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Covered in sinners and dripping
with gilt
Making you money from slime
and from filth
Parading your bellies in ivory towers
Investing our lives in your schemes
and your powers
You got to watch them - Be quick
or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven - The thief
in your head
You've got to watch them - Be quick
or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven - The thief
in your head...
Be quick!
Or be dead!
Be quick!
Or be dead
See... what's ruling all our lives
See... who's pulling the strings...
I bet you won't fall on your face...
Your belly will hold you in place
The serpent is crawling inside of
your ear
He says you must vote for what you
want to hear
Don't matter what's wrong as long as you're
alright
So pull yourself stupid and rob
yourself blind
I was listening to this song this morning on my ipod, I was walking thru an intersection, I had the pedestrian crosswalk light right of way, but a few steps in the street and out of the corner of my eye a f#*kin' speeding hi- performance sports car turns straight at me and comes with in inches of reorganizing my organs all over the road. "be quick or be dead" is blaring, I'm cussing the dude out, (i should have kicked his hood in hindsight) and as I finish walking across I discover the true meaning of "snake eyes in heaven"
@eze carry a brick with you next time,that should leave a nice dent on his paintwork,then if he gets out the car and comes for you get in quick and put a dent in him.
@eze carry a brick with you next time,that should leave a nice dent on his paintwork,then if he gets out the car and comes for you get in quick and put a dent in him.
@eze carry a brick with you next time,that should leave a nice dent on his paintwork,then if he gets out the car and comes for you get in quick and put a dent in him.
@eze carry a brick with you next time,that should leave a nice dent on his paintwork,then if he gets out the car and comes for you get in quick and put a dent in him.
@eze carry a brick with you next time,that should leave a nice dent on his paintwork,then if he gets out the car and comes for you get in quick and put a dent in him.
@eze carry a brick with you next time,that should leave a nice dent on his paintwork,then if he gets out the car and comes for you get in quick and put a dent in him.
One of the best speed metal tunes I've ever heard, by a band that doesn't even specialize in it. Maiden should record a speed metal album though, that would be awesome. The lyrics are pretty self-explanatory.
Its about the bourgieousie cultural domination and the corporate domination of society, at least for me.
um. MORE LIKE it was about some british business guy (the name i have forgotten) who took all his employee's pensions for himself so they had no retiremnt funds and stuff. Hasn't anyone ever seen that record art? With Eddie killing that guy? Geez, you guys suck!
@shagrath666 relevant to quite a few bloated lardarsed tory toads,who get rich from fleecing the poor sods living on the breadline to swell their already bulging offshore bank accounts.those types are just sewer bred vermin,with even less morals than their fellow sewer inhabiting rodents.
@shagrath666 relevant to quite a few bloated lardarsed tory toads,who get rich from fleecing the poor sods living on the breadline to swell their already bulging offshore bank accounts.those types are just sewer bred vermin,with even less morals than their fellow sewer inhabiting rodents.
@shagrath666 Ah yes you mean Nick Leeson the broker who lost a ton of money then went to prison.
@shagrath666 Ah yes you mean Nick Leeson the broker who lost a ton of money then went to prison.
Not only is this song about what happened, but also serves as a bridge to songs such as Chains Of Misery, Age of Innocence, and a few others. I would say about the bankers, J.P Morgan, Rothschild, etc. It would also explain that they are the puppet masters, due to things like money, greed, interest, Federal Reserve...all things the founding Fathers warned us of that would happen if we let it happen...oh yeah you can get most of it be checking out The American Dream on youtube, and this also explains why J.F.K was assassinated...due to executive order 11110 which basically gives the FED's the boot...just watch The American Dream it's 32 min and cool XD
@simplydro yep! you have that about right my friend,my own interpretation is similar though perhaps more relevant to the DISUNITED kingdom,also known as "GRATE" Britain under the tory government.
@simplydro yep! you have that about right my friend,my own interpretation is similar though perhaps more relevant to the DISUNITED kingdom,also known as "GRATE" Britain under the tory government.
Not only is this song about what happened, but also serves as a bridge to songs such as Chains Of Misery, Age of Innocence, and a few others. I would say about the bankers, J.P Morgan, Rothschild, etc. It would also explain that they are the puppet masters, due to things like money, greed, interest, Federal Reserve...all things the founding Fathers warned us of that would happen if we let it happen...oh yeah you can get most of it be checking out The American Dream on youtube, and this also explains why J.F.K was assassinated...due to executive order 11110 which basically gives the FED's the boot...just watch The American Dream it's 32 min and cool XD
The message is crystal clear : "Be quick or... be dead"
Freakin sick drumming intro to this bristeling beast of a tune
peace
This song has a real venom to it thanks to Janick Gers' guitar playing
My cousin brought me into Iron Maiden when i was about in 6th grade and this was the first song i heard and after this song i was hooked on them IRON MAIDEN 4 LIFE