The Longest Day

Iron Maiden

In the gloom the gathering storm abates 
In the ships gimlet eyes await 
The call to arms to hammer at the gates 
To blow them wide throw evil to its fate 

All summers long the drills to build the machine 
To turn men from flesh and blood to steel 
From paper soldiers to bodies on the beach 
From summer sands to armageddon's reach 

Overlord, your master not your god 
The enemy coast dawning grey with scud 
These wretched souls puking, shaking fear 
To take a bullet for those who sent them here 

The world's alight, the cliffs erupt in flame 
No escape, remorseless shrapnel rains 
Drowning men no chance for a warrior's fate 
A choking death enter hell's gate 

Sliding we go, only fear on our side 
To the edge of the wire, 
and we rush with the tide 
Oh the water is red, 
with the blood of the dead 
But I'm still alive, pray to God I survive 

How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through 
How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through 
How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through 

The rising dead, faces bloated torn 
They are relieved, the living wait their turn 
Your number's up, the bullet's got your name 
You still go on, to hell and back again 

Valhalla waits, valkyries rise and fall 
The warrior tombs, lie open for us all 
A ghostly hand reaches through the veil 
Blood and sand, we will prevail 

Sliding we go, only fear on our side 
To the edge of the wire, 
and we rush with the tide 
Oh the water is red, 
with the blood of the dead 
But I'm still alive, pray to God I survive 

How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through 
How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through 
How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through 

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How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through 
How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through 

How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through 
How long on this longest day 
'Til we finally make it through


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