Progressive Metal

"I know what I want I'll say what I want And no one can take it away"

"Can I play with Madness? The prophet stared at his crystal ball, Can I play with Madness? There's no vision there at all. Can I play with Madness? The prophet looked and he laughed at me! Can I play with Madness? He said you're blind, too blind to see!"

"There's got to be just more to it Than this Or tell me why do we exist I'd like to think that when I die I'd get a chance, another time And to return and live again Reincarnate, play the game Again and again and again"

"It can't be all coincidence Too many things are evident You tell me you're an unbeliever Spiritualist? Well me I'm neither But wouldn't you like to know The truth Of what's out there to have the proof And find out just which side You're on Where would you end in Heaven or In hell?"

"Infinite dreams, I can't deny them Infinity is hard to comprehend I couldn't hear those screams Even in my wildest dream"

"So understand Don't waste your time Always searching for those wasted years Face up... make your stand And realize you're living in the golden years"

"Too much time on my hands I got you on my mind Can't ease this pain, so easily When you can't find the words to say It's hard to make it through another day And it makes me want to cry And throw my hands up to the sky"

"Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave I don't wanna die, I'm a God, Why can't I live on? When the Life Giver dies, All around is laid waste, And in my last hour, I'm a Slave to the Power of Death."

"2 minutes to midnight, The hands that threaten doom. 2 minutes to midnight, To kill the unborn in the womb."

"The killer's breed or the Demon's seed, The glamour, the fortune, the pain, Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain, Don't you pray for my soul anymore."

"Run, Live to fly, fly to live, do or die Won't you Run, live to fly, fly to live Aces high"

"Running, scrambling, flying Rolling, turning, diving"

"The bugle sounds and the charge begins But on this battlefield no one wins The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath As I plunge on into certain death."

"You take my life but I'll take yours too You fire your musket but I run you through So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand there's no turning back."

"In your life you may choose desolation And the shadows you build with your hands If you turn to the light That is burning in the night Then the Journeyman's day has begun"

"And the fragment remains of our memories And the shadows we made with our hands Deeper grey, come to form all the colors of the dawn Will this Journeyman’s day be his last?"

"So we can only get one chance can we take it And we only get one life can't exchange it Can we hold on to what we have don't replace it The age of innocence is fading... like an old dream"

"You tell me we can start the rain. You tell me that we all can change. You tell me we can find something to wash the tears away. You tell me we can start the rain. You tell me that we all can change. You tell me we can find something to wash the tears."

"Is it blasphemy to call Iron Maiden the heavy metal Beatles? [...] Iron Maiden may be a heavy metal band, but “Run to the Hills” is straight-up pop. Led by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris, Iron Maiden created a marketing behemoth, perhaps rivaled only by Metallica."

"When I was wandering in the desert and was searching for the truth I heard a choir of angels calling out my name. I had the feeling that my life would never be the same again I turned my face towards the barren sun."

"When I'm feeling down and low I vow I'll never be the same again I just remember what I am And visualize just what I'm gonna be"

"There's a thin line between love and hate Wider divide that you can see between good and bad There's a grey place between black and white But everyone does have the right to choose the path that he takes"

"Out of the silent planet Dreams of desolation Out of the silent planet Come the demons of creation"

"The killing fields, the grinding wheels crushed by equilibrium Separate lives no more disguise, no more second chances Haggard wisdom spitting out the bitter taste of hate I accuse youBefore you know the crime it's all too late"

"The punishment is death for all who live"

"Withered hands, withered bodies begging for salvation Deserted by the hand of gods of their own creation Nations cry underneath decaying skies above You are guilty"

"The ferryman wants his money you ain't going to give it back He can push his own boat as you set up off the track Nothing you can contemplate will ever be the same Every second is a new spark, sets the universe aflame"

"Your time will come, your time will come"

"You watch the world exploding every single night Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light Say goodbye to gravity and say goodbye to death Hello to eternity and live for every breath"

"I want to live my life on my own I want to lift the unturned stone I want to walk right into the fire I want to live out all my desires I want to go and see the fire burn I want to see and feel my world turn I want to know what more there's to learn I want to pass the point of no return"

"Try to release the anger from within Forgive yourself a few immortal sins Do you really care what people think Are you strong enough to release the guilt"

"Saints and sinners Something within us To be lord of the flies"

"We don't need a code of morality I like all the mixed emotion and anger It brings out the animal, the power you can feel And feeling so high on this much adrenalin Excited but scary to believe what we've become"

"I've found that I like this living in danger Living on edge it feels, it makes me feel as one Who cares now what's right or wrong, it's reality"

"I don't care for this world anymore I just want to live my own fantasy Fate has brought us to these shores What was meant to be is now happening"

"Fear of the dark, fear of the dark I have constant fear that something's always near Fear of the dark, fear of the dark I have a phobia that someone's always there"

"Have you ever been alone at night Thought you heard footsteps behind And turned around and no one's there? And as you quicken up your pace You'll find it hard to look again Because you're sure that someone's there"

"When the light begins to change I sometimes feel a little strange A little anxious when it's dark"

"You can make your own luck You create your destiny I believe you have the power if you want to ..........it's true"

"Spend your days full of emptiness Spend your years full of loneliness Wasting love, in a desperate caress Rolling shadows of nights"

"Sands are flowing and the lines Are in your hand In your eyes I see the hunger, and the Desperate cry that tears the night"

"Dream on brothers, while you can Dream on sisters, I hope you find the one All of our lives, covered up quickly By the tides of time"

"Maybe one day I'll be an honest man Up 'till now I'm doing the best I can Long roads, long days, of sunrise, to sunset Sunrise to sunset"

"Now we live, in a world of uncertainty Fear is the key - to what you want to be You don't get a say the majority gets its way You're outnumbered by the bastards till the day you die..."

"The serpent is crawling inside of your ear He says you must vote for what you want to hear Don't matter what's wrong as long as you're alright So pull yourself stupid and rob yourself blind."

"Mother Russia Dance of the Csars Hold up your heads Remember who you are Can you release The anger the grief Can you be happy Now your people are free"

"Bring your daughter, bring your daughter to the slaughter Let her go, let her go, let her go"

"A million network slaves In an advertising new age I don't need a crystal ball to sell ya Your children have more brains Than your drug infested remains California dreaming as the Earth dies screaming"

"I've lived in filth I've lived in sin And I still smell cleaner than the shit you're in"

"There's a time to live but isn't it strange That as soon as you're born you're dying"