Iron Maiden - Empire Of The Clouds
[02:06.42] To ride the storm
[02:08.17] To an empire
[02:09.42] Of the clouds
[02:12.42] To ride the storm,
[02:14.67] They climbed aboard
[02:16.17] Their silver ghost
[02:23.42] To ride the storm
[02:25.42] To a kingdom
[02:26.67] That will come
[02:29.92] To ride the storm
[02:32.17] And damn the rest
[02:33.67] Oblivion
[02:39.92] Royalty and dignitaries,
[02:42.92] Brandy and cigars
[02:45.92] Grey lady giant
[02:47.42] Of the skies
[02:48.67] You hold them
[02:49.80] In your arms
[02:51.80] The millionth chance
[02:53.30] They laughed
[02:54.55] To take down
[02:55.55] His majesty’s craft
[02:57.80] To India they say
[03:00.55] Magic carpet float away
[03:04.30] An October
[03:05.05] Fateful day
[03:09.55] ...
[03:35.55] Mist is in the trees
[03:38.30] Stone sweats
[03:39.05] With the dew
[03:41.55] The morning sunrise,
[03:44.55] Red before the blue
[03:48.55] Hanging at the mast,
[03:51.80] Waiting for command
[03:55.05] His Majesty’s airship,
[03:57.55] The R101
[04:02.05] She’s the biggest vessel
[04:03.80] Built by man
[04:05.30] A giant of the skies
[04:08.05] For all you unbelievers,
[04:11.05] The Titanic fits inside
[04:14.30] Drum roll tight
[04:15.80] Her canvas skin,
[04:17.55] Silvered in the sun
[04:20.30] Never tested with the fury,
[04:23.30] With the beating
[04:24.30] Yet to come
[04:26.55] The fury yet to come
[04:29.55] ...
[04:32.05] In the gathering gloom
[04:34.05] The storm rising
[04:35.05] In the west
[04:38.05] The coxswain stared
[04:40.05] Into the plunging
[04:42.05] Weather glass
[04:48.30] We must go now
[04:50.05] We must take our chance
[04:51.80] With fate
[04:54.30] We must go now
[04:56.30] For a politician,
[04:57.80] He can’t be late
[05:03.80] The airship crew awake
[05:05.80] For thirty hours
[05:07.55] At full stretch
[05:09.55] But the ship
[05:10.55] Is in their backbone
[05:12.80] Every sinew,
[05:13.80] Every inch
[05:15.80] She never flew
[05:17.30] At full speed,
[05:18.80] A trial never done
[05:22.05] Her fragile outer cover
[05:24.55] Her Achilles would become
[05:28.30] An Achilles yet to come
[05:31.69] ...
[05:34.19] Sailors of the sky,
[05:36.94] A hardened breed
[05:40.19] Loyal to the king
[05:42.19] And an airship creed
[05:46.44] The engines drum,
[05:49.19] The telegraph sounds
[05:52.44] Release the cords
[05:54.44] That bind us
[05:55.94] To the ground
[05:59.44] Said the coxswain
[06:00.45] “Sir, she’s heavy,
[06:02.19] She’ll never make
[06:03.69] This flight“
[06:05.44] Said the captain
[06:06.45] “Damn the cargo,
[06:08.19] We’ll be on
[06:09.19] Our way tonight“
[06:11.95] Groundlings cheered in wonder
[06:14.69] As she backed off
[06:15.70] From the mast
[06:17.94] Baptizing them her water
[06:20.70] From the ballast
[06:22.19] Fore and aft
[06:24.20] Now she slips
[06:24.94] Into our past
[06:27.44] ...
[12:31.40] Fighting the wind
[12:32.65] As it rolls you
[12:34.40] Feeling the diesels
[12:35.90] That push you along
[12:37.40] Watching the channel
[12:38.90] Below you
[12:40.65] Lower and lower
[12:42.15] Into the night
[12:43.90] Lights are passing
[12:44.90] Below you
[12:46.65] Northern France
[12:48.15] Asleep in their beds
[12:49.90] Storm is raging
[12:51.15] Around you
[12:52.90] A million to one,
[12:54.40] That’s what he said
[12:56.15] ...
[13:38.65] Reaper standing
[13:39.65] Beside her
[13:41.40] With his scythe
[13:42.90] Cuts to the bone
[13:44.40] Panic to make
[13:45.65] A decision
[13:47.65] Experienced men
[13:49.15] Asleep in their graves
[13:50.65] Her cover is ripped
[13:51.90] And she’s drowning
[13:53.65] Rain is flooding
[13:55.15] Into the hull
[13:56.90] Bleeding to death
[13:57.90] And she’s falling
[13:59.90] Lifting gas
[14:01.15] Is draining away
[14:02.90] ...
[15:11.65] “We’re down lads“
[15:12.65] Came the cry
[15:14.65] Bow plunging
[15:15.65] From the sky
[15:17.90] Three thousand horses silent
[15:20.65] As the ship began to die
[15:24.15] The flares
[15:25.15] To guide her path,
[15:27.15] Ignited at the last
[15:30.65] The empire of the clouds
[15:33.65] Just ashes
[15:34.90] In our past,
[15:36.90] Just ashes at the last
[15:40.15] ...
[16:04.90] Here lie their dreams as
[16:07.65] I stand in the sun
[16:10.40] On the ground
[16:11.90] Where they built
[16:13.40] And the engines did run
[16:16.65] To the moon and the stars
[16:19.90] Now what have we done?
[16:22.65] Oh, the dreamers may die,
[16:26.15] But the dreams live on
[16:34.90] Dreams live on,
[16:41.15] Dreams live on
[16:48.15] ...
[17:14.90] Now a shadow
[17:15.65] On a hill,
[17:17.90] The angel of the east
[17:21.65] The empire of the clouds
[17:24.15] May rest in peace
[17:28.90] And in a country churchyard
[17:32.15] Laid head to the mast
[17:35.40] Eight and forty souls
[17:38.15] Who came to die
[17:40.15] In France
[17:43.29] ...
