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The Longest Day

Iron Maiden

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The Longest Day

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In the gloom the gathering storm abatesIn the ships gimlet eyes awaitThe call to arms to hammer at the gatesTo blow them wide throw evil to its fateAll summers long the drills to build the machineTo turn men from flesh and blood to steelFrom paper soldiers to bodies on the beachFrom summer sands to armageddon's reachOverlord, your master not your godThe enemy coast dawning grey with scudThese wretched souls puking, shaking fearTo take a bullet for those who sent them hereThe world's alight, the cliffs erupt in flamesNo escape, remorseless shrapnel rainsDrowning men no chance for a warrior's fateA choking death enter hell's gatesSliding we go, only fear on our sideTo the edge of the wire,And we rush with the tideOh the water is red,With the blood of the deadBut I'm still alive, pray to God I surviveHow long on this longest day'Til we finally make it throughHow long on this longest day'Til we finally make it throughThe rising dead, faces bloated tornThey are relieved, the living wait their turnYour number's up, the bullet's got your nameYou still go on, to hell and back againValhalla waits, valkyries rise and fallThe warrior tombs lie open for us allA ghostly hand reaches through the veilBlood and sand, we will prevailSliding we go, only fear on our sideTo the edge of the wireAnd we rush with the tideOh the water is redWith the blood of the deadBut I'm still alive, pray to God I surviveHow long on this longest day'Til we finally make it throughHow long on this longest day'Til we finally make it throughHow long on this longest day'Til we finally make it throughHow long on this longest day'Til we finally make it through
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