The Longest Day Lyrics - A Matter Of Life And Death - Iron Maiden

In the gloom the gathering storm abates 

In the ships gimlet eyes await 

The call to arms to hammer at the gates 

To blow them wide throw evil to its fate 

All summers long the drills to build the machine 

To turn men from flesh and blood to steel 

From paper soldiers to bodies on the beach 

From summer sands to armageddon's reach 

Overlord, your master not your god 

The enemy coast dawning grey with scud 

These wretched souls puking, shaking fear 

To take a bullet for those who sent them here 

The world's alight, the cliffs erupt in flame 

No escape, remorseless shrapnel rains 

Drowning men no chance for a warrior's fate 

A choking death enter hell's gate 

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Sliding we go, only fear on our side 

To the edge of the wire, 

and we rush with the tide 

Oh the water is red, 

with the blood of the dead 

But I'm still alive, pray to God I survive 

How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through 

The rising dead, faces bloated torn 

They are relieved, the living wait their turn 

Your number's up, the bullet's got your name 

You still go on, to hell and back again 

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Valhalla waits, valkyries rise and fall 

The warrior tombs, lie open for us all 

A ghostly hand reaches through the veil 

Blood and sand, we will prevail 

Sliding we go, only fear on our side 

To the edge of the wire, 

and we rush with the tide 

Oh the water is red, 

with the blood of the dead 

But I'm still alive, pray to God I survive 

How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through 

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How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 

'Til we finally make it through