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These Colours Don't Run Lyrics
It's the same in every country
When you say you're leaving
Left behind the loved ones
Waiting silent in the hall
Where you're going lies adventure
Others only dream of
Red and green light this is real
And so you go to war
For the passion, for the glory
For the memories, for the money
You're a soldier, for your country
What's the difference? All the same
Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war
There is no one that will save you
Going down in flames
No surrender, certain death
You look it in the eye
On the shores of tyranny
You crashed a human wave
Paying for my freedom with your
Lonely unmarked graves
For the passion, for the glory
For the memories, for the money
You're a soldier, for your country
What's the difference? All the same
Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run, from cold bloody war
Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war
These colours don't run from cold bloody war
When you say you're leaving
Left behind the loved ones
Waiting silent in the hall
Where you're going lies adventure
Others only dream of
Red and green light this is real
And so you go to war
For the memories, for the money
You're a soldier, for your country
What's the difference? All the same
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war
Going down in flames
No surrender, certain death
You look it in the eye
On the shores of tyranny
You crashed a human wave
Paying for my freedom with your
Lonely unmarked graves
For the memories, for the money
You're a soldier, for your country
What's the difference? All the same
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run, from cold bloody war
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war
These colours don't run from cold bloody war
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Generally about the soldier going to war for his country! Awesome song now isn't it?:D
Yes, benjio, athletes really pay for our freedom with unmarked graves.
OK.... this song is about war but read the lyrics and the name of the song... before the album that this song was on iron maiden done an OZZfest and they had problems with sharon osbourne... and becuase the osbourne family were living in britain as theu were from birmingham / south london (wife) e.t.c. they moved to the US so this song was written about them " These colours dont run " saying we (iron maiden) being british with the Red/White/Blue colours of the union jack still live in the United Kingdom and havent sold out to go to another country i.e. USA to live and to mask the lyrics "in directly" they added war theme in to it!! this was told to me by a positive source!!!
Hope this helps!!
J
in an interview it says the whole album is about war and religion, so i would go with child of the night...
THESE COLOURS DONT RUN FROM COLD FUCKING WAR!!!
Good shit. The new album sounds good so far. I need to listen to it more, though... I had it a week before it came out and I've only listened to it twice since then. =/
=O Wow lol, ive only had it since last night and ive listined to it about 20 times hahaha.
Maiden kicks ass. I agree with ChildOfTheNight about going off to war for your contory.
wow Benjio....wow, i doubt its about professional athletes considering the song says the words war in it a couple of times and talks about looking death in the eye and being a soldier. OF COURSE THIS SONG IS ABOUT WAR, my guess is Iwo Gima, seach it up if you don't know what the battle is because i'm too lazy to explain it. Theres a sweeet movie comin out with the Iwo Gima battle i'll be playin this song before i see it. ANYWAYS good fuckin song and "Ddadutta" I don't think maiden swears in the song XD.
You right they say cold bloody war
But anyway awesome FUCKING song
Listen to the chorus of wicker man and the chorus for this song, don't listen to the lyrics but listen to the background music. It sounds very similar to each other if you listen carefully....but then again that might just be me.