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"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
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
Yeah
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?
Six six six 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
Six six six 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
Six six six the number of the beast
Six six six 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
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
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
Yeah
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?
Six six six 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
Six six six 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
Six six six the number of the beast
Six six six 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
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wow, reading most of the negative comments coughSOADRULEScough, it makes me realize how stupid some people are in this world, Iron Maiden is an amazing band with many hit songs derived from poems, bibles, and even one derived from bruce dickinson's love of flying (Aces High), and in no way can any of their songs fall under the category of "satanism", or "satanic", true, the number of the beast, 666, was mentioned in the song many times, but SO WHAT??? that did come from the bible! the book of revelations! ch.13-18, that's where the little "poem" at the start of the song came from, and another thing, just cause SOADRULES might think SOAD is a better band than Iron Maiden, which in retrospect... ARE NOT!!!!, SOAD is another band i like, but i think SOME songs are just pure nonsesnse, but both System Of A Down and Steal This Album are great albums, my musical likes span from Nirvana to Metallica, from Judas Priest to Pear Jam, and so on and so forth... i like lot's of music styles, but only in rock, RAPS SUCKSSSSSS!!!!
apocalypse 666, why do you post rants of a band, on a page dedicated TO that band? all you're gonna get is hate mail by people who actually like that band, true this song does KICK ASS!!!! but so does the band, and by saying that the band sucks big cock, you are just feeling insecure about yourself, because you probably just got back from sucking a big one right now, huh?