Dance Of Death

What a story! [Verse 1] Let me tell you a story to chill the bones About a thing 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 [Verse 2] 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 Into the circle of fire I followed them Into the middle I was led [Verse 3] 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 [Bridge] 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 [Verse 4] 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 [Verse 5] 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 [Instrumental Break] [Verse 6] When you know that your time has come around You know you'll be prepared for it Say your last goodbyes to everyone Have a drink and say a prayer for it [Bridge] 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 [Outro] 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

3:00 This 30 second solo is freaking awesome.. It's gonna be my ringtone from now on.

Nostalgic......it reminds me of my teenager days.......long hair with blue denim ,high boots and short leather jacket.

This is one of the best Iron Maiden songs and albums.

there is enough metal to build a tower

Masterpiece

Diablo games + Iron Maiden = perfection.

My first Iron Maiden song... And still favorite

After Fear of the Dark, this is my fvr8 piece of Iron Maiden.

Thanks to the pandemic I began to open my musical horizons, and I discovered Iron Maiden, it is incredible

One of the greatest compositions about Death, which you will quite never find on any lists. Memento mori.

Majestic and beautiful metal. Bruce absolutely put his soul into this track. The Maiden stands alone.

I wrote my best poems listening Maiden songs. Thanks from Brazil Maiden.

One of the best iron maiden songs!!!

Bruce ❤

This album fits the quote "Don't judge a book by it's cover" if you replace it with 'album'.

Iron Maiden é a melhor banda de todos os tempos 🤘🤘🤘🤘

This song got me into iron maiden and heavy metal as a whole. Still love it to this day!

Fuimos una generación afortunada los que crecimos escuchando estas bandas

O instrumental dessa música é perfeito do início ao fim. Ao vivo é muito massa.