Rime of the Ancient Mariner (2015 Remaster)

13 minutes and 39 seconds of pure gold.

one of the greatest songs of all genres ever written

This song helped me pass my Literature class

Don't get me wrong, I love Iron Maiden as a whole, but Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Hallowed Be Thy Name hold a special place in my heart. These are the two songs that I, under no condition, get bored of.

I'm gonna go as far as to say this is the greatest Iron Maiden song ever made.

This song turned 40 years today. Almost half a century old and still one of the greatest songs ever made.

I wasn't aware of this Iron Maiden song. I'm glad I've found it.

THE ABSOLUTE GREATEST THING THIS BAND HAS EVER CREATED!!!!!

A true masterpiece.

One of best Maiden songs ever

my favorite song in the world

Except for Hallowed Be Thy Name, the best Iron Maiden song ever. Pure masterpiece!

Iron Maiden's magnum opus, the perfect encapsulation of everything this band stand for, musically and lyrically.

Hear the rime of the ancient mariner See his eye as he stops one of three Mesmerizes one of the wedding guests Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea And the music plays on, as the bride passes by Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale Driven south to the land of the snow and ice To a place where nobody's been Through the snow fog flies on the albatross Hailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings And the ship sails on, back to the North Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on The mariner kills the bird of good omen His shipmates cry against what he's done But when the fog clears, they justify him And make themselves a part of the crime Sailing on and on and north across the sea Sailing on and on and north 'til all is calm The albatross begins with its vengeance A terrible curse a thirst has begun His shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner About his neck, the dead bird is hung And the curse goes on and on at sea And the curse goes on and on for them and me "Day after day, day after day We stuck nor breath nor motion As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean Water, water everywhere and All the boards did shrink Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink." There calls the mariner There comes a ship over the line But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide See, onward she comes Onward she nears out of the sun See, she has no crew She has no life, wait but here's two Death and she life in death They throw their dice for the crew She wins the mariner and he belongs to her now Then, crew one by one They drop down dead, two hundred men She, she, life in death She lets him live, her chosen one "One after one by the star dogged moon Too quick for groan or sigh Each turned his face with a ghastly pang And cursed me with his eye Four times fifty living men (And I heard nor sigh nor groan) With heavy thump, a lifeless lump They dropped down one by one." The curse it lives on in their eyes The mariner he wished he'd die Along with the sea creatures But they lived on, so did he And by the light of the moon He prays for their beauty not doom With heart he blesses them God's creatures all of them too Then the spell starts to break The albatross falls from his neck Sinks down like lead into the sea Then down in falls comes the rain Hear the groans of the long dead seamen See them stir and they start to rise Bodies lifted by good spirits None of them speak and they're lifeless in their eyes And revenge is still sought, penance starts again Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on Now the curse is finally lifted And the mariner sights his home Spirits go from the long dead bodies Form their own light and the mariner's left alone And then a boat came sailing towards him It was a joy he could not believe The pilot's boat, his son and the hermit Penance of life will fall onto him And the ship it sinks like lead into the sea And the hermit shrives the mariner of his sins The mariner's bound to tell of his story To tell this tale wherever he goes To teach God's word by his own example That we must love all things that God made And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser man And the tale goes on and on and on

that second half solo is MIND BLOWING!

For all the mariners❤

It's an epic song that only a group like Iron Maiden can sustain for more than 13 minutes without the listener getting bored. On the contrary, time flies at the gallop of Steve Harris's bass and the story that the group tells us. It's an instant classic.

La primera vez que escuche este disco entero me quedé atrapado en su sonido . Ahora con 53 ańos y escuchándolo de nuevo tengo las mismas sensaciones de cuando lo escuché por primera vez .

Truly one of the best songs ever.

Only a class act like Iron Maiden could take something so legendary and turn it into a metal masterpiece AND iinclude lines directly from the orignal poem!!! Pure Gold!!!