The Number Of The Beast (live At Open Air Festival, Wacken, Germany - Thursday 4th August 2016) Lyrics - Iron Maiden

Woe to you, oh earth and sea 

For the Devil sends the beast with wrath 

Because he knows the time is short 

Let him who hath understanding 

Reckon the number of the beast 

For it is a human number 

Its number is six hundred and sixty six 

I left alone, 

my mind was blank 

I needed time to think 

To get the memories from my mind 

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What did I see? 

Can I believe 

that what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy? 

Just what I saw 

in my old dreams 

Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me 

'Cause in my dreams 

it's always there 

The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair 

Night was black, was no use holding back 

'Cause I just had to see, was someone watching me? 

In the mist, dark figures move and twist 

Was all this for real or just some kind of Hell? 

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the number of the beast 

Hell and fire 

was spawned to be released 

Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised 

As they start to cry, hands held to the sky 

In the night, the fires are burning bright 

The ritual has begun, Satan's work is done 

the number of the beast 

Sacrifice is going on tonight 

This can't go on, I must inform the law 

Can this still be real, or just some crazy dream? 

But I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes 

Seem to mesmerize 

can't avoid their eyes 

the number of the beast 

the one for you and me 

I'm coming back 

I will return 

And I'll possess your body 

and I'll make you burn 

I have the fire 

I have the force 

I have the power to make my evil take its course