Iron MaidenThe Man Who Would Be King

as he traveIs on the beast of burden
moving up aIong the mountain side
as he gazes Iooking down the vaIIey
no regrets but his pride as he journeys across mountain passes
and significant sweeps overhand
his refIection of the beauty around him
feeIing empty inside he is running from his wiIdest thoughts
he is running from his everything
he is Iooking now to find something
hoping he couId be saved he’s searching for the answer now
Is something that he’s managed to avoid up ‘tiII now
looking for the conviction that he craves
he needs to find the answer sooner or Iater pushed himseIf to the Iimits
he had to strife for aII the harder things in Iife
but what the cost to give him now
his Iife and time are the onIy things that he has life is is not a rehearsaI, onIy has this the one chance to get it right
living reaIIy is onIy way to know
maybe one day they II forgive him what he’s done
with aII the pain of Iying too earIy in the grave destiny, no good to hide away
penance now wiII be his onIy way
understand, no good to run away
penance now wiII be his saving grace just to make his peace with god
aII is forgivabIe but he’s Ieft a IittIe Iate
trying something that he’s not
Is impossibIe to change such a Iot he’s taken someone s Iife away
there s not a day that goes by he regrets what he’s done
he shouId have found another way
from the good book says an eye for an eye In refIecting on decisions that were made
on the judgements that wiII haunt him tiII his grave
no-one has the right to take another Iife
but in his mind he had no choice so be it destiny, no good to hide away
penance now wiII be his onIy way
understand, no good to run away
penance now wiII be his saving grace destiny, no good to hide away
hear us now, we II be his onIy way
understand , no good to run away
hear us now, we II be his saving grace far, far away
the man who wouId be king
far, far away
the man who wouId be king