Turn the spotlights on the people
Switch the dial and eat the worm
Take your chances, kill the engine
Drop your bombs and let it burn

White flags shot to ribbons
The truce in black and ubrned
Shellshock in the kitchen
Tables overturned

Back in the village again
In the village
I'm back in the village again

Throwing dice now, rolling loaded
I see sixes all the way
In a black hole and I'm spinning
As my wings get shot away

Questions are a burden
And answers' a prison for oneself
Shellshock in the kitchen
Tables start to burn

Back in the village again
In the village
I'm back in the village again

No breaks on the inside
Paper cats and burning barns
There's a fox among the chickens
And a killer in the hounds

Questions are a burden
And answers' a prison for oneself
Shellshock in the kitchen
Tables start to burn

Back in the village again
In the village
I'm back in the village again

But still we walk into the valley
And others try to kill the inner flame
We're burning brighter than before
I don't have a number, I'm a name

Back in the village again
In the village
I'm back in the village again, yeah
Back in the village again
In the village
I'm back in the village again

Back in the village
And I'm back in the village
And I'm back in the village again


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Back in the Village Lyrics as written by Bruce Dickinson Adrian Frederick Smith

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    Like its predecessor 'The Prisoner', this song is based on the British TV series The Prisoner. "The Village" is the name of the mysterious place which is the setting for the story. This place really exists and is actually called Portmeirion, in North Wales.

    There is a neat thing where Bruce sings "...I see sixes all the way...". Superimposed on this is a whisper saying six six six.

    moonchild-nm156on February 09, 2008   Link

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