The Legacy
Iron Maiden

Tell you a thing
That you ought to know
Two minutes of your time
Then on you go

Tell tale of the men
All dressed in black
That most of them
Not coming back

Sent off to the war
To play little games
And on their return
Can't name no names

Some strange yellow gas
Has played with their minds
Has reddened their eyes
Removed all the lies

And strange as it sounds
Death knows no bounds
How many get well
Only time will tell
Only time will tell

You lie in your death bed now
But what did you bring to the table
Brought us only holy sin
Utter trust is a deadly thing

To the prayer of holy peace
We didn't know what was lying underneath
So how could we be such fools
And to think that we thought you the answer

I can't begin to understand in all the lies
But on your death bed I can see it in you eyes
Just as clear as all the sweat upon your brow
It really makes sense I can see it clearly now

Tangled up in a web of lies
Could have been a way to prophesise
Unaware of the consequence
Not aware of the secrets that you kept

Nothing that we could believe
To reveal the façade of faceless men
Not a thing that we could foresee
Now a sign that would tell us the outcome

You had us all strung out with
promises of peace
But all along you cover plan was to deceive
Can it put to rights now only time will tell
Your prophecies will send us all to hell as well

Left to all our golden sons
All to pick up on the peace
You could have given all of them
A little chance... at least

Take the world to a better place
Given them all just a little hope
Just think what a legacy
You now... will leave

SOLO

We seem destined to live in fear
And some that would say Armageddon is near
But where there's a life while there's hope
That man won't self destruct

Why can't we treat our fellow men
With more respect and a shake of their hands
But anger and loathing is rife
The death on all sides is
becoming a way of life

We live in an uncertain world
Fear understanding and ignorance
is leading to death
Only the corpses are left
For vultures that prey on their bones

But some are just not wanting peace
Their whole life is death and misery
The only thing that they know
Fight fire with fire life is cheap

But if they do stop to think
That man is teetering right on the brink
But do you think that they care
They benefit from death and pain and despair


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  15 The Final Frontier   2 A.M.   2 AM   2 Minutes to Midnight   2 Minutes To Midnight (Smith, Dickinson) 5:52   22 Acacia Avenue   22 Acacia Avenue (Harris, Smith) 6:04   22 Acacia Avenue (The Continuing Saga of Charlotte...   22, Acacia Avenue   323 Bc]   666 The Number Of The Beast   Aces High   Aces High (Harris) 4:07   Aces High [Live]   Afraid To Shoot Strangers   Age Of Innocence   Alexander The Great   Alexander the Great [356 - 323 BC]   All In Your Mind   Another Life   Back in the Village   Be Quick or Be Dead   Black Bart Blues   Blood Brothers   Blood of The World's Hands   Blood On The World's Hand   Blood on the World's Hands   Blood On The World's Hands   Brave New World   Brighter Than A Thousand Suns   Brighter Than a Thousand Suns   Bring You Daughter... To The Slaughter   Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter   Bring Your Daughter... ...To The Slaughter   Bring Your Daughter...to the Slaughter   Burning Ambition   Can I Play With Madness   Caught Somewhere in Time   Chains of Misery   Charlotte the Harlot   Charlotte the Harlot 88   Chevrolet   Childhood's End   Childhood's End   Children of the Damned   Children Of The Damned (Harris) 4:19   Churchill Speech   Churchill's Speech   Closing (Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life)   Coming Home   Communication Breakdown   Como Estais Amigos   Cross-Eyed Mary   Dance of Death   Death Or Glory   Deja - Vu   Deja Vu   Deja Vu   Die With Your Boots On   Die With Your Boots On (Smith, Dickinson, Harris)   Different World   Different World   Different Worlds   Doctor Doctor   Doctor, Doctor   Doctor, Doctor   Don't Look To The Eyes Of A Stranger   Don't Look To The Eyes Of A Stranger   Dream Of Mirrors   Drifter   Drifter - Steve Harris   Edge of Darkness   El Dorado   Empire Of The Clouds   Excerpt of   Excerpt Of \   Face In The Sand   Fallen Angel   Fate's Warning   Fates Warning   Fear Is The Key   Fear Of The Dark   Fear Of The Dark (Live At Rock In Rio)   Fear Of The Dark [Live At Rock In Rio]   Flash of the Blade   Flight Of Icarus   Flight Of Icarus (Smith, Dickinson) 3:21   For The Greater Good of God   Fortunes Of War   From Here To Eternity   Futureal   Gangland   Gates Of Tomorrow   Genghis Khan   Ghost Of The Navigator   Hallowed Be Thy Name   Hallowed Be Thy Name (Harris) 7:17   Hallowed Be Thy Name [Radio 1 Legends Session]   Heaven Can Wait   Holy Smoke   Hooks In You   I Can't See My Feeling   I Can't See My Feelings   I Can't See My Feeling   I Live My Way   I'm A Mover   I've Got The Fire   I've Got The Fire!   I'm A Mover   I've Got The Fire!   If Eternity Should Fail   Infinite Dreams   Innocent Exile   Innocent Exile - Steve Harris   Intro   Intro: Churchill's Speech   Invaders   Invasion   Iron Maiden   Iron Maiden - Live After Death   Iron Maiden (Harris) 4:11   Journeyman   Juanita   Judas Be My Guide   Judgement Day   Judgement Of Heaven   Judment Of Heaven   Justice Of The Peace   Kill Me Ce Soir   Killers   Killers - Live   Killers - Paul Di'anno, Steve Harris   King Of Twilight   Lightning Strikes Twice   Listen With Nicko ! Part VIII   Listen With Nicko! Part I   Listen With Nicko! Part IV   Listen With Nicko! Part XI   Listen With Nicko!, Pt. IX   Listen With Nicko!, Pt. VI   Longing For Heaven   Look For The Truth   Lord of Light   Lord Of The Flies   Lord of the Flies [DVD]   Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)   Man On The Edge   Man on the Edge [Live]   Massacre   Massacre (Cover Thin Lizzy)   Mission From 'Arry   Mission From 'Arry   Monts\u00c3\u00a9gur   Montségur   Montsegur   Moonchild   More Tea Vicar   Mother Of Mercy   Mother Russia   Murders In The Rue Morgue   Murders In The Rue Morgue - Steve Harris   Murky Space Race   My Generation   New Frontier   No More Lies   No More Lies [DVD]   No Prayer for the Dying   Nodding Donkey Blues   Number Of The Beast   Only the Good Die Young   Out Of The Shadows   Out of the Shadows   Out Of The Silent Planet   Paschendale   Paschendale [DVD]   Pass The Jam   Phantom of the Opera   Phantom Of The Opera (Harris) 7:01   Phantom of the Opera [Live]   Powerslave   Powerslave (Dickinson) 7:06   Prodigal Son   Prodigal Son - Steve Harris   Prowler   Prowler '88   Prowler '88   Prowler 88   Public Enema Number One   Public Enemy Number One   Purgatory   Purgatory - Steve Harris   Quest For Fire   Rainbow's Gold   Rainbow's Gold   Rainmaker   Reach Out   Remember Tomorrow   Revelations   Revelations (Dickinson) 5:59   Rime Of The Ancient Mariner   Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Harris) 13:03   Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Live)   Road To Hell   Roll Over Beethoven   Roll Over Vic Vella   Run Silent Run Deep   Run Silent, Run Deep   Run Silent,Run Deep   Run To The Hills   Run To The Hills (Harris) 3:52   Running Free   Running Free - Live   Running Free (Harris, Di'anno) 8:16   Sanctuary   Satellite 15   Satellite 15 The Final Frontier   Satellite 15... The Final Frontier   Sea of Madness   Seventh Son of a Seventh Son   Shadows Of The Valley   She's Gone   She's Gone   Sheriff Of Huddersfield   Sign of The Cross   Sign of the Cross [Live]   Silver Wings   Space Station # 5   Space Station No 5   Space Station No. 5   Speed Of Light   Still Life   Strange World   Stranger in a Strange Land   Sun & Steel   Sun and Steel   Tail Gunner   Tailgunner   Tears Of A Clown   That Girl   The Aftermath   The Angel And The Gambler   The Apparition   The Assasin   The Assassin   The Book Of Souls   The Clairvoyant   The Clansman   The Duelists   The Duellists   The Edge Of Darkness   The Educated Fool   The Evil That Men Can Do   The Evil That Men Do   The Fallen Angel   The Final Frontier   The Fugitive   The Great Unknown   The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner   The Longest Day   The Longest Day   The Man Of Sorrows   The Mercenary   The Nomad   The Number of the Beast   The Number Of The Beast (Harris) 4:48   The Phantom of the Opera   The Pilgrim   The Piligrim   The Prisioner   The Prisoner   The Prophecy   The Red And The Black   The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg   The Sheriff Of Huddersfield   The Sign Of The Cross   The Thin Line Between Love And Hate   The Trooper   The Trooper (Harris) 3:59   The Trooper [Original Album Version]   The Unbeliever   The Wicker Man   The Wickerman   These Colours Don't Run   These Colours Don't Run   Thin Line Between Love and Hate   To Tame a Land   Total Eclipse   Transilvania   Tush   Twilight Zone   Twilight Zone - Steve Harris, Dave Murray   Two Minutes To Midnight   Virus   Wasted Years   Wasted Years '99   Wasting Love   We Kill Everything   Weekend Warrior   When The River Runs Deep   When The Wild Wind Blows   When Two Worlds Collide   Where Eagles Dare   Wicker Man   Wildest Dreams   Wildest Dreams [Promo Video]   Women In Uniform   Wraithchild   Wrathchild   Wrathchild - Steve Harris   Wrathchild '99   Wrathchild (Harris) 2:54   Wrathchild [Live]

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