In the gloom the gathering storm abates
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In the ships gimlet eyes await
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The call to arms to hammer at the gates
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To blow them wide throw evil to its fate
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All summers long the drills to build the machine
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To turn men from flesh and blood to steel
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From paper soldiers to bodies on the beach
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From summer sands to armageddon's reach
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Overlord, your master not your god
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The enemy coast dawning grey with scud
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These wretched souls puking, shaking fear
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To take a bullet for those who sent them here
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The world's alight, the cliffs erupt in flame
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No escape, remorseless shrapnel rains
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Drowning men no chance for a warrior's fate
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A choking death enter hell's gate
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Sliding we go, only fear on our side
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To the edge of the wire,
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and we rush with the tide
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Oh the water is red,
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with the blood of the dead
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But I'm still alive, pray to God I survive
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'Til we finally make it through
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The rising dead, faces bloated torn
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They are relieved, the living wait their turn
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Your number's up, the bullet's got your name
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You still go on, to hell and back again
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Valhalla waits, valkyries rise and fall
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The warrior tombs, lie open for us all
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A ghostly hand reaches through the veil
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Blood and sand, we will prevail
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Sliding we go, only fear on our side
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To the edge of the wire,
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and we rush with the tide
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Oh the water is red,
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with the blood of the dead
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But I'm still alive, pray to God I survive
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How long on this longest day
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'Til we finally make it through
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The Longest Day
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| Iron Maiden |
