era's eye?
Where are you staying? Why are you leaving?
We watch you breathing through the camera's eye

We all make up our faces
The make up of the clown
Happy leaving traces
Of our childish background

Pointing at the sky
We can watch the stars
You think you're all alone
But you never are

Where are you going? What are you doing?
Why are you looking at the camera's eye?
Where are you staying? Why are you leaving?
We watch you breathing through the camera's eye

They ain't watching you
They ain't watching you now
They ain't watching you
They ain't watching you now

They ain't watching you
They ain't watching you now
They ain't watching you
They ain't watching you now

Where are you going? What are you doing?
Why are you looking at the camera's eye?
Political sleazes, sexual divas
We watch your heart beating through the camera's eye

Where are you going? What are you doing?
Why are you looking at the camera's eye?
Political sleazes, sexual divas
We watch your heart beating through the camera's eye



Hell no

(Dickinson/Roy Z)

There's a secret that we all share
In the darkest hours of the night
You can swear on the Bible
Cut the throat of your rival

I've been taking my life in my hand
And I'm making new plans, yeah
Now I'm starting my life on my own
In the virgin unknown

Hell, hell no!
Oh, where do we belong?
In this place where we fight?
Oh, where do we belong?

There's a place in the misty air
Not a million miles away from here
You can make it your own place
Or you can change your own face

I've been taking my life in my hand
And I'm making new plans, yeah
Now I'm starting my life on my own
In the virgin unknown

Hell, hell no!
Oh, where do we belong?
In this place where we fight?
Oh, where do we belong?

Screaming hell, hell no!
Oh, where do we belong?
In this place where we fight?
Oh, where do come home?

If you can't really say what you don't really know
Then you don't really know what you can't really say
If you can't really say what you don't really know
Then you don't really know what you can't really say

Screaming out hell no!
Shouting out hell no!
On his knees singing hell no!
Defiant as hell no!

On the street singing hell no!
Still looking for hell no!
On his knees said hell no!
Hell no!

Hell, hell no!
Oh, where do we belong?
In this place where we fight?
Oh, where did we go wrong?

Screaming hell, hell no!
Oh, where do we belong?
In this place where we fight?
Oh, where do come home?



Gods of war

(Dickinson/Roy Z)

When I was younger
I thought that to kill
Or be killed was a thing
To be proud of

Victim of chance
Prisoner of hope
Hanged by the neck on the end of a rope
I don't know, I don't care

Oh, one of the damned
Oh, part of the plan

Cry oh oh oh! The gods of war
They howl and cry for more
Cry oh oh oh! The gods of war
They howl and cry for more

Now taking both sides
At a time on the frontline
You can join in the fear
Share in the bloodshed

Investing your money in guns
The infinite fun
Of the warlord you saved
From the rusty grave

Oh, one of the damned
Oh, part of the plan

Cry oh oh oh! The gods of war
They howl and cry for more
Cry oh oh oh! The gods of war
They howl and cry for more

Cry oh oh oh! The gods of war
They howl and cry for more
Cry oh oh oh! The gods of war
They howl and cry for more



1000 points of light

(Dickinson/Roy Z)

You can sail in the desert with a ship of fools
You can smuggle in Moses and his book of rules
But you can't take mother and give her back her son
What kind of freedom is bought with a gun?

People like to build their prison walls
When they're afraid to look inside

A thousand points of light
Are the muzzle flashes in the night
And the freedoms you profess to hold
Won't bring the dead back from the cold

Political speeches, they are lying in the mud
Nothing else matters but money and blood
Tyranny of freedom? Is do what you like?
There's a world gone crazy 'cause it can't say no

People like to build their prison walls
When they're afraid to look inside

A thousand points of light
Are the muzzle flashes in the night
And the freedoms you profess to hold
Won't bring the dead back from the cold

A thousand points of light
Are the muzzle flashes in the night
And the freedoms you profess to hold
Won't bring the dead back from the cold

"What is it that produces the light?
What is it that makes these thousand points of light shine?
What is it that will make America a kinder and gentler nation?
Perhaps I should ask who, who is it?"

There should be time for love
But there's too much room for hate
Too much sliding of the truth
Too much abuse of wasted youth

There'a a time for dying
And a time for living too
Had enough of media lies
Had enough of your alibis

A thousand points of light
Are the muzzle flashes in the night
And the freedoms you profess to hold
Won't bring the dead back from the cold

A thousand points of light
Are the muzzle flashes in the night
And the freedoms you profess to hold
Won't bring the dead back from the cold



Laughing in the hiding bush

(Bruce Dickinson/Roy Z/Alex Dickinson)

There's a sinister game that children play
Hey! Hey! Hey!
When they get to the end of each school day
Hey! Hey! Hey!

They spend their lives
Getting ready for the kill

Laughing in the hiding bush
The joker is back
Laughing in the hiding bush
The joker is back

Who remembers the names of fallen heroes?
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Who remembers today to fly their flags?
Hey! Hey! Hey!

I couldn't say I loved you
Like I did before

Laughing in the hiding bush
The joker is back
Laughing in the hiding bush
It's the laughing attack

The joker is back
He's wild in the pack
The joker is back
Laughing in the hiding, gonna kick him in the bush, yeah!

Laughing in the hiding bush
The joker is back
Laughing in the hiding bush
The joker is back

Laughing in the hiding bush
He's wild in the pack
Laughing in the hiding bush
The joker is back



Change of heart

(Dickinson/Roy Z)

Here I sit
Alone at a window
The rain falls down
On the glass in the cold

All my life
I've been waiting for a moment
It never came, maybe never will
Ah, sometimes I don't know

Those days are gone
Lord, I hide where I just can't say
I'm still there, catching your tears
Before they fall to the ground

You, you're walking away
You couldn't stay
You need a change of heart

You, you're walking away
You couldn't stay
You need a change of heart

Trees are bare
The earth, it is hard
I wait for winter
Soft winter and snow

Those days are gone
Now I hide where I just can't say
I'll be there, catching your tears
Before they fall to the ground

You, you're walking away
You couldn't stay
You need a change of heart

You, you're walking away
You couldn't stay
You need a change of heart

And I know, wherever you go
I'll be around, yeah
I'll be there, catching your tears
Before they fall to the ground

Those days are gone
Now I hide where I just can't say
I'm still there, watching your tears
As they fall to the ground

You, you're walking away
You couldn't stay
You need a change of heart

You, you're walking away
You couldn't stay
You need a change of heart



Shoot all the clowns

(Dickinson/Roy Z)

Shoot, shoot
Shoot all the clowns
Shoot, shoot
Shoot all the clowns

I've been down at the crazy house
I've been playing with the cat and the mouse
I've been down, I've been down
I've seen the crazy people running around

Shoot all the clowns
Shoot'em down, shoot'em down, shoot'em down
Shoot all the clowns
Shoot'em down, shoot'em down, shoot'em down

Welcome to the circus where I fool around
I've got the killer smile, I'm a killer clown
Cover up your face, you've been found out
You laugh when there's nothing to smile about

Shoot all the clowns
Shoot'em down, shoot'em down, shoot'em down
Shoot all the clowns
Shoot'em down, shoot'em down, shoot'em down

Shoot, shoot
Shoot all the clowns
Shoot, shoot
Shoot all the clowns

Wanna gimme money, well, you better get ready
I'm a certified friend of John Paul Getty
I'm a fat stargazer, I'm an all night raver
I'm an anything you wanna be if I can get your sympathy

Welcome to the circus, I'm a killer clown
Welcome to the circus, hey! Gather 'round
Two sides to life, two sides to fun
The one who does it and the one who gets done

Shoot all the clowns
Shoot'em down, shoot'em down, shoot'em down
Shoot all the clowns
Shoot'em down, shoot'em down, shoot'em down

Shoot, shoot
Shoot all the clowns
Shoot, shoot
Shoot all the clowns

Shoot, shoot
Shoot all the clowns
Shoot, shoot
Shoot all the clowns



Fire

(Dickinson/Roy Z/Casillas)

Always let you down
Always fooled around
Always stealing your own way

Life just seems too short
Life lived in the dirt
Kicked in the teeth
Is what you meant to say

Fighting battles
Never fired a shot

When you step into the fire you're gonna get burned
Hide all the money you saved
Money won't pay for the trouble you've caused
Troubles coming back for more

Living on the edge
A blind man kneels on broken class
Building the bars of his own cage

Running circles 'til you drop
Hating life until it stops
Kicked in the teeth
Is what you meant to say

Fighting battles
Never fired a shot

When you step into the fire you're gonna get burned
Hide all the money you saved
Money won't pay for the trouble you've caused
Troubles coming back for more

When you step into the fire you're gonna get burned
Hide all the money you saved
Money won't pay for the trouble you've caused
Troubles coming back for more

Running circles 'til you drop
Hating life until it stops
Kicked in the teeth
Is what you meant to say

Fighting battles
Never fired a shot

When you step into the fire you're gonna get burned
Hide all the money you saved
Money won't pay for the trouble you've caused
Troubles coming back for more

When you step into the fire you're gonna get burned
Hide all the money you saved
Money won't pay for the trouble you've caused
Troubles coming back for more



Sacred cowboys

(Dickinson/Roy Z)

With a sense of irony
Everyone you see is chasing their illusions
Take a dive or sink or swim
But in the end you're in the same pollution

In your world escape is swift
The nonsense list is all you need to know
In the land of dreams
You make the right connections, then you'll be the hero

Ecstasy, the cult of me
Provides our institutions
You can live forever besides a grave
That stands where people used to function

You can join the saviours of our culture
Vultures circling overhead my sky
Like the sin of gluttony won't set you free
But Betty Ford can help you try

You can get all the things you never needed
You can sell people crap and make them eat it

Where is our John Wayne?
Where is our sacred cowboys now?
Where are the indians on the hill?
There's no indians left to kill

People die with oxygen
And all their money can afford a breath
People starving everywhere
And staring in the face of death

Prostitutes and politicians
Laying in their beds together
You can be the saviour of the poor
Making up the policies to open up the back door

You can get all the things you never needed
You can sell people crap and make them eat it

Where is our John Wayne?
Where is our sacred cowboys now?
Where are the indians on the hill?
There's no indians left to kill

Where is our John Wayne?
Where is our sacred cowboys now?
Where are the indians on the hill?
There's no indians left to kill

You can get all the things you never needed
You can sell people crap and make them eat it

Where is our John Wayne?
Where is our sacred cowboys now?
Where are the indians on the hill?
There's no indians left to kill

Where is our John Wayne?
Where is our sacred cowboys now?
Where are the indians on the hill?
There's no indians left to kill



Tears of the dragon

(Dickinson)

For too long now
There were secrets in my mind
For too long now
There were things I should have said

In the darkness
I was stumbling for the door
To find a reason
To find the time, the place, the hour

Waiting for the winter sun
And the cold light of day
The misty ghosts of childhood fears
The pressure is building and I can't stay away

I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave, let it wash over me
To face the fear I once believed
The tears of the dragon for you and for me

Where I was
I had wings that couldn't fly
Where I was
I had tears I couldn't cry

My emotions
Frozen in an icy lake
I couldn't feel them
Until the ice began to break

I have no power over this
You know I'm afraid
The walls I built are crumbling
The water is moving, I'm slipping away

I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave, let it wash over me
To face the fear I once believed
The tears of the dragon for you and for me

Slowly I awake
Slowly I rise
The walls I built are crumbling
The water is moving, I'm slipping away

I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave, let it wash over me
To face the fear I once believed
The tears of the dragon for you and for me

I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave, let it wash over me
To face the fear I once believed
The tears of the dragon for you and for me