Empire Of The Clouds Lyrics - The Book Of Souls - Iron Maiden

to ride the storm to an empire of the clouds 

to ride the storm they climbed 

aboard their silver ghost 

to ride the storm to a kingdom that will come 

to ride the storm and damn the rest... oblivion 

royalty and dignitaries brandy and cigars 

grey lady giant of the skies 

you hold them in your arms 

the millionth chance they laughed 

to take down his majesty's craft 

to india they say magic carpet float away 

an october fateful day... 

mist is in the trees 

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stone sweats with the dew 

the morning sunrise red before the blue 

hanging at the mast 

waiting for command 

his majesty's airship 

the r101 

she's the biggest vessel built by man 

a giant of the skies 

for all you unbelievers 

the titanic fits inside 

drum roll tight her canvas skin 

silvered in the sun 

never tested with the fury 

with the beating yet to come 

the fury yet t o come 

in the gathering gloom 

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the storm rising in the west 

the coxswain stared 

into the plunging wea therglass 

we must go now 

we must take our chance with fate 

we must go now 

for a politician, he can't be late 

the airship crew a wake for thirty 

hours at full stretch 

but the ship is in their backbone 

every sinew every inch 

she never flew at full speed 

a trial never done 

her fragile outer co ver 

her achilles would become 

an achilles yet t o come 

sailors of the sky 

a hardened breed 

loyal to the king and an airship creed 

the engines drum 

the telegraph sounds 

release the cords 

that bind us to the ground 

said the coxswain "sir she's heavy" 

"she'll never make this flight" 

said the captain "damn the cargo" 

"we'll be on our way tonight" 

groundlings cheered in wonder 

as she backed off from the mast 

baptizing them her water 

from the ballast fore and aft 

now she slips into our past 

fighting the wind as it rolls you 

feeling the diesels that push you along 

watching the channel below you 

lower and lower into the night 

lights are passing below you 

northern france asleep in their beds 

storm is ra ging around you 

a million to one that's what he said 

reaper standing beside her 

with his scythe cuts to the bone 

panic to make a decision 

experienced men asleep in their graves 

her cover is ripped and she's drowning 

rain is fl ooding into the hull 

bleeding to death and she's falling 

lifting gas is draining away 

"we're down lads" came the cry 

bow plunging from the sky 

three thousand horses silent 

as the ship began to die 

the flares t o guide her path 

ignited at the last 

the empire of the clouds 

just ashes in our past 

just ashes at the last 

here lie their dreams 

as i st and in the sun 

on the ground where they built 

and the engines did run 

to the moon and the stars 

now what have we done 

oh the dreamers may die 

but the dreams live on 

dreams live on 

dreams live on... 

now a shadow on a hill 

the angel of the east 

the empire of the clouds 

may rest in peace 

and in a country churchyard 

laid head to the mast 

eight and forty souls 

who came to die in france