Fear Of The Dark...

Σαν σήμερα το 1992 οι Iron Maiden κυκλοφόρησαν το Fear Of The Dark τον πρώτο, τελευταίο και καλύτερο δίσκο για την δεκαετία του '90

Προσωπική άποψη πάντα έτσι;...

Για μένα το No Prayer For The Dying -αν και πρώτος δίσκος σαν νεα κυκλοφορία που αγόρασα ενώ ήμουν ήδη οπαδός τους- είναι μια μετριότητα... η εποχή μετά την φυγή του Dickinson είναι αν όχι μέτρια αλλά κάκιστη. -εκτός απο κάποιες εκλάμψεις του στυλ The Sign Of The Cross και Clansman-

Οπότε για μένα την δεκαετία του '90 οι Maiden κυκλοφόρησαν μόνο εναν δίσκο...το Fear Of The Dark...

Έναν δίσκο που τους έφερε και πάλι στην κορυφή του Heavy Metal αλλά και σε πρωτιές πωλήσεων, έναν δίσκο που μετά την εποχή του άρχισαν οι ίδιοι οι Maiden να αντιγράφουν τις φόρμες του σε όλες τις επόμενες δουλειές τους και εν γένει ένας δίσκος που με εξαίρεση ίσως τα Brave New World και A Matter Of Life And Death είναι ο τελευταίος δίσκος που πραγματικά είχαν έμπνευση για να δημιουργήσουν... Γιατί όλα τα άλλα εκτός των 2 που προανέφερα, είναι αντιγραφές του Fear Of The Dark...πότε πετυχημένα -σπάνια- και πότε εντελώς αποτυχημένα -συχνά-

Είναι ο τελευταίος δίσκος με τον Dickinson -πριν επανέλθει το 1999 στο σχήμα και το 2000 δημιουργικά- αλλά και τελευταίος για τον μεγάλο παραγωγό Martin Birch -ξανά μανά πάλι αυτός;-

Είναι ο δίσκος που οι Maiden έχουν πλέον καθαρό προσανατολισμό στους στίχους τους. Καταπιάνονται και τα χώνουν στα πολιτικoοικονομικά κοινωνικά θρησκευτικά και στρατιωτικά παιχνίδια και συστήματα με τα Be Quick Or Be Dead, Afraid To Shoot Strangers, Weekend Warrior, Judas My Guide και The Fugitive . Δίνουν τροφή για σκέψη με τα Childhood's End -τρελά αγαπημένο- The Apparition και Fear Is The Key, και παίζουν με φοβίες στο Fear Of The Dark.

Στην Ελλάδα έφτασε μέχρι το #53 Αμερική το #12 ενώ στην Αγγλία το #1 (τρίτος δίσκος τους μετά τα Number Οf Τhe Βeast και Seventh Son Οf Α Seventh Son)

Το track list είναι το εξής:

1. Be Quick Or Be Dead
2. Hell Is From Here To Eternity
3. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
4. Fear Is the Key
5. Childhood's End
6. Wasting Love
7. The Fugitive
8. Chains of Misery
9. The Apparition
10. Judas Be My Guide
11. Weekend Warrior
12. Fear Of The Dark

Credits: Bruce Dickinson -φωνή- Steve Harris -μπάσο- Dave Murray - κιθάρα- Janick Gers -κιθάρα- και Nicko Mcbrain -τύμπανα-

Για τις κυρίες προτείνω τα Wasting Love και Childhood's End

οι υπόλοιποι....

n'joy

ΥΓ Πρέπει να πω ότι ΟΛΑ τα τραγούδια είναι αγαπημένα; -δεν νομίζω-



Covered in sinners and dripping with guilt,
Making you money from slime and from filth...
Parading your bellies in ivory towers,
Investing our lives in your schemes and your powers

You've got to watch them - Be quick or be dead,
Snake eyes in heaven, the beast in your head--!
You've got to watch them - Be quick or be dead,
Snake eyes in heaven, the thief in your head...!
Be quick!
Or be dead!
Be quick! (quick)
Or be DEAD! (dead)

See... what's ruling all our lives...
See... who's pulling strings...
See... what's ruling all our lives
See who holds the strings...!
I bet you won't fall on your face,
Your belly will hold you in place--

The serpent is crawling inside of your ear,
He says you must vote for what you want to hear!
Don't matter what's wrong as long as you're alright!
So pull yourself stupid, rob yourself blind!!



She fell in love with his greasy machine
She leaned over wiped his head
kickstart clean
She'd never seen the beast before
But she left there wanting
more more more
But when she was walking on
down the road
She heard a sound that made
her heart explode
He whispered to her to get on the back
"I'll take you on a ride
from here to eternity"

Hell ain't a bad place
Hell is from here to eternity
Hell ain't a bad place
Hell is from here to eternity

She must be having one of her
crazy dreams
She'd never sat on a piece so mean
It made her feel like she's on cloud nine
She even thought she heard the
engine sigh

But like all dreams that come to an end
They took a tumble at the devil's bend
The beast and Charlotte they were
two of a kind
They'd always take the line...
from here to eternity



Lying awake at night I wipe the sweat
from my brow
But it's not the fear 'cos
I'd rather go now

Trying to visualize the horrors that
will lay ahead
But desert sand mound a burial ground

When it comes to the time
Are we partners in crime?
When it comes to the time
We'll be ready to die

God let us go now and finish what's
to be done
Thy Kingdom Come
Thy shall be done... on earth

Trying to justify to ourselves the
reasons to go
Should we live and let live
Forget or forgive

But how can we let them go on this way?
The reign of terror corruption must end
And we know deep down there's
no other way
No trust, no reasoning, no more to say

Afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid to shoot strangers



We live our lives in fever
In a choking sweat of fear
In the heat of the night you can
feel so much
In the heat of the night I scream
"Don't touch!"

I remember a time when we
used and abused
And fought all our battles in vain
I remember a time we thought that
passion was free
In the heat of the night... bodies aflame

We live in fever...

I hear your secret heartbeat
I can hear your silent cries
The kids have lost their freedom
And nobody cares till somebody
famous dies...

Now we live, in a world of uncertainty
Fear is the key - to what you want to be
You don't get a say, the majority
gets its way
You're outnumbered by the bastards
till the day you die...

Now we live, in a world of uncertainty
Fear is the key - to what you want to be
You don't get a say, the majority
gets its way
You're outnumbered by the bastards
till the day you die...



I'd sail across the ocean
I'd walk a hundred miles
If I could make it to the end
Oh just to see a smile

You see it in their faces
The sadness in their tears
The desperation and the anger
Madness and the fear

No hope, no life, just pain and fear
No food, no love, just greed is here

Starvation and the hunger
The suffering and the pain
The agonies of all-out war
When will it come again?

The struggle for the power
A tyrant tries again
Just what the hell is going on?
When will it ever end?

You see the full moon float
You watch the red sun rise
We take these things for granted
But somewhere someone's dying

Contaminated waters
Pollution and decay
Just waiting for disease to strike
Oh will we learn someday?

No hope, no life, just pain and fear
No food, no love, no seed
childhood's end



Maybe one day I'll be an honest man
Up till now I'm doing the best I can
Long roads, long days, of sunrise, to sunset
Of sunrise to sunset

Dream on brothers, while you can
Dream on sister, I hope you find the one
All of our lives, covered up quickly
by the tides of time

Spend your days full of emptiness
Spend your years full of loneliness
Wasting love, in a desperate caress
Rolling shadows of nights

Dream on brothers, while you can
Dream on sisters, I hope you find the one
All of our lives, covered up quickly
by the tides of time

Sands are flowing and the lines
are in your hand
In your eyes I see the hunger, and the
desperate cry that tears the night



On a cold October morning
As frost lay on the ground
Waiting to make my move
I make no sound

Waiting for the mist to cover all around
I carefully picked my time
then took the wall

I'm sick and tired of running
The hunger and the pain
A stop to look about then off again

Being at the wrong place
And the wrong time
Suspected of a hit that was my crime

I am a fugitive being hunted down
like game
I am a fugitive but I've got to clear
my name

Always looking 'round me
Forever looking back
I'll always be a target for attack

Ever moving onwards
Always on the run
Waiting for the sight of a loaded gun

Even if I find them
And get to clear my name
I know that things can never
be the same

But if I ever prove
My innocence some day
I've got to get them all to make them pay



There's a madman in the corner of
your eye
He likes to pry - into your sunlight
He wants to burst into the street
with you and I
A world of shadows and of rain
He's seen what love is...
He wants to pay you back with guilt...

He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned your key
He holds your chains of misery

There's a prophet in the gutter
in the street
He say "you're damned!" -
and you believe him...
He's got a vision but it shines out
through your eyes
A world of hatred and fear...
He's felt what love means...
He wants to pay you back with pain

It's only love that holds the key to
our hearts...
It's only love...



I'm here can you see me
'Cos I'm out on my own
When the room goes cold tell me
you can feel me
..........'cos I'm here

Here I am, can't you see me
Passing through, on my way
To a place I'd been to only in my
dreams... before

In a world of delusion
Never turn your back on a friend
'Cos you can count your
real true friends on one hand

..........through life

There are those that deceive you
There are those that'll let you down
Is there someone out there that would
die for you
..........thought not

Live your life with a passion
Everything you do, do well
You only get out of life what you put in
..........so they say

In a world of confusion
People never say what they mean
If you want a straight answer
go look for one
..........right now

In a room full of strangers
Do you stand with your back to the wall
Do you sometimes feel like you're
on the outside
..........looking in?

You can make your own luck
You create your destiny
I believe you have the power
if you want to
..........it's true

You can do what you want to
If you try a little bit harder
A little bit of faith goes a long way
..........it does

Are we here for a reason?
I'd like to know just what you think
It would be nice to know what
happens when we die
..........wouldn't it?

There are some who are wise
There are some who are born naive
I believe that there are some that must
have lived before
..........don't you?

As for me, well I'm thinking
You gotta keep an open mind
But I hope that my life's not an
open and shut case

Extrasensory Perception
Life after death, telepathy
Can the soul live on and travel through
space and time?

You know I feel so elated
'Cos I'm about to find it out
And when I know all the answers
Maybe then I'll come back
..........to fill you in

You don't be alarmed now
If I try to contact you
If things go missing or get moved around
...it's me

And don't disbelieve it
No matter what your "friends"
might say
We'll meet up again someplace
some way
..........one day



Lights out - We live in a world
of darkness
No doubt - Everything's up for sale
We sleep - All of the world is burning
We pray - To god for a better deal
Nothing is sacred - Back then or now
Everything's wasted...
Is that all there is?
Can I go now?

Judas my guide
Whispers in the night
Judas my guide

Fight wars - Die in a blaze of glory
Come home - Meat in a plastic sack
Fall down - Better pray to your God
for mercy
So kneel - and help the blade cut clean
Nothing is sacred - Back then or now
Everyone's wasted...
Is that all there is?
Is that it now?

I live in the black
I have no guiding light
I'm whispering in your dreams...



The rebel of yesterday, tomorrow's fool
Who are you kidding being that cool?

Trying to break away from running
with the pack
But they ain't listening so you've
gotta go back

You're a weekend warrior when
you're one of the crowd
But it's over, just look at you now...

You're not so brave the way you behave
It makes you sick, gotta get out quick
It's all bravado when you're out
with your mates
It's like a different person goes through
those gates
And the game begins
the adrenalin's high
Feel the tension maybe someone
will die...

A weekend warrior lately
A weekend warrior sometimes
A weekend warrior maybe you ain't
that way anymore

You've gotta get out gotta get away
But you're in with a clique it's not
easy to stray
You've gotta admit you're just
living a lie
It didn't take long to work out why

It's hard to say why you got involved
Just wanting to be part
just wanting to belong...

Some of the things that you've done
you feel so ashamed
After all it's only a game... isn't it?
And after all the adrenalin's gone
What you gonna do on Monday?



I am the man who walks alone
And when I'm walking a dark road
At night or strolling through the park

When the light begins to change
I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when it's dark

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's
always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's
always there

Have you run your fingers down
the wall
And have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you're searching for the light?
Sometimes when you're scared
to take a look
At the corner of the room
You've sensed that something's
watching you

Have you ever been alone at night
Thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no one's there?
And as you quicken up your pace
You find it hard to look again
Because you're sure there's
someone there

Watching horror films the night before
Debating witches and folklore
The unknown troubles on your mind
Maybe your mind is playing tricks
You sense, and suddenly eyes fix
On dancing shadows from behind

When I'm walking a dark road
I am the man who walks alone