THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST / IRON MAIDEN / NIVEL 3

                           

"WOE TO YOU, OH EARTH AND SEA, FOR
THE DEVIL SENDS THE BEAST WITH WRATH,
BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE TIME IS SHORT…
LET HIM WHO HATH UNDERSTANDING
RECKON THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST
FOR IT IS A HUMAN NUMBER,
IT’S NUMBER IS SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX."
REVELATIONS CH. XIII V. 18


I LEFT ALONE, MY MIND WAS BLANK
I NEEDED TIME TO GET THE MEMORIES FROM MY MIND

WHAT DID I SEE, CAN I BELIEVE?
THAT WHAT I SAW LAST NIGHT WAS REAL
AND NOT JUST FANTASY

JUST WHAT I SAW, IN MY OLD DREAMS,
WERE THEY REFLECTIONS OF MY WARPED MIND
STARING BACK AT ME

‘CAUSE IN MY DREAMS, IT’S ALWAYS THERE,
THE EVIL FACE THAT TWISTS MY MIND AND BRINGS
ME TO DESPAIR
THE NIGHT WAS BLACK, WAS NO USE HOLDING BACK,
‘CAUSE I HAD TO SEE WAS SOMEONE WATCHING ME
IN THE MIST, DARK FIGURES MOVE AND TWIST,
WAS ALL THIS FOR REAL, OR JUST SOME KIND OF HELL
666 THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST
HELL AND FIRE WAS SPAWNED TO BE RELEASED

TORCHES BLAZED AND SACRED CHANTS WERE PRAISED
AS THEY START TO CRY, HANDS HELD TO THE SKY
IN THE NIGHT, THE FIRES BURNING BRIGHT,
THE RITUAL HAS BEGUN, SATAN’S WORK IS DONE
666 THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST
SACRIFICE IS GOING ON TONIGHT

THIS CAN’T GO ON, I MUST INFORM THE LAW
CAN THIS STILL BE REAL OR JUST SOME CRAZY DREAM
BUT I FEEL DRAWN TOWARDS THE CHANTING HORDES,
THEY SEEM TO MESMERIZE…CAN’T AVOID THEIR EYES,
666 THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST
666 THE ONE FOR YOU AND ME

I’M COMING BACK, I WILL RETURN
AND I’LL POSSESS YOUR BODY AND I’LL MAKE YOU BURN
I HAVE THE FIRE, I HAVE THE FORCE
I HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE MY EVIL TAKE ITS COURSE…