Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding lyrics
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Tracks 01. King In Crimson
02. Chemical Wedding 03. The Tower 04. Killing Floor 05. Book Of Thel 06. The Gates Of Urizen 07. Jerusalem 08. Trumpets Of Jericho 09. Machine Men 10. The Alchemist 01. King In Crimson
In the darkness, the raven's head
In the courtyard clothed in fear I see gates that are opening There's only one way out of here Daylight has come The night has come See his twisted sons and daughters Writhing slowly in Satan's mire If you only could see the visions The trembling world I now despise As the veil reveals the outer darkness I am sucked into the walls of flame Arise, awake The King in Crimson comes Arise awake The King in Crimson, crimson comes He knows the weakness that you can't fight The stone of night that weighs you down If only you could see the visions His hand is death if you take it now As you scream into the web of silence There is nothing that can save you now Arise, awake The King in Crimson comes Arise, awake The King in Crimson comes Arise, awake The King in Crimson comes Arise, awake The King in Crimson, crimson comes As you scream into the web of silence There is nothing that can save you now Arise, awake The King in Crimson comes Arise, awake The King in Crimson comes Arise, awake The King in Crimson, crimson comes To your window he comes At your window I come 02. Chemical Wedding
How happy is the human soul
Not enslaved by dull control Left to dream and roam and play Shed the guilt of former days Walking on the foggy shore Watch the waves come rolling home Through the veil of pale moonlight My shadow stretches out its hand And so we lay, we lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day And so we lay, we lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day Floating in the endless blue My seed of doubt I leave to you Let it wither on the ground Treat it like a plague you found All my dreams that were outside In living colour, now alive And all the lighthouses Their beams converge to guide me home And so we lay, we lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day And so we lay, we lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day And so we lay, we lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day And so we lay, we lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day And so we lay, we lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day And so we lay, we lay in the same grave Our Chemical wedding day 03. The Tower
There are twelve commandments
There are twelve divisions Twelve are the pagans who have mapped the sky In the outer circle To the inner sanctum From the octave at the end of time The fountain, the trinity The pilgrim is searching for blood To look for his own free will The stone of infinity, washed in the flood Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided And the hanged man smiles Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided Let the fool decide In the atom circle Where we break the stars Hammer into anvil, stuffing out the sun Witness all the killing See the birth of Mars Our religion thrown into the fire The fountain, the trinity The pilgrim is searching for blood To look for his own free will The stone of infinity, washed in the flood Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided The hanged man smiles Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided The magician laughs Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided And the priestess kneels Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided Let the fool decide Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided And the hanged man smiles Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided Let the fool decide Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided The priestess kneels to receive Lovers in the tower The moon and sun divided The magician laughs 04. Killing Floor
So this is dreamtime, and all is quiet
So this is dreamtime, and all is night You've never been held by the hand of God Who's rocking the cradle, if he is not? He turned the oil into his blood Panzer divisions burning in the mud The stain of freedom, he's washed it out Who's rocking the cradle, I have no doubt Sleeping eyes awake To see his hooded gaze Whispers on the wind The darker side of ecstasy Satan has left his killing floor Satan has left his killing floor Satan, his fires burn no more Satan has left his killing floor So now it's dreamtime for you tonight So now it's dreamtime, and all is quiet You've never been held by the hand of god Who's rocking your cradle, if he is not? Sleeping eyes awake To see his hooded gaze Whispers on the wind The never-ending breath goodbye Satan has left his killing floor Satan has left his killing floor Satan, his fires burn no more Satan is coming back for more Satan has left his killing floor Satan has left his killing floor 05. Book Of Thel
The mark is on you now
The furnace sealed inside your head Melting from the inside now Waxy tears run down your face The whore that never told her tale Relives it every night with you Far off stands the lamb and waits For the wolf to come and end its life Stand inside the temple As the book of Thel is opening The priestess stands before you Offering her hand out, she's rising Come the dawning of the dead In famine and in war Now the harlot womb of death Spits out its rotten core Serpent on the altar now Has wrapped itself around your spine So you look into its mouth And you kiss the pearly fangs divine Happy that your end is swift The weeping virgin cries in bliss The snake and priestess, they are one The veil of flesh is ripped undone Stand inside the temple As the book of Thel is opening The priestess stands before you Offering her hand out, she's rising Come the dawning of the dead In famine and in war Now the harlot womb of death Spits out its rotten core By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes And when sleep takes you tonight Will you wake to see the light...? The burning sweat of poison tears The river flowing red with blood The cradle-robbing hand of death Caresses every dreaming head Waiting for the marriage hearse To take you to the funeral pyre So you burn the family tree The generations burning higher Stand inside the temple As the book of Thel is opening The priestess stands before you Offering her hand out, she's rising Come the dawning of the dead In famine and in war Now the harlot womb of death Spits out its rotten core By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes And when sleep takes you tonight Will you wake to see the light By the dawning of the dead... By the dawning of the dead... By the dawning of the dead... By the dawning of the dead... What demon hath formed this abominable void... This soul-shuddering vacuum? Some said it is Urizen - But unknown, abstracted, brooding secret The dark power hid 06. The Gates Of Urizen
As above, so below
All things come from the one Now you are the victim Carried by the wind, rooted in the ground If you want to learn the secrets Close your eyes The ladder falls away At the gates of Urizen Fallen eagles blaze At the gates of Urizen Eternal twins are damned At the gates of Urizen Separate lives begin In every woman is a man From the moon come silver ghosts Spectres of the blood From my spirit comes the darkness From the void, the crimson fortress rises At the gates of Urizen The ladder falls away At the gates of Urizen Fallen eagles blaze At the gates of Urizen Eternal twins are damned At the gates of Urizen Separate lives begin At the gates of Urizen The ladder falls away At the gates of Urizen Fallen eagles blaze At the gates of Urizen Eternal twins are damned At the gates of Urizen Separate lives begin At the gates of Urizen The gates of Urizen The gates of Urizen At the gates... 07. Jerusalem
And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England's mountains green? Was the holy lamb of god On England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the countenance divine Shine forth on our clouded hill? Was Jerusalem built here In England's green and pleasant land? Let it rain Let it rain Wash the scales from my eyes Let it rain Let it rain Let me see again... Bring me my bow of burning gold Bring me my arrows of desire I shall not sleep till the clouds unfold Bring me my chariot of fire Let it rain Let it rain Tears of blood fall out of the sky Let it rain Let it rain Wash me clean again... From the frozen waters The king will rise again With two suns in the sky... I shall not cease from mental flight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land Let it rain Let it rain Tears of blood fall out of the sky Let it rain Let it rain Wash me clean again... See the gleaming spires of the citadel The king and queen will dwell In our hearts... Can Jerusalem be rebuilded here In this trivial time, in this land of fear? In Jerusalem, where the grail remains Walk into the light and dissolve the chains Jerusalem... Here is her secret place From hence she comes forth on the churches in delight Here is her cup, filled with its poisons In these horrid veils And here, her scarlet veil, woven in pestilence and war Here is Jerusalem, bound in chains In the dense of Babylon... 08. Trumpets Of Jericho
This is the maze of life
This is the maze of death This is the matrix of eternity The demon never sleeps The demon never lies He beats my heart and leaves no echo What heavy burden holds me back Every step along the track? Fear that reaches deep inside of me At the trumpets of Jericho Still the walls remain At the trumpets of Jericho Avalon's in chains This is the river of space This is the river of time Chase the dragons of infinity Atlas stands and laughs Throws his burden down Rolls the earth in the inferno Fingers holding onto cracks The howling wind that blows us back Sucked into the grinding wheels of hell At the trumpets of Jericho Still the walls remain Blow the trumpets of Jericho Still the walls remain At the end of the rainbow There the grail remains Sound the trumpets of Jericho Avalon's in chains As they drag you down In your clothes of lead See the golden light Flashing overhead Mocking you Do you know who you are In your robes of skin? How many creatures live inside you? Man is born forever free But is everywhere in chains Trapped inside this earthly prison cell At the trumpets of Jericho Still the walls remain At the trumpets of Jericho Avalon's in chains At the trumpets of Jericho There the grail remains At the trumpets of Jericho Still the walls remain Still the walls remain Still the walls remain Still the walls remain The silence of the tomb The wheel of fortune round 09. Machine Men
Bring the toys out for the boys
Let the children make their noise See the monsters in their metal cages Turn the lights down in your soul Cut the power to your heart See the carcass in its dying rages Machine men, cannibals of rust Machine men, iron bites the dust Machine men, built with feet of clay Are coming to sweep you all away What bitter vampire made you this? Gave you life with its deathly kiss Ground your limbs to bloody stew Made a new machine of you Turned a nightmare into day Sucks your breath, takes your life away Beating harder through your veins Someone else's cold remains Machine men, cannibals of rust Machine men, iron bites the dust Machine men, built with feet of clay Are coming to sweep you all away They're coming to sweep you all away Machine men, cannibals of rust Machine men, iron bites the dust Machine men, built with feet of clay Are coming to take you all away Machine men, cannibals of rust Machine men, iron bites the dust Machine men, built with feet of clay Are coming to take you all away They're coming to sweep you all away Iron - in the soul 10. The Alchemist
Wash away the blackness with the silver rain
Don't turn away - don't turn away Wash away the blackness with the silver rain Don't turn away - don't try to hide... Sulphurous and burning, spitting out the sun The beginning of creation, of the golden one A window to the west, a blazing star above In Taurus we begin it and the ladder has begun Don't try and blame me for your sins For the sun has burned me black Your hollow lives - this world in which we live I throw it back Four-headed dragon for the four degrees of fire Purify the insane, bring the solution ever higher Bring me all the elements, spread them round my head Bring me mad men's bodies, I will break them all like bread Don't try and blame me for your sins For the sun has burned me black Your hollow lives - this world in which we live I hurl it back Don't try and blame me for your sins For the sun has burned me black Your hollow lives - this world in which we live I throw it back Don't try and blame me for your games Your games are death My world is light - the angels fill my eyes With every breath... And so we lay We lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day And so we lay We lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day And so we lay We lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day And so we lay We lay in the same grave Our chemical wedding day... And all this vegetable world appeared on my left foot As a bright sandal, formed immortal of precious stones and gold I stooped down, and bound it on To walk forward through eternity... |