Gotta tell you a story
On a cold winter's night
You'll be sailin' for glory
Before you know what is right
So come over here now
I got a vision for you
It's my personal snake oil
It's just something I do
I'm the jester with no tears
And I'm playing on your fears
I'm a trickster smiling underneath this mask of love and death
The eternal lie I've told
About the pyramids of gold
I've got you hooked at every turn your money's left to burn
You'll be wanting a contract
You'll be waiting a while
I'd like to give you my contact
But that isn't my style
Well you only get one chance
And it's too good to miss
If I gave a lot to ya
Then I wouldn't exist
Greed, lust and angry pride
It's the same old, same old ride
The smoke and mirrors visions that you see are just like me
I'm a banker's face
With just a letter out of place
I know someone just like you knows someone just like me
El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold
See the ship is oversold
You've got one last chance to try
So gone is the glory
And gone is the gold
Well if you need a story
I've come, it has to be told
Well you can say I'm a devil
And I wouldn't say no
But out here on the dark side
Hey, on with the show
So now my tale is told
Big and bad and twice as bold
This ship of fools is sinking as the cracks begin to grow
There is no easy way
For an honest man today
Which is something you should think of as my lifeboat sails away
El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold
See the ship is oversold
You've got one last chance to try
El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold
See the ship is oversold
You've got one last chance to try
On a cold winter's night
You'll be sailin' for glory
Before you know what is right
So come over here now
I got a vision for you
It's my personal snake oil
It's just something I do
I'm the jester with no tears
And I'm playing on your fears
I'm a trickster smiling underneath this mask of love and death
The eternal lie I've told
About the pyramids of gold
I've got you hooked at every turn your money's left to burn
You'll be wanting a contract
You'll be waiting a while
I'd like to give you my contact
But that isn't my style
Well you only get one chance
And it's too good to miss
If I gave a lot to ya
Then I wouldn't exist
Greed, lust and angry pride
It's the same old, same old ride
The smoke and mirrors visions that you see are just like me
I'm a banker's face
With just a letter out of place
I know someone just like you knows someone just like me
El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold
See the ship is oversold
You've got one last chance to try
So gone is the glory
And gone is the gold
Well if you need a story
I've come, it has to be told
Well you can say I'm a devil
And I wouldn't say no
But out here on the dark side
Hey, on with the show
So now my tale is told
Big and bad and twice as bold
This ship of fools is sinking as the cracks begin to grow
There is no easy way
For an honest man today
Which is something you should think of as my lifeboat sails away
El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold
See the ship is oversold
You've got one last chance to try
El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way
Take a ticket for the ride
El Dorado streets of gold
See the ship is oversold
You've got one last chance to try
Lyrics submitted by Lurxie, edited by spart20012, MaxwellBlack, Operations666
"El Dorado" as written by Bruce Dickinson Adrian Frederick Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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"It has a cynical lyric about the economic crap that's been happening. It seemed a bit like a perfect storm; people were borrowing money like crazy. I thought, 'This is really going to screw people up' and sure enough, we're all in deep doo-doo! And that's what El Dorado is about, it's about selling somebody the myth that 'The streets are paved with gold' and them asking, 'Where do I sign up?'."
So, I guess that's what it's about.
Think of Gordon Brown as the storyteller in this song.
Man, I can't wait for The Final Frontier! One of the tracks, again, bears the same name as a Bruce Dickinson song unfortunately. That's two for the people keeping tab. ;D
Seeing Maiden June 19th, one day before my birthday.(:
I'm guessing "Bring Your Daughter..."?
Or could be "No Lies", comparing to "No More Lies"?
Is there another that I missed here?
My only issue with this song is Bruce's voice. He's not letting it out as much as normal; he seems to be holding back a lot, especially if you compare this song to one like "Out of the Shadows".
"I'm the jester with no tears
And I'm playing on your fears"
Playing with our fears could be about the purgatory, waiting for the Sinner in the catholic religion.
"The eternal lie I've told
About the pyramids of gold
I've got you hooked"
The Paradise (El Dorado) promised in many Religions,
"At every turn your money's left to burn"
You can take nothing with you when you're dead.
But okay, when Bruce said it is about the economic crap I believe in this and there are many passages that match to that explanation.
Maybe the Song has more then just one meaning, depending on how you think about it.
From wikipedia: "the name of El Dorado came to be used metaphorically of any place where wealth could be rapidly acquired".
"We lost an envy pry", I hear "Greed, Lust, and Envy Pride" or "Green, Lust, and Envied Pride"
And "See, the ship has almost sold" I think is "See the ship that's over sold"
"It's my personal snake hole" is supposed to be "It's my personal snake oil"
This one I'm really unsure of: "If you need a story, I'll come, it has to be told" I hear as "If you need a story how come it has to be told?"