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Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Band
Album

Powerslave

(1984)
TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
GenresHeavy Metal
LabelsEMI Records
Ranked#2 for 1984 , #13 all-time
Album rating :  94.6 / 100
Votes :  116
7. Powerslave (7:12)
Track rating :  96.4 / 100       Votes :  44       [ ]
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 Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God,
Why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies,
All around is laid 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
A Shell of a man God preserved -
For thousand ages,
But open the gates of my hell -
I'll strike from the grave

[Chorus:]
Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave
I don't wanna die, I'm a God,
Why can't I live on?
When the Life Giver dies,
All around is laid waste,
And in my last hour,
I'm a Slave to the Power of Death.
Slave to the Power of Death...
Slave to the Power of Death...
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Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Powerslave - Album Credits
Members
Other staff
  • Martin Birch : Producer, Engineering, Mixing
  • Frank Gibson : Engineer
  • George Marino : Mastering Engineer
  • Bruce Buchalter : Assistant Engineer
  • Simon Heyworth : Remastering Engineer (1998 edition)
  • Rod Smallwood : Design, Sleeve Design, Sleeve Idea
  • Derek Riggs : Cover Art
  • Moshe Brakha : Photography
  • Ross Halfin : Photography (1998 edition)
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