The Book of Souls [Live Chapter] Iron Maiden

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Sacrifices buried with kings
Accompany them on a journey with no end
To an afterlife that’s rich with fruit of all the gods
And to face the demons
Of their underworld haunts

[Verse 2]
The sentient is sent to seek out all the truth
A flight to earth that is a given from his birth
To rise from ashes of the dead
Out of the fire is sent to fulfill man’s desire

[Pre-Chorus]
By power day and night and death he ruled them
The sky and earth and the fires too
Two headed reptile, symbol of his reign
Universes of the underworld
A life that’s full of all the wealth and riches
Can never last for an eternity
After living in a golden paradise, the ultimate sacrifice

[Chorus]
Prophecy of sky gods, the sun and moon
Passing of old ways will come true soon
Falling of ages, forest of kings
The search for the truth, the book of souls