Iron Maiden Songs - To Tame A Land Lyrics

Iron Maiden - To Tame A Land

Iron Maiden - To Tame A Land Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Piece Of Mind
Released: 1983

To Tame A Land Lyrics

He is the king of all the land
In the Kingdom of the sands
Of a time tomorrow

He rules the sand worms and the Fremen
In a land amongst the stars
Of an age tomorrow

He is destined to be a King
He rules over everything
On the land called planet Dune

Body water is your life
And without it you would die
On the desert the planet Dune

Without a still suit you would fry
On the sands so hot and dry
In a world called Arrakis

It is a land that's rich in spice
The sand riders and the "mice"
That they call the "Muad'Dib"

He is the Kwizatz Haderach
He is born of Caladan
And will take the Gom Jabbar

He has the power to foresee
Or to look into the past
He is the ruler of the stars

The time will come for him
To lay claim his crown
And then the foe yes
They'll be cut down
You'll see he'll be the
Best that there's been
Messiah supreme
True leader of men
And when the time
For judgement's at hand
Don't fret he's strong
And he'll make a stand
Against evil and fire
That spreads through the land
He has the power
To make it all end

Writer/s: HARRIS, STEPHEN PERCY
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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To Tame A Land

Based on the science fiction novel Dune, which was later made into a movie. Author Frank Herbert refused to allow the band to call this song "Dune." The band originally sent a letter to Herbert's agent for permission. The response read as follows: "No. Because Frank Herbert doesn't like rock bands, particularly heavy rock bands, and especially rock bands like Iron Maiden."

Songwriter Steve Harris tried to convince Herbert that the song would be a good promo for the book, but he still refused.

Steve Harris often bases his compositions on works by other artists.

The song contains many seemingly senseless words, including "Fremen," "Caladan," "gom jabbar" and "Muad'Dib." All of these were derived from the science fiction novel Dune, and make sense in the context of the story. Singer Bruce Dickinson did, understandably, mispronounce some of these words. (thanks, Jeff - Haltom City, TX, for all above)

On the back of the Somewhere in Time album, there is a "Herbert Ails" advertisement. This is a reference to the author of Dune.

Steve Harris: "This is the best song I've ever written. I was really pleased with Phantom, but now I have to say that this is the best."

Lead singer Bruce Dickinson referred to Frank Herbert as "a bit of a cu-t" because "among other things, he said that if we called this track that we wrote on the album 'Dune,' that he'd sue us and stop the album coming out, and all kinds of very unpleasant things." Dickinson made these remarks at a concert in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 5th, 1983.

At one point, Steve Harris wanted to start the song with a spoken quote from Dune.

Morgion covered this for the compilation album A Call to Irons: A Tribute to Iron Maiden.

This is one of the longer Iron Maiden songs, running 7:26. (thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada, for above 6)