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2 Minutes to Midnight Lyrics

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
2. 2 Minutes to Midnight (6:04)
Track rating :  97.9 / 100       Votes :  50       [ ]
Kill for gain or shoot to maim
But we don't need a reason
To Golden Goose is on the loose
And never out of season
Blackened pride still burns inside
This shell of bloody treason
Here's my gun for a barrel of fun
For the love of living death

The killer's breed or the Demon's seed,
The glamour, the fortune, the pain,
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
Don't you pray for my soul anymore?

2 minutes to midnight,
The hands that threaten doom.
2 minutes to midnight,
To kill the unborn in the womb.

The blind men shout "Let the creatures out
We'll show the unbelievers."
The napalm screams of human flames
Of a prime time Belsen feast ... yeah!
As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy
We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies.

The killer's breed or the Demon's seed,
The glamour, the fortune, the pain,
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
Don't you pray for my soul anymore.

2 minutes to midnight,
The hands that threaten doom.
2 minutes to midnight,
To kill the unborn in the womb.

The body bags and little rags of children torn in two
And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you
As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song
To the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun.

The killer's breed or the Demon's seed,
The glamour, the fortune, the pain,
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
Don't you pray for my soul anymore.

2 minutes to midnight,
The hands that threaten doom.
2 minutes to midnight,
To kill the unborn in the womb.

Midnight
Midnight
Midnight
It's all night

Midnight
Midnight
Midnight
It's all night
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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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