe your eyes?
It’s the real thing girl.
Got me feeling myself,
and reeling around
Got me talking, but feel like
walking around.
2. Remember Tomorrow (Harris-Di'Anno)
Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterdays sorrows tomorrows white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire.
Tears for remembrance and tears for joy
Tears for somebody and this lonely boy
Out in the madness the all seeing eye
Flickers above us to light up the sky
Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterdays sorrows tomorrows white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire.
3. Running Free (Harris-Di'Anno)
Le single contient aussi Burning Ambition.
Just sixteen a pickup truck
Out of money out of luck
I’ve got no place to call my own
Hit the gas and here I go
I’m Running Free yeah, I’m Running Free
I’m Running Free yeah, I’m Running Free
Spend the night in an L.A. jail
Listen to the sirens wail
But they ain’t got a thing on me
I’m running wild I’m Running Free
I’m Running Free yeah, I’m Running Free
I’m Running Free yeah, I’m Running Free
Pulled her at the Bottle Top
Whiskey dancing disco hop
And all the boys are after me
And that’s the way it’s gonna be
I’m Running Free yeah, I’m Running Free
I’m Running Free yeah, I’m Running Free
4. Phantom Of The Opera (Harris)
I’ve been looking so long for you now,
You won’t get away from my grasp
You’ve been living so long in hiding,
Hiding behind that false mask.
You know and I know that you ain’t got
that long to last,
Your looks and your feelings are just the
remains of your past.
Standing in the wings there,
you wait for the curtain to fall
Knowing the terror and holding
you have on us all.
I know that you’re going to scratch me
and maim me and maul
You know I’m helpless from your
mesmerising cat call.
Keep your distance,
walk away don’t take his bait
Don’t you stray, don’t fade away.
Watch your step, he’s out to get you
Come what may
Don’t you stray, from the narrow way.
I’m running and hiding,
in my dreams you’re always there
You’re the Phantom of the Opera,
you’re the devil you’re just out to scare.
You damaged my mind and my soul
it just floats through the air
You haunt me, you taunt me, you torture me
back at your lair.
5. Transylvania (Harris)
Instrumental
6. Strange World (Harris)
The only place where you can dream
Living here is not what it seems
Ship of white light in the sky
Nobody there to reason why.
Here I am I’m not really there
Smiling faces ever so rare
Lets walk in deepest space
Living here just isn’t the place.
Leaves of green grasses twine Girls drinking plasma wine
Look at love a dream unfolds
Living here you’ll never grow old.
Stalks of light grow from the ground
When I cry there isn’t a sound
All my feelings cannot be held
I’m happy in my new strange world.
7. Charlotte The Harlot (Murray)
Giving a swish with your arse in the air,
Don’t you know what they’re saying?
Charlotte you’re so refined,
When you take all the love that they’re giving.
Sticking with every man that you find,
Don’t you know what they’re after?
Charlotte you’ve got your legs in the air,
Don’t you hear all their laughter?
Charlotte the harlot
Show me your leg.
Charlotte the harlot
Take me to bed.
Charlotte the harlot
Let me see blood.
Charlotte the harlot
Let me see love.
There was a time when you left me
standing there,
Picking up pieces of love from the floor.
Well Charlotte you left me alone in there,
To make your ends as a bloody whore.
Well Charlotte you told me you loved me true.
Picking up pieces of love yesterday.
Well Charlotte your drawers are off colour too,
‘Cause you’re making love all day.
Taking so many men to your room,
Don’t you feel no remorse.
You charge them a fiver only for starters,
And ten the main course.
You’ve got no feelings,
They died long ago.
Don’t you care who you let in,
Don’t you know you’re breaking the law,
With the service you’re giving.
8. Iron Maiden (Harris)
Won’t you come into my room,
I want to 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 upon the floor,
Iron Maiden can’t be fought,
Iron Maiden can’t be sought.
Oh well, wherever,
wherever you are,
Iron Maiden’s
gonna get you,
No matter how far,
See the blood flow,
Watching it shed,
Up above my head, Iron Maiden wants
you for dead.
