Dance of Death

夜暧昧

Dance of Death

Iron Maiden

Dance Of Death
Edited By AF
Let me tell you a story to chill the bones
'bout a thing that I saw
One night wandering in the everglades
I'd one drink but no more
I was rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight
Gazing up at the stars
Not aware of a presence so near to me
Watching my every move
Feeling scared and I fell to my knees
As something rushed me from the trees
Took me to an unholy place
And that is where I fell from grace
Then they summoned me over to join in with them
To the dance of the dead
In to the circle of fire I followed them
In to the middle I was led
As if time had stopped still I was numb with fear
But still I wanted to go
And the blaze of the fire did no hurt upon me
As I walked onto the coals
And I felt I was in a trance
And my spirit was lifted from me
And if only someone had the chance
To witness what happened to me
And I danced and I pranced and I sang with them
All had death in their eyes
Lifeless figures they were undead all of them
They had ascended from hell
As I danced with the dead
my free spirit was laughing and howling down at me
Below my undead body just danced the circle of dead
Until the time came to reunite us both
My spirit came back down to me
I didn't know if I was alive or dead
As the others, all joined in with me
By luck then a skirmish started
And took the attention away from me
When they took their gaze from me
Was the moment that I fled
I ran like hell faster than the wind
But behind I did not glance
One thing that I did not dare
Was to look just straight ahead
When you know that your time has come around
You know you'll be prepared for it
Say your last goodbyes to everyone
Drink and say a prayer for it
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
To this day I guess I'll never know
Just why they let me go
But I'll never go dancing no more
'Til I dance with the dead

Iron Maiden

　　1976年，Iron Maiden最初由贝斯手史蒂夫·哈里斯（Steve Harris）组建，而当时乐队的其他成员为吉他手Tony Parsons，鼓手Doug Sampson和主唱Paul Di'Anno。在与唱片公司正式签约之前，Iron Maiden一直都在伦敦当地不停的演出，乐队的歌曲在当地的电台中非常受欢迎。1980年，在新吉他手Dennis Stratton取代了Tony Parsons之后，Iron Maiden发行了乐队的首张同名专辑《Iron Maiden》。Iron Maiden的这张专辑虽然是在仓促之中完成，但由于单曲《Running Free》在英国大受欢迎，因此这张专辑在英国的销量也是非常令人满意的。1981年，Iron Maiden的第二张专辑《Killers》面世，曲风更加硬朗。在这张专辑中，阿德里安·史密斯（Adrian Smith）代替了Dennis Stratton，出任Iron Maiden的新吉他手。而由于严重的酗酒，主唱Paul Di'Anno也在《Killers》专辑面世之后被迫离开了乐队。

　　在Di'Anno离队不久，大嗓门的布鲁斯·迪金逊（Bruce Dickinson）火速加入了Iron Maiden。1982年，拥有了新阵容的Iron Maiden发行了他们的经典之作《Number of the Beast》。这张专辑被评论界认为是重金属历史上最为经典的专辑之一，其中较为出色的单曲包括同名单曲《Number of the Beast》，《Run To The Hills》以及《Hallowed Be Thy Name》。随着《Number of the Beast》在世界各地出人意料的成功，Iron Maiden也奠定了他们重金属音乐届巨星的地位。在Iron Maiden的下一张录音室专辑《Piece of Mind》当中，乐队的音乐风格几乎与《Number of the Beast》没有任何的改变。1983年，在录制专辑《Powerslave》之前，Iron Maiden举行了两次大规模的巡演。1984年发行的《Powerslave》成为Iron Maiden又一张颇具实力的专辑，而乐队长达11个月的世界巡演也被整理收录在了1985年的双张现场《Live After Death》当中。迄今为止，《Live After Death》被认为是Iron Maiden最有代表性的现场专辑之一。

　　在《Live After Death》发行之后，Iron Maiden已经是当时的金属届中独一无二的乐队。1986年，在经过了两年的沉淀之后，Iron Maiden发行了第六张录音室专辑《Somewhere in Time》。在这张专辑中，Iron Maiden开始更多的尝试使用合成器，而专辑中所有的歌曲也开始偏向于表达同一个主题，整体上开始概念化。1988年，Iron Maiden的第七张录音室专辑《Seventh Son of a Seventh Son》面世。这是一张与《Somewhere in Time》一样的概念化的专辑，其中的畅销单曲包括《The Evil That Men Do》和《The Clairvoyant》。同时，这张《Seventh Son of a Seventh Son》也是Iron Maiden乐队自《Number of the Beast》之后最受评论界好评的一张专辑。紧接着，在一次大规模的巡演之后，Adrian Smith选择了离开Iron Maiden。1年后，新吉他手Janick Gers加入Iron Maiden，随乐队发行了新专辑《No Prayer for the Dying》。虽然专辑中的《Bring Your Daughter...to the Slaughter》被评为Golden Raspberry奖的最差歌曲，但《No Prayer for the Dying》依然成为了Iron Maiden在英国的首张冠军专辑。在1991年的巡演之后，主唱Bruce Dickinson表示想要离开Iron Maiden，以发展他自己新组建的另一乐队。