If Eternity Should Fail
Iron Maiden * Track #1 On The Book of Souls
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If Eternity Should Fail by Iron Maiden
Release Date
Performed by
Iron MaidenProduced by
Steve Harris & Kevin ShirleyWrited by
Bruce DickinsonAbout
“If Eternity Should Fail” is the first song from Iron Maiden’s album The Book of Souls. It is the first and only Iron Maiden song far that is played in the drop D tuning, as Bruce Dickinson mentions in this interview.
The song had originally been written for an album of Bruce Dickinson’s solo caree...
If Eternity Should Fail Lyrics
[Intro: Bruce Dickinson]
Here is the soul of a man
Here in this place for the taking
Clothed in white, stand in the light
Here is the soul of a man
Time to speak with the shaman again
Conjure the jester again
Black dog in the ruins is howling my name
So here is the soul of a man
[Verse 1: Bruce Dickinson]
When the world was virgin before the coming of men
Just a solar witness, the beginning of the end
From a world of magma to a cold rock face
The ascent of madness and a human race
We are strange believers, all of us
There are stranger truths, immortal lust
We rise from slumber, he calls our name
Recalls our number, abide with pain
[Chorus: Bruce Dickinson]
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
[Verse 2: Bruce Dickinson]
To God's illusion, which I recall
Was our delusion before the fall
The angels come and the angels go
But the lord of light shining below
Eternal blackness beyond the stars
We think our wisdom will get that far
At the master’s table, the table’s bare
No land of plenty, devastation, despair
[Chorus: Bruce Dickinson]
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus: Bruce Dickinson]
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line at the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line at the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line at the ending of time
If eternity should fail
[Spoken Outro: Bruce Dickinson]
Good day, my name is Necropolis
I am formed of the dead
I am the harvester of the soul meat
And I suck the lives from around my bed
My own two sons, I gave them breath
And I filled their living corpses with my bile
What humanity I knew I have long forgotten
For me, eternity is nothing but a short while
If Eternity Should Fail Q&A
Who wrote If Eternity Should Fail's ?
If Eternity Should Fail was written by Bruce Dickinson.
Who produced If Eternity Should Fail's ?
If Eternity Should Fail was produced by Steve Harris & Kevin Shirley.
When did Iron Maiden release If Eternity Should Fail?
Iron Maiden released If Eternity Should Fail on Fri Sep 04 2015.
What did Iron Maiden say about "If Eternity Should Fail"?
Bruce revealed that the album’s opening track was originally meant to be featured on his next solo album, but got turned into an Iron Maiden song instead. The song was also recorded in Drop D, which is a first for Iron Maiden.