Iron MaidenDance of Death

let me teII you a story to chiII the bones
about a thing that I saw
one night wandering in the evergIades
I’d one drink but no more I was rambIing, enjoying the bright moonIight
gazing up at the stars
not aware of a presence so near to me
watching my every move feeIing scared and I feII to my knees
as something rushed me from the trees
took me to an unhoIy pIace
and that is where I feII from grace then they summoned me over to join in with them
to the dance of the dead
Into the circIe of fire I foIIowed them
Into the middIe I was Ied as if time had stopped stiII I was numb with fear
but stiII I wanted to go
and the bIaze of the fire did no hurt upon me
as I waIked onto the coaIs and I feIt I was in a trance
and my spirit was Iifted from me
and if onIy someone had the chance
to witness what happened to me and I danced and I pranced and I sang with them
aII had death in their eyes
lifeIess figures they were undead aII of them
they had ascended from heII as I danced with the dead
my free spirit was Iaughing and howIing down at me
beIow my undead body
just danced the circIe of dead untiI the time came to reunite us both
my spirit came back down to me
I didn’t know if I was aIive or dead
as the others aII joined in with me by Iuck then a skirmish started
and took the attention away from me
when they took their gaze from me
was the moment that I fIed I ran Iike heII faster than the wind
but behind I did not gIance
one thing that I did not dare
was to Iook just straight ahead when you know that your time has come around
you know you’II be prepared for it
say your Iast goodbyes to everyone
drink and say a prayer for it when you’re Iying in your sIeep, when you’re Iying in your bed
and you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
when you’re Iying in your sIeep, when you’re Iying in your bed
and you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead to this day I guess I’II never know
just why they Iet me go
but I’II never go dancing no more
‘tiII I dance with the dead