These Colours Don't Run by Iron Maiden
These Colours Don't Run by Iron Maiden

These Colours Don’t Run

Iron Maiden * Track #2 On A Matter of Life and Death

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These Colours Don't Run by Iron Maiden

Release Date
Fri Aug 25 2006
Performed by
Iron Maiden
Produced by
Kevin Shirley & Steve Harris
Writed by
Steve Harris & Adrian Smith & Bruce Dickinson
About

This song, like a lot of the album, is about war. Namely, soldiers' supposed patriotism (the “colours [that] don’t run” refer to the flag’s) even if fighting for their country mean they might not be coming back home.

The song’s title was inspired by an event that occurred during Ozzfest 2005. Bruce...

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These Colours Don’t Run Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's the same in every country when you say you're leaving
Left behind my loved ones waiting silent in the hall
Where you're going lies adventure others only dream of
Red and green light, this is real, and so you go to war

[Pre-Chorus]
For the passion, for the glory
For the memories, for the money
You're a soldier, for your country
What's the difference? All the same

[Chorus]
Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war

[Verse 2]
There is no one that will save you, going down in flames
No surrender, certain death, you look it in the eye
On the shores of tyranny, you crashed a human wave
Paying for my freedom with your lonely unmarked graves

[Pre-Chorus]
For the passion, for the glory
For the memories, for the money
You're a soldier, for your country
What's the difference? All the same

[Chorus]
Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war

[Outro]
Far away from the land of our birth
We fly a flag in some foreign earth
We sailed away like our fathers before
These colours don't run from cold bloody war
These colours don't run from cold bloody war

These Colours Don’t Run Q&A

Who wrote These Colours Don’t Run's ?

These Colours Don’t Run was written by Steve Harris & Adrian Smith & Bruce Dickinson.

Who produced These Colours Don’t Run's ?

These Colours Don’t Run was produced by Kevin Shirley & Steve Harris.

When did Iron Maiden release These Colours Don’t Run?

Iron Maiden released These Colours Don’t Run on Fri Aug 25 2006.

What did Iron Maiden say about "These Colours Don't Run"?

On the Making of A Matter of Life and Death documentary:

Steve Harris:

I got together with Adrian first and we worked out all the melodies & everything, and then Bruce came in and wrote the lyrics around the melodies.

Adrian Smith:

I had the intro riff, I saw it as like a big ballad. Well it...

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