Somewhere In Time

Caught Somewhere in Time
Wasted Years (tab)
Sea of Madness
Heaven Can Wait
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Stranger in a Strange Land (tab)
Deja-Vu (tab)
Alexander the Great (tab)

EMI-Septembre 1986

Le groupe :

     Bruce Dickinson (Chant)

     Dave Murray (Guitare)

     Adrian Smith (Guitare)

     Steve Harris (Basse)

     Nicko Mc Brain (Batterie)


Caught Somewhere in Time (Harris)

                                     If you had the time to lose

                                  An open mind and time to choose

                                    Would you care to take a look

                                   Or can you read me like a book



                                     Time is always on my side

                                     Time is always on my side



                                   Can I tempt you come with me,

                                 Be Devil may care fulfill your dream

                                     If I said I'd take you there

                                  Would you go would you be scared



                                     Time is always on my side

                                     Time is always on my side



                                  Don't be afraid you're safe with me

                                  Safe as any soul can be ... honestly

                                        Just let yourself go



                                             Chorus:

                                     Caught somewhere in time

                                     Caught somewhere in time

                                  Caught somewhere in time ... oh oh



                                    Like a wolf in sheep's clothing

                                   You try to hide your deepest sins

                                Of all the things that you've done wrong

                                    And I know where you belong



                                     Time is always on my side

                                     Time is always on my side



                                 Make you an offer you can't refuse

                                  You've only got your soul to lose...

                                   Eternally...Just let yourself go!



                                             Chorus:

                                     Caught somewhere in time

                                     Caught somewhere in time

                                      Caught now in two minds!
Wasted Years (Smith)

                             From the coast of gold, across the seven seas

                                    I'm travelling on, far and wide

                             But now it seems, I'm just a stranger to myself

                      And all the things I sometimes do, it isn't me but someone else



                                  I close my eyes, and think of home

                                  Another city goes by, in the night

                        Ain't it funny how it is, you never miss it til it's gone away

                         And my heart is lying there and will be til my dying day



                                             Chorus:

                                          So understand

                      Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

                                     Face up...make your stand

                              And realise 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 wanna cry and throw my hands up to the sky



                                             Chorus:
Sea of Madness (Smith)

                                 Out in the street somebody's crying

                                    Out in the night the fires burn

                                  Maybe tonight somebody's crying

                                   Reached the point of no return

                               Oh - my eyes they see but I can't believe

                           Oh - my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave



                                             Chorus:

                                     Like the eagle and the dove

                                     Fly so high on wings above

                              When all you see can only bring you sadness

                                      Like a river we will flow

                                      On towards the sea we go

                              When all you do can only bring you sadness

                                     Out on the sea of madness



                                Somewhere I hear a voice that's calling

                                 Out in the dark there burns a dream

                                 You got to hope when you are falling

                                 To find the world that you have seen



                               Oh - my eyes they see but I can't believe

                           Oh - my heart is heavy as I turn my back and leave



                                             Chorus:



                                           It's madness

                                        The sun don't shine

                                       On the sea of madness

                                  There ain't no wind to fill your sails

                            Madness all you see can only bring you sadness

                                     On towards the sea we go...
Heaven Can Wait (Harris)

                               Can't understand what is happening to me

                                  This isn't real, this is only a dream

                        But I never have felt, no I never have felt this way before

                                 I'm looking down on my body below

                                  I lie asleep in the midst of a dream

                        Is it now could it be that the angel of death has come for me

                              I can't believe that really my time has come

                             I don't feel ready there's so much left undone

                            And it's my soul and I'm not gonna let it get away



                                             Chorus:

                                         Heaven can wait

                                         Heaven can wait

                                         Heaven can wait

                                   Heaven can wait til another day



                                   I have a lust for the Earth below

                                    And Hell itself is my only foe

                                     'Cause I've no fear of dying

                                   I'll go when I'm good and ready

                              I snatch a glimpse of the light's eternal rays

                                    I see a tunnel I stand amazed

                            At all of the people standing there in front of me

                                 Into the paths of rightness I'll be led

                             Is this the place where the living join the dead

                              I wish I knew this was only just a nightmare.



                                             Chorus:



                            Take my hand I'll lead you to the promised land

                                Take my hand I'll give you immortality

                              Eternal youth I'll take you to the other side

                              To see the truth the path for you is decided



                                  My body tingles I feel so strange

                                    I feel so tired I feel so drained

                            And I'm wondering if I'll ever be the same again

                                 Is this in limbo or in Heaven or Hell

                                 Maybe I'm going down there as well

                                I can't accept my soul will drift forever



                               I feel myself floating back down to Earth

                                So could this be the hour of my rebirth

                              Or have I died or will I wake from dreaming?



                                             Chorus:
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Harris)

                                       The tough of the track

                                          With the wind

                             And the rain that's beating down on Your back

                                      Your heart's beating loud

                                     And goes on getting louder

                                    And goes on even more 'til the

                                    Sound is ringing in your head

                                     With every step you tread

                                     And every breath you take

                                          Determination



                                     Makes you run never stop

                                   Gotta win got to run 'til you drop

                                     Keep the pace hold the race

                                     Your mind is getting clearer

                                     You're over halfway there

                                 But the miles they never seem to end

                                       As if you're in a dream

                                       Not getting anywhere

                                         It seems so futile



                                             Chorus:

                                          Run, on and on

                                          Run, on and on

                               The loneliness of the long distance runner



                                  I've got to keep running the course

                                  I've got to keep running and win at

                                             All costs

                                   I've got to keep going be strong

                              Must be so determined and push myself on



                                    Run over stiles across fields

                                  Turn to look at who's on your heels

                                       Way ahead of the field

                                   The line is getting nearer but do

                                    You want the glory that goes

                                     You reach the final stretch

                                       Ideals are just a trace

                                   You feel like throwing the race

                                          It's all so futile



                                             Chorus:
Stranger in a Strange Land (Smith)

                         Was many years ago that I left home and came this way

                              I was a young man full of hopes and dreams

                         But now it seems to me that all is lost and nothing gained

                                Sometimes things ain't what they seem

                               No brave new world, no brave new world



                               Night and day I scan horizon, sea and sky

            My spirit wanders endlessly until the day will dawn and friends from home discover why

                                     Hear me calling, rescue me

                                      Set me free, set me free

                                 Lost in this place, and leave no trace.



                                             Chorus:

                                     Stranger in a strange land,

                                       Land of ice and snow

                                     Trapped here in this prison

                                      Lost and far from home.



                     One hundred years have gone and men again they came that way,

                                  To find the answer to the mystery

                            They found his body lying where it fell on that day

                                   Preserved in time for all to see

                               No brave new world, no brave new world

                                  Lost in this place, to leave no trace



                                 What became of the men that started

                                   All are gone and souls departed

                                       Left here in this prison

                                           So all alone



                                             Chorus:

                                     Stranger in a strange land,

                                       Land of ice and snow

                                     Trapped here in this prison

                                      Lost and far from home.
Deja-Vu (Murray/Harris)

                                    When you see familiar faces

                              But you don't remember where they're from

                                       Could you be wrong?



                                 When you've been particular places

                               That you know you've never been before

                                         Can you be sure?



                              'Cause you know this has happened before

                            And you know that this moment in time is for real

                                 And you know when you feel deja-vu



                                             Chorus:

                                   Feel like I've been here before

                                   Feel like I've been here before

                                   Feel like I've been here before

                                   Feel like I've been here before



                                      Ever had a conversation,

                                  That you realise you've had before

                                          Isn't it strange?



                                  Have you ever talked to someone

                              And you feel you know what's coming next?

                                        It feels pre-arranged



                              'Cause you know that you've heard it before

                             And you feel that this moment in time is surreal

                                'Cause you know when you feel deja-vu



                                             Chorus:
Alexander the Great (Harris)

                                   "My son, ask for thyself another

                                   Kingdom, for that which I leave

                                        is to small for thee."

                                 (King Philip of Macedonia - 339 B.C.)



                                         Near to the East

                                     In a part of ancient Greece

                                 In an ancient land called Macedonia

                                          Was born a son

                                       To Philip of Macedon

                                 The legend his name was Alexander



                                       At the age of nineteen

                                   He became the Macedon King

                                 And swore to free all of Asia Minor

                                        By the Aegian Sea

                                           In 334 B.C.

                                 He utterly beat the armies of Persia



                                             Chorus:

                                        Alexander the Great

                                His name struck fear into hearts of men

                                        Alexander the Great

                                 Became a legend 'mongst mortal men



                                       King Darius the third

                                        Defeated fled Persia

                                The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes

                              Then Egypt fell to the Macedon King as well

                               And he founded the city called Alexandria



                                        By the Tigris river

                                     He met King Darius again

                             And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela

                                         Entering Babylon

                                    And Susa, treasures he found

                                 Took Persepolis the capital of Persia



                                             Chorus:

                                        Alexander the Great

                                His name struck fear into hearts of men

                                        Alexander the Great

                                 Became a God amongst mortal men



                               A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke

                                And Alexander cut the "Gordion knot"

                               And legend said that who untied the knot

                                 He would become the master of Asia



                                   Helonism he spread far and wide

                                   The Macedonian learned mind

                                Their culture was a Western way of life

                                  He paved the way for Christianity



                                     Marching on, marching on



                                The battle weary marching side by side

                                    Alexander's army line by line

                                  They wouldn't follow him to India

                                Tired of the combat, pain and the glory



                                             Chorus:

                                        Alexander the Great

                                His name struck fear into hearts of men

                                        Alexander the Great

                                     He died of fever in Babylon