The Legacy Lyrics - A Matter Of Life And Death - Iron Maiden

Tell you a thing 

That you 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 the 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 

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And strange as it sounds 

Death knows no bounds 

How many get well 

Only time will tell 

Only time will tell 

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 

To 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 to 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 makes sense I can see it clearly now 

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Tangled up in a web of lies 

Could have been a way to prophesise 

Unaware of the consequence 

Not aware of the secrets that you kept 

Nothing that we could believe 

To reveal the façade of faceless men 

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 you 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 

Left to all 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 

Given them all just a little hope 

Just think what a legacy 

You now... will leave 

We seem destined to live in fear 

And some that would say Armageddon is near 

But where there's a life - well there's hope 

That man won't self destruct 

Why can't we treat our fellow man 

With more respect and a shake of their hands 

But anger and loathing is rife 

The death on all sides is 

becoming a way of life 

We live in an uncertain world 

Fear, understanding and ignorance 

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 death and pain and despair