Let me tell you a story to chill the bones
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About a thing that I saw
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One night wandering in the everglades
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I'd one drink but no more
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I was rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight
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Gazing up at the stars
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Not aware of a presence so near to me
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Watching my every move
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Feeling scared and I fell to my knees
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As something rushed me from the trees
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Took me to an unholy place
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And that is where I fell from grace
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Then they summoned me over to join in with them
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To the dance of the dead
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Into the circle of fire I followed them
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Into the middle I was led
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As if time had stopped still I was numb with fear
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But still I wanted to go
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And the blaze of the fire did no hurt upon me
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As I walked onto the coals
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And I felt I was in a trance
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And my spirit was lifted from me
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And if only someone had the chance
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To witness what happened to me
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And I danced and I pranced and I sang with them
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All had death in their eyes
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Lifeless figures they were undead all of them
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They had ascended from hell
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As I danced with the dead
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My free spirit was laughing and howling down at me
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Below my undead body
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Just danced the circle of dead
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Until the time came to reunite us both
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My spirit came back down to me
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I didn't know if I was alive or dead
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As the others all joined in with me
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By luck then a skirmish started
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And took the attention away from me
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When they took their gaze from me
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Was the moment that I fled
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I ran like hell faster than the wind
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But behind I did not glance
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One thing that I did not dare
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Was to look just straight ahead
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When you know that your time has come around
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You know you'll be prepared for it
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Say your last goodbyes to everyone
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Drink and say a prayer for it
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When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
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And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
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When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
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And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
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To this day I guess I'll never know
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Just why they let me go
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But I'll never go dancing no more
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'Til I dance with the dead
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Dance Of Death (Orchestral Version)
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| Iron Maiden |
