Iron Maiden Dance Of Death Lyrics

Dance Of Death Lyrics

Let me tell you a story to chill the bones
about a things that I saw
One
night wandering in the everglades
I'd one drink but no more

I was
rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight
Gazing up at the stars
Not aware
of a presence so near to me
Watching my every move

Feeling scared and
I fell to my knees
As something rushed me from the trees
Took me to an
unholy place
And that is where I fell from grace

Then they summoned
me over to join in with them
To the dance of the dead
In to the circle of
fire I followed them
In to the middle I was led

As if time had stopped
still I was numb with fear
But still I wanted to go
And the blaze of the
fire did no hurt upon me
As I walked onto the coals

And I felt I was
in a trance
And my spirit was lifted from me
And if only someone had the
chance
To witness what happened to me

And I danced and I pranced and
I sang with them
All had death in their eyes
Lifeless figures they were
undead all of them
They had ascended from hell

As I danced with the
dead
my free spirit was laughing and howling down at me
Below my undead
body just danced the circle of dead

Until the time came to reunite us
both
My spirit came back down to me
I didn't know if I was alive or
dead
As the others all joined in with me

By luck then a skirmish
started
And took the attention away from me
When they took their gaze
from me
Was the moment that I fled

I ran like hell faster than the
wind
But behind I did not glance
One thing that I did not dare
Was to
look just straight ahead

When you know that your time has come
around
You know you'll be prepared for it
Say your last goodbyes to
everyone
Drink and say a prayer for it

When you're lying in your
sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go
dancing with the dead
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in
your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead

To
this day I guess I'll never know
Just why they let me go
But I'll never go
dancing no more
'Til I dance with the dead