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Iron Maiden - Powerslav
Iron Maiden - Powerslave


Iron Maiden - Powerslave Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Powerslave
Released: 1984

Powerslave Lyrics


Into the abyss I'll fall-the eye of Horus
Into the eyes of the night-watching me go
Green is the cat's eye that glows-in this temple
Enter the risen Osiris-risen again.

[Chorus]
Tell me why I had to be a power slave
I don't want to die, I'm a god, why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies, all around is laid to waste.
And in my last hour,
I'm a slave to the power of death.

When I was living this lie-fear was my game
People would worship and fall-drop to their knees
So bring me the blood and red wine for the one to succeed me
For he is a man and a god-and he will die too.

[Chorus]

Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins,
Silent the terror that reigned-marbled in stone
Shell of a man God preserved-a thousand ages
But open the gates of my hell-I will strike from the grave.

[Chorus]

Writer/s: DICKINSON, BRUCE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Powerslave
  • This is about an arrogant Pharaoh in his dying hours. Because he's been raised to think he's a god, he can't understand why he's about to die and fights it in vain. He also feels overwhelmed by the power of death, and thinks sardonically about his heir. Just before he dies, he promises to return as a mummy.
  • The album cover shows a pyramid with a giant statue of the Pharaoh (reminiscent of the Sphinx), with the bands mascot Eddie as the Pharaoh. The artwork inside the album also carried this theme.
  • Lead singer Bruce Dickinson wrote this. He claims this is a sequel, or somehow linked to his previous song "Revelations."
  • The back of the album Somewhere in Time shows pyramids behind the city in a reference to this.
  • Cover art designer Derek Riggs once again slipped his logo into his artwork. His logo is a unique symbol which depicts his initials, a mirrored D and an R on the right hand side. In this case, it's right above the "entrance" to the pyramid (Eddie's crotch).
  • To capitalize on the album's European popularity, the band went on their famous "Slavery Tour." For the tour, a massive stage show was displayed with a twenty foot tall model of their mascot Eddie as one of the attractions. Eddie was raised at the end of the song "Iron Maiden." The stage show also featured creative light work and props. They began the Slavery Tour in Poland and performed behind the Iron Curtain (ironically enough) for more than three weeks.
  • The album was recorded in Nassau.
  • Darkane coverd this for the compilation album A Tribute to the Beast and Ancient for their album God Loves The Dead.
  • To capitalize on the album's European popularity, the band went on their famous "Slavery Tour." It was a spoof of the name of their previous tour, "World Piece Tour," which promoted the album Piece of Mind. For the tour, a massive stage show was displayed with a 20-foot tall model of their mascot Eddie as one of the attractions. Eddie was raised at the end of the song "Iron Maiden." The stage show also featured creative light work and props. They began the Slavery Tour in Poland and performed behind the Iron Curtain (ironically enough) for more than three weeks.
  • This appears in the Iron Maiden computer game Ed Hunter. It plays during Level 5, Pharaoh's Tomb. (thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada, for all above)