Sun and Steel

Album: Piece of Mind (1983)
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  • Well, you killed your first man at thirteen
    Killer instinct, animal supreme
    By sixteen you had to learn to fight
    The way of the warrior, you took it as your rite

    Sunlight, falling on your steel
    Death in life is your ideal
    Life is like a wheel

    Sunlight, falling on your steel
    Death in life is your ideal
    Life is like a wheel

    Through earth and water, fire and wind
    You came at last, nothing was the end
    I'll make a cut by fire and stones
    Take you and your blade, break you both in two
    Break you both in two

    Sunlight, falling on your steel
    Death in life is your ideal
    Life is like a wheel

    Sunlight, falling on your steel
    Death in life is your ideal
    Life is like a wheel, rolling on and on

    Sunlight, falling on your steel
    Death in life is your ideal
    Life is like a wheel

    Sunlight, falling on your steel
    Death in life is your ideal
    Life is like a wheel

    Sunlight, falling on your steel
    Death in life is your ideal
    Life is like a wheel

    Sunlight, falling on your steel
    Death in life is your ideal
    Life is like a wheel
    And it's rolling still Writer/s: Adrian Frederick Smith, Bruce Dickinson
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Jason from Denver, CoThis is a good song for Iron Maiden to bring to the current set list. It seems to be one of those songs where the crowd would jump.
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