Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Moonchild (tab)
Infinite Dreams (tab)
Can I Play With Madness (tab)
The Evil That Men Do (tab)
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (tab)
The Prophecy
The Clairvoiant (tab)
Only the Good Die Young

EMI-Avril 1988

Le groupe :

     Bruce Dickinson (Chant)

     Dave Murray (Guitare)

     Adrian Smith (Guitare)

     Steve Harris (Basse)

     Nicko Mc Brain (Batterie)


Moonchild (Smith/Dickinson)

                                         Seven deadly sins

                                         Seven ways to win

                                      Seven holy paths to hell

                                        And your trip begins



                                      Seven downward slopes

                                       Seven bloodied hopes

                                    Seven are your burning fires

                                       Seven your desires...



                                      I am he the bornless one

                                    The fallen angel watching you

                                     Babylon, the scarlet whore

                                     I'll infiltrate your gratitude

                                   Don't you dare to save your son

                                 Kill him now and save the young ones

                                Be the mother of a birth strangled babe

                                 Be the devils own, Lucifer's my name



                                Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream

                                  Moonchild - open the seventh seal

                                 Moonchild - You'll be mine soon child

                                  Moonchild - take my hand tonight



                                  I count the heads of those unborn

                                  The accursed ones I'll find them all

                                   And if you die by your own hand

                                  As a suicide you shall be damned

                                   And if you try to save your soul

                               I will torment you - you shall not grow old

                                With every second and passing breath

                             You'll be so alone your soul will bleed to death



                                Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream

                                  Moonchild - open the seventh seal

                                 Moonchild - You'll be mine soon child

                                  Moonchild - take my hand tonight



                            The twins they are exhausted, seven is this night

                               Gemini is rising as the red lips kiss to bite

                             Seven angels seven demons battle for his soul

                          When Gabriel lies sleeping, this child was born to die



                                    One more dies one more lives

                                  One baby cries one mother grieves

                                   For all the sins you will commit

                                You'll beg forgiveness and none I'll give

                                   A web of fear shall be your coat

                                      To clothe you in the night

                                  A lucky escape for you young man

                                But I'll see you damned in endless night
Infinite Dreams (Harris)

                                  Infinite dreams I can't deny them

                                    Infinity is hard to comprehend

                                    I couldn't hear those screams

                                     Even in my wildest dreams



                                    Suffocation waking in a sweat

                                     Scared to fall asleep again

                                    Incase the dream begins again

                                   Someone chasing I cannot move

                                  Standing rigid nightmare's statue

                                    What a dream when will it end

                                       And will I transcend?



                                  Restless sleep the minds in turmoil

                                  One nightmare ends another fertile

                                   Getting to me so scared to sleep

                                 But scared to wake now, in too deep

                                 Even though its reached new heights

                                   I rather like the restless nights

                                It makes me wonder it makes me think

                                 There's more to this I'm on the brink

                                   It's not the fear of what's beyond

                                   It's just that I might not respond

                                   I have an interest almost craving

                                  But would I like to get too far in?



                                      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?



                                  Help me. Help me to find my true

                                    Self without seeing the future

                                   Save me, save me from torturing

                                   Myself even within my dreams



                                   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
Can I Play With Madness (Smith/Dickinson/Harris)

                                    Give me the sense to wonder

                                       To wonder if I'm free

                                     Give me a sense of wonder

                                        To know I can be me

                               Give me the strength to hold my head up

                                       Spit back in their face

                                 Don't need no key to unlock this door

                                    Gonna break down the walls

                                     Break out of this bad place



                      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



                                   I screamed aloud to the old man

                                I said don't lie don't say you don't know

                                   I say you'll pay for your mischief

                                      In this world or the next

                             Oh and then he fixed me with a freezing glance

                                  And the hell fires raged in his eyes

                               He said do you want to know the truth son

                                       - I'll tell you the truth

                               Your soul's gonna burn in the lake of fire



                      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



                      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
The Evil That Men Do (Smith/Dickinson/Harris)

                         Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade

                           Slept in the dust with his daughter, her eyes red with

                                     The slaughter of innocence

                                       But I will pray for her

                                     I will call her name out loud

                                        I would bleed for her

                                     If only I could see her now



                                      Living on a razors edge

                                        Balancing on a ledge

                                      Living on a razors edge



                                The evil that men do lives on and on...

                                The evil that men do lives on and on...

                                The evil that men do lives on and on...

                                The evil that men do lives on and on...



                            Circle of fire my baptism of joy at an end it seems

                         The seventh lamb slain, the book of life opens before me

                                       But I will pray for you

                                     And some day I may return

                                        Don't you cry for me

                                      Beyond is where I learn
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (Harris)

                                  Here they stand brothers them all

                                    All the sons divided they'd fall

                                    Here await the birth of the son

                               The seventh, the heavenly, the chosen one



                                 Here the birth from an unbroken line

                                 Born the healer the seventh, his time

                              Unknowingly blessed and as his life unfolds

                                 Slowly unveiling the power he holds



                                    Seventh son of a seventh son

                                    Seventh son of a seventh son

                                    Seventh son of a seventh son

                                    Seventh son of a seventh son



                                Then they watch the progress he makes

                             The Good and the Evil which path will he take

                                  Both of them trying to manipulate

                               The use of his powers before it's too late



                                    Seventh son of a seventh son

                                    Seventh son of a seventh son

                                    Seventh son of a seventh son

                                    Seventh son of a seventh son



                                    Today is born the seventh one

                                   Born of woman the seventh son

                                   And he in turn of a seventh son

                                      He has the power to heal

                                  He has the gift of the second sight

                                        He is the chosen one

                                        So it shall be written

                                         So it shall be done
The Prophecy (Murray/Harris)

                              Now that I know that the right time has come

                                   My prediction will surely be true

                                   The impending disaster it looms

                                And the whole of the village is doomed

                                     Why won't you listen to me

                                     It is so hard to understand

                                   That I am the real seventh son

                                  Your life or death on me depends



                                 Suffering and pain impending disaster

                                   Souls crying the devil's laughter

                                 Heard the cry of the seven whistlers

                                  Lucifer smiles looks on and waits



                                    I'll take your life in my hands

                                 Your fate your fortune's in my visions

                                   Heed what I say and you'll see

                                           What will be

                                        Please listen to me



                                Now that they see the disaster is done

                                  Now they put all the blame unto me

                                    They feel I brought on a curse

                                  Don't they know that the torment

                               It stays with me knowing that I walk alone

                                 Through the eyes of the future I see

                                  They don't even know what fear is

                               Don't they know I'm the one who is cursed



                                 Purgatory beckons souls lost forever

                                 Life after death or heaven hereafter

                               Heard the call of the seven whistlers again

                                   Now Lucifer laughs hell awaits



                                    I had their lives in my hands

                                 Their fate their fortunes in my visions

                                 No one believed in my true prophecy

                                        And now it's too late
The Clairvoiant (Harris)

                                  Feel the sweat break on my brow

                                   Is it me or is it shadows that are

                                        Dancing on the walls

                                     Is this a dream or is it now

                                   Is this a vision or normality I see

                                          Before my eyes



                                     I wonder why I wonder how

                               That it seems the powers getting stronger

                                            Every day

                                    I feel a strength an inner fire

                           But I'm scared I won't be able to control it anymore



                                There's a time to live and a time to die

                                  When it's time to meet the maker

                                There's a time to live but isn't it strange

                               That as soon as you're born you're dying



                                  Just by looking through your eyes

                               He could see the future penetrating right

                                       In through your mind

                                    See the truth and see your lies

                          But for all his power couldn't foresee his own demise



                                There's a time to live and a time to die

                                  When it's time to meet the maker

                                There's a time to live but isn't it strange

                               That as soon as you're born you're dying...

                                        ... and reborn again?
Only the Good Die Young (Harris/Dickinson)

                        The demon in your mind will rape you in your bed at night

                          The wisdom of ages, the lies and outrages concealed

                                      Time it waits for no man

                                      My future it is revealed

                                      Time it waits for no man

                                         My fate is sealed



                           If I cancel tomorrow the undead will thank me today

                        Fly in the face of your prophets I mock your morality plays

                                    The moon is red and bleeding

                                     The sun is burned and black

                                      The book of life is silent

                                         No turning back



                                      Only the good die young

                                   All the evil seem to live forever

                                      Only the good die young

                                   All the evil seem to live forever

                                      Only the good die young

                                      Only the good die young



                              Mystery madman a victim of cruel charade

                         Some innocent pawn in an end game one more stalemate

                                     Is death another birthday?

                                 A way to kiss your dreams goodbye?

                                    Do the undead live within us

                                     And look through our eyes?



                             Walking on water are miracles all you can trust

                          Measure your coffin does it measure up to your lust?

                                      So I think I'll leave you

                                   With your bishops and your guilt

                                       So until the next time

                                         Have a good sin



                                      Only the good die young

                                   All the evil seem to live forever

                                      Only the good die young

                                   All the evil seem to live forever

                                      Only the good die young

                                      Only the good die young



                                         Seven deadly sins

                                         Seven ways to win

                                      Seven holy paths to hell



                                      Seven downward slopes

                                       Seven bloodied hopes

                                    Seven are your burning fires

                                       Seven your desires...