歌手:Iron Maiden
专辑:《A Matter Of Life And Death》

Artist：iron maiden
Songs Title：the legacy

Tell you a thing
That yoy ought to know
Two minutes of your time
Then on you go
Tell tale of the men
All dressed in black
That most of them
Not coming back
Sent off to war
To play little games
And on their return
Can't name no names
Some strange yellow gas
Has played with their minds
Has reddened their eyes
Removed all the lies
And strange as it sounds
Death know no bounds
How many get well
Only time will tell

Only time will tell

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You lie in your death bed now
But what did you bring to the table
Brought us only holy sin
Utter trust is a deadly thing
The prayer of holy peace
We didn't know what was lying underneath
So how could we be such fools
And to think that we thought you the answer
I can't begin understand in all the lies
But on your death bed I can see it in your eyes
Just as clear as all the sweat upon your brow
It really makse sense I can see it clearly now
Tangled up in a web of lies
Could have been a way to prophesise
Unaware of the consequence
Not aware if the secrets that you kept
Nothing that we could believe
To reveal facade of faceless man
Not a thing that we could foresee
Now a sign that would tell us the outcome
You had us all strung out with
promises of peace
But all along your cover plan was to deceive

Can it put to rights now only time will tell
Your prophecies will send us all to hell as well
Let toa ll our golden sons
All to pick up on the peace
You could have given all of them
A little chance ... at least
Take the world to a better place
Give them all just a little hope
Just think what a legacy
You know ... will leave

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We seem destined to live in fear
And some that would ssay Armageddon is near
But where there's a life while there's hope
That man won't self destruct
Why can't we treat our fellow men
With more respect and shake of their hands
But anger and loathing is rife
The death on all side is
becoming a way of life
We live in an uncerain world
Fear understanding and ingorance
is leading to death
Only the corpses are left
For vultures that prey on their bones

But some are just not wanting peace
Their whole life is death and misery
The only thing that they know
Fight fire with fire life is cheap
But if they do stop to think
That man is teetering right on the brink
But do you think that they care
They benefit from the death and pain and despair