Fear of the dark

FEAR OF THE DARK
(Harris)

I am a man who walks alone,
when I'm walking a dark road,
At night or strolling through the park...

When the light begins to change,
I sometimes feel a little strange;
A little anxious when it's dark.

-Chorus-
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark,
I have a constant fear that someone's always near;
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark,
I have a phobia that someone's always there.

Have you run your fingers down the wall,
have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you're searching for the light?
Sometimes when you're scared to take a look
At the corner of the room,
You've sensed that somethings watching you.

(Chorus)

Have you ever been alone at night
Thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no one's there?
And as you quicken up your pace,
You find it hard to look again,
Because you're sure there's someone there.

(Chorus)

Watching horror films the night before,
Debating witches and folklore,
The unknown troubles on your mind;
Maybe your mind is playing tricks,
You sense and suddenly eyes fix,
On dancing shadows from behind.

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark,
I have a constant fear that someone's always near;
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark,
I have a phobia that someone's always there.

When I'm walking a dark road,
I am a man who walks alone.

Wasting love

WASTING LOVE
(Dickinson - Gers)

Maybe one day I'll be an honest man,
Up 'til now I'm doing the best I can;
Long roads, long days,
Of sunrise to sunset, of sunrise to sunset.

Dream on brothers while you can,
Dream on sister, I hope you'll find the one,
All of our lives covered up quickly by the tides of time.

Spend your days full of emptiness,
Spend your years full of loneliness;
Wasting love in a desperate caress,
Rolling shadows of nights.

Dream on brothers while you can,
Dream on sisters I hope you'll find the one;
All of our lives covered up quickly by the tides of time.

Sands are flowing and the lines are in your hand,
In your eyes I see the hunger,
And the desperate cry that tears the night.

Afraid to shoot strangers

AFRAID TO SHOOT STRANGERS
(Harris)

Lying awake at night I wipe the sweat from my brow,
But it's not the fear, 'cos I'd rather go now.

Trying to visualize the horrors that will lay ahead,
The desert sand mound, a burial ground.

When it comes to the time,
Are we partners in crime?
When it comes to the time,
We'll be ready to die.

God let us go now and finish what's to be done,
Thy kingdom come, thy shall be done... on Earth.

Trying to justify to ourselves the reasons to go,
Should we live and let live, forget or forgive?

But how can we let them go on this way?
The reign of terror corruption must end.
And we know deep down there's no other way,
No trust, no reasoning, no more to say.

Afraid to shoot strangers.
Afraid to shoot strangers.

Be quick or be dead

El 11 de mayo de 1992 sale a la venta el noveno álbum de Iron Maiden: "Fear of the Dark". Sin embargo este sería el "último" con Bruce Dickinson...

BE QUICK OR BE DEAD
(Bruce Dickinson/Janick Gers)

Covered in sinners and dripping
With guilt,
Making your money from slime
And from filth;
Parading your bellies in ivory towers,
Investing our lives in your schemes
And your powers.

(chorus)
You've got to watch them - be quick
Or be dead,
Snake eyes in heaven - the thief's
In your head.
You've got to watch them - be quick
Or be dead,
Snake 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 lives,
See... who's pulling strings...

I bet you won't fall on your face...
Your belly will hold you in place.

The serpent is crawling inside of
Your ear,
He says you must vote for what you
Want to hear;
Don't matter what's wrong as long as you're
Alright,
So pull yourself stupid and rob
Yourself blind.