Bruce Dickinson

Hell No

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There's a secret that we all share
In the darkest hours of the night
You can swear on the bible...
Cut the throat of your rival

Oh, oh,
I've been taking my life in my hand
And I'm making new plans, yeah...
Now I'm starting my life on my own
In the virgin unknown...

Hell...Hell no...
Oh were do we belong?
In this place, where we fight,
Oh were do we belong?

There's a place in the misty air
Not a million miles from here
You can make it your own place
You can change your own face

Oh, oh,
I've been taking my life in my hand
And I'm making new plans, yeah...
Now I'm starting my life on my own
In the virgin unknown...

Hell...Hell no...
Oh were do we belong?
In this place, where we fight,
Oh were do we belong?

If you can't really say what you don't really know,
then you don't really know what you can't really say
If you can't really say what you don't really know,
then you don't really know what you can't really say
If you can't really say what you don't really know,
then you don't really know what you can't really say
If you can't really say what you don't really know,
then you don't really know what you can't really say

Screaming out hell no
Shouting out hell no
On his knees shouting hell no
Defiant as hell no
On the street singing hell no
On his knees hell no
Still shouting out hell no
Screaming Hell no, hell no, one, two, three, four

Hell...Hell no...
Oh were do we belong?
In this place, where we fight,
Oh were do we belong?

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bruce On Apr 26, 2002

Tears Of The Dragon

Navigate The Seas Of The Sun

Born in '58

Accident Of Birth

King In Crimson

There's a secret that we all share 
In the darkest hours of the night 
You can swear on the bible... 
Cut the throat of your rival

Oh, oh, 
I've been taking my life in my hand 
And I'm making new plans, yeah... 
Now I'm starting my life on my own 
In the virgin unknown...

Hell...Hell no... 
Oh were do we belong? 
In this place, where we fight, 
Oh were do we belong?

There's a place in the misty air 
Not a million miles from here 
You can make it your own place 
You can change your own face

Oh, oh, 
I've been taking my life in my hand 
And I'm making new plans, yeah... 
Now I'm starting my life on my own 
In the virgin unknown...

Hell...Hell no... 
Oh were do we belong? 
In this place, where we fight, 
Oh were do we belong?

If you can't really say what you don't really know, 
then you don't really know what you can't really say 
If you can't really say what you don't really know, 
then you don't really know what you can't really say 
If you can't really say what you don't really know, 
then you don't really know what you can't really say 
If you can't really say what you don't really know, 
then you don't really know what you can't really say

Screaming out hell no 
Shouting out hell no 
On his knees shouting hell no 
Defiant as hell no 
On the street singing hell no 
On his knees hell no 
Still shouting out hell no 
Screaming Hell no, hell no, one, two, three, four

Hell...Hell no... 
Oh were do we belong? 
In this place, where we fight, 
Oh were do we belong?

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Bruce

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2002-04-26 20:39:25

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by patrick.oconnor37

17y ago

wow, no comments on this? i love this song, seems to me like a man taking control of his own life and finally telling people trying to control him "Hell no" like he isn't going to listen to them ever again. just my thoughts, even if i'm wrong, still love this song :P

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