Dance of Death lyrics

Artist  : Iron Maiden 
Song : Dance of Death
 


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