Iron Maiden - Virtual XI (1998) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blaze Bailey - Lead Vocals Dave Murray - Guitars Janick Gers - Guitars Steve Harris - Bass, Keyboards on "The Angel And The Gambler", "The Clansman" and "Don't Look In The Eyes Of A Stranger" Nicko McBrain - Drums Michael Kennedy - Keyboards. Produced and Mixed by Steve Harris and Nigel Green at Barnyard Studios, Essex. Engineered by Nigel Green. Mastered at Chop 'Em Out by Simon Heyworth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Futureal (Harris, Bayley) 3:00 2) The Angel And The Gambler (Harris) 9:51 3) Lightning Strikes Twice (Murray, Harris) 4:49 4) The Clansman (Harris) 9:06 5) When Two Worlds Collide (Murray, Bayley, Harris) 6:13 6) The Educated Fool (Harris) 6:46 7) Don't Look In The Eyes Of Stranger (Harris) 8:11 8) Como Estais Amigos (Gers, Bayley) 5:26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Futureal (Harris, Bayley) 3:00 I'm running out of time, I'm running out of breath And now it's getting so I can't sleep at night In the day, feel like death I'm getting in far too deep, I feel them closing in I've got to say that I'm scared, I know they'll win Even so, I'm prepared Do you believe, what you hear Can you believe, what you see Do you believe, what you feel Can you believe What is real ? Futureal What is real ? Futureal Whenever anyone seems to treat me like a freak It makes me see I'm the only one who feels That I know what is real? Sometimes it feels like a game of deadly hide and seek And when you're reading this, then I'll be gone Maybe then, you will see Do you believe, what you hear Can you believe, what you see Do you believe, what you feel Can you believe What is real ? Futureal What is real ? Futureal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) The Angel And The Gambler (Harris) 9:51 Roll of the dice Take a spin of the wheel Out of your hands now So how do you feel But you're not gonna win You'd better go back again Do you feel lucky Or do you feel scared Take what luck brings And be Devil may care But you're down on your luck And what will the next day bring Adrift on the ocean Afloat in a daydream Or lost in a maze Or blind in the haze So what does it matter So why don't you answer So why did you send An angel to mend Best make decisions Before it's too late Take all your chances Take hold of the reins A roll of the dice Ahead of the game again Nothing to lose But so much to gain A little danger It goes without saying But what do you care You're gonna go in the end There's like a hunger That knocks on your door You've had a taste of it Still you want more You've made your mistakes Won't play it the same again You have been warned But still you plunge in You play high stakes But there's nothing to win You've only one life And so many things to learn The Angel on one side The Devil on the other Which path do you take Decisions to make Arrive at the crossroads You know where you're going And what if you wait It may be too late Don't you think I'm the saviour Don't you think I could save you Don't you think I could save your life ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Lightning Strikes Twice (Murray, Harris) 4:49 I feel the breeze on my face in expectance Not very long before the storm reaches here Off in the distance the lightning flashing again Feel something strong as the power draws near It is the rolling of thunder that scares you Is it the crashing of clouds that hold fear But all I know as I sit in a corner alone It takes me back to my childhood again And as I wait and I look for an answer To all the things going round in my head I ask myself could it be a disaste and when It's maybe threatening to happen again As the ominous light draws near There's a lone dog howls in the park All the people hurry inside As a lightning flash lights dark The storm is nearly here Only God will know You're sitting alone you watch As the wind is blowing treetops And the swaying rustling leaves Plenty of time to perceive As you wait for rain to fall Only God knows The whole sky glows Maybe lightning strikes twice Maybe lightning strikes twice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) The Clansman (Harris) 9:06 Wake alone in the hills with the wind in your face It feels good to be proud and be free and a race That is part of a clan and to live on highlands And the air that you breathe so pure and so clean When alone on the hills With the wind in your hair With a longing to feel .. Just to be free Is it right to believe in the need to be free It's a time when you die and without asking why Can't you see what they do they are grinding us down They are taking our land that belongs to the clans Not alone with a dream Just want to be free With a need to belong I am a clansman .....Freedom It's a time wrought with fear it's a land wrought with change Ancestors could hear What is happening now They would turn in their graves they would all be ashamed That the land of the free has been written in chains And I know what I want When the timing is right Then I'll take what is mine I am the clansman And I swear to defend And we'll fight to the end And I swear that I'll never be taken alive And I know that we'll stand and we'll fight for our land And I swear that my bairns Will be born free And I know what I want When the timing is right Then I'll take what i want I am the clansman .....freedom And I know what I want When the timing is right Then I'll take what is mine I am the clansman No, no we can't let them take anymore No we can't let them take anymore We've the land of the free Freedom Is it right to believe in the need to be free It's a time when you die and without asking why Can't you see what they do they are grinding us down They are taking our land that belongs to the clans Not alone with a dream Just want to be free With a need to belong I am a clansman And I know what I want When the timing is right Then I'll take what is mine I am the clansman ?..Freedom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) When Two Worlds Collide (Murray, Bayley, Harris) 6:13 My telescope looks out Into the stars tonight A little speck of light Seems twice size tonight The calculations are so fine Can it be growing all the time? Now I can't believe it's true And I don't know what to do For the hundredth time I check for the declination Now the fear starts to grow Even my computer shows There are no errors in the calculations Now it's happened take no other view Collision course, you must believe it's true Now there's nothing left that we can do When Two Worlds collide The anger and the pain Of all those who remain Two worlds collide Who will be left alive No place to hide When Two Worlds collide The anger, the pain Of those who remain When Two Worlds collide So who will survive There's no place to hide When Two Worlds collide Now it's happened take no other view Collision course, you must believe it's true Now there's nothing left that we can do When Two Worlds collide The anger, the pain Of all those who remain Two worlds collide Who will be left alive No place to hide There's no place to hide When Two Worlds collide ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) The Educated Fool (Harris) 6:46 I'm an educated fool So I don't know what it is I'm supposed to do About this awkward situation That's been forced down right upon me As I'm walking down into On my own into the Valley of life Got a lifetime of experience Yeah I've got so much to give Open the page at chapter one Could this just be that life's just begun Forever within your darker thoughts Reflecting on everything you've been taught Never felt this way before Seems that somebody's just opened the door To the book of life or is it death Is there ever anyway out Someone's looking down on me To the very inner core of my soul They won't tell me what they see But I really want to know I want to live my life on my own I want to lift the unturned stone I want to walk right into the fire I want to live out all my desires Do you really wanna be Just another statistic or feel That you really should aspire That you really do deserve more Do you ever really feel That you have so much potential inside What you really have to give Could be realised so much more I want to go and see the fire burn I want to see and feel my world turn I want to know more there's to learn I want to pass the point of no return Time will Flow And I will Follow Time will Go But I will Follow I want to feel what life's like respond I want to meet my father beyond I want to walk right into the light I want to feel no fear but delight I want to live my life on my own I want to lift the unturned stone I want to walk right into the fire I want to live out all my desires Time will Flow And I will Follow Time will Go But I will follow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Don't Look In The Eyes Of Stranger (Harris) 8:11 Don't look to the eyes of a stranger Don't look through the eyes of a fool Don't look to the eyes of a stranger Somebody's watching when the night comes down Feel Someone's watching you You gotta get away Is it the first time You've ever felt so scared Fell the adrenalin pump Your heart begins to race Begin to run now The sweat runs down your face Don't know which way to turn You'd better hide yourself He's getting closer now You'd better improvise Just hope you never reach The point of no return Could be the last time You see the light of day Don't look to the eyes of a stranger Don't look trough the eyes of a fool Don't look to the eyes of a stranger Somebody's watching when the light goes down ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Como Estais Amigos (Gers, Bayley) 5:26 Como esta amigo For the death of those we don't know Shall we kneel and say a prayer They will never know we care Shall we keep the fires burning Shall we keep the flames alight Shall we try to remember What is wrong and what is right No more tears, no more tears If we live for a hundred years Amigos no more tears If we don't forget them and The sacrifice they made Will the wickedness and Sadness come to visit us again Shall we dance the dance in sunlight Shall we drink the wine of peace Shall our tears be of joy Shall we keep at bay the beast No more tears, no more tears If we live for a hundred years Amigos no more tears Inside the scream is silent Inside it must remain No victory, no vanquished Only honor, only pain No more tears, no more tears If we live for a hundred years Amigos no more tears No more tears, no more tears If we live for a hundred years Amigos no more tears ------------------------------------------------------------------------