If Eternity Should Fail Lyrics
Band | |
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Album | The Book of Souls(2015) |
Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
Genres | Heavy Metal |
Labels | Parlophone |
Ranked | #17 for 2015 , #846 all-time |
Album rating : 86.5 / 100
Votes : 44
Votes : 44
1. If Eternity Should Fail (8:28)
Here is the soul of a man
Here in this place for the taking
Clothed in white, standing in the light
Here is the soul of a man
Time to speak with the shaman again
Conjure the jester again
Black dog in the ruins is howling my name
So here is the soul of a man
When the world was virgin
Before the coming of men
Just a solar witness
The beginning of the end
From a world of magma
To a cold rock face
The ascent of madness
And a human race
We are strange believers, all of us
There are stranger truths, immortal lust
We rise from slumber, he calls our name
Recalls our number, abide with pain
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
To God's illusion, which I recall
Was our delusion
Before the fall
The angels come and the angels go
But the lord of light shining below
Eternal darkness beyond the stars
We think our wisdom will get that far
At the master's table, the table's bare
No land of plenty, devastation, despair
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Good day, my name is Necropolis
I am formed of the dead
I am the harvester of the soul metal
And I suck the lives from around my bed
My own two sons I gave them breath
And I filled their living corpses with my bile
What humanity I knew I have long forgotten
For me eternity is nothing
But a short while
Here in this place for the taking
Clothed in white, standing in the light
Here is the soul of a man
Time to speak with the shaman again
Conjure the jester again
Black dog in the ruins is howling my name
So here is the soul of a man
When the world was virgin
Before the coming of men
Just a solar witness
The beginning of the end
From a world of magma
To a cold rock face
The ascent of madness
And a human race
We are strange believers, all of us
There are stranger truths, immortal lust
We rise from slumber, he calls our name
Recalls our number, abide with pain
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
To God's illusion, which I recall
Was our delusion
Before the fall
The angels come and the angels go
But the lord of light shining below
Eternal darkness beyond the stars
We think our wisdom will get that far
At the master's table, the table's bare
No land of plenty, devastation, despair
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Good day, my name is Necropolis
I am formed of the dead
I am the harvester of the soul metal
And I suck the lives from around my bed
My own two sons I gave them breath
And I filled their living corpses with my bile
What humanity I knew I have long forgotten
For me eternity is nothing
But a short while
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The Book of Souls - Lyrics
▶ 1. If Eternity Should Fail Lyrics | 2. Speed Of Light Lyrics |
3. The Great Unknown Lyrics | 4. The Red And The Black Lyrics |
5. When The River Runs Deep Lyrics | 6. The Book Of Souls Lyrics |
7. Death Or Glory Lyrics | 8. Shadows Of The Valley Lyrics |
9. Tears Of A Clown Lyrics | 10. The Man Of Sorrows Lyrics |
11. Empire Of The Clouds Lyrics |
The Book of Souls - Album Credits
Members
- Bruce Dickinson : Vocals, Piano (track 11)
- Steve Harris : Bass, Keyboards
- Dave Murray : Guitars
- Adrian Smith : Guitars
- Janick Gers : Guitars
- Nicko McBrain : Drums
Additional musicians
- Michael Kenney : Keyboards
- Jeff Bova : Orchestration
Other staff
- Kevin Shirley : Producer, Mixing Engineer
- Steve Harris : Producer
- Denis Caribaux : Engineer
- Ade Emsley : Mastering Engineer
- Stuart Crouch : Art Direction, Design
- Mark Wilkinson : Cover Art, Illustrations
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