Iron Maiden
Powerslave (1984) - Lyrics

Into the Abyss I'll fall - the eye of
Horus

Into the eyes of the night - watching me go

Green is the
cat's eye that glows -

In this Temple

Enter the risen
Osiris - risen again.



[Chorus:]

Tell me why I had to be
a Powerslave

I don't wanna die, I'm a God,

Why
can't I live on?

When the Life Giver dies,

All around is
laid waste,

And in my last hour,

I'm a Slave to the Power
of Death.



When I was living this lie - Fear was my Game

People would worship and fall -

Drop to their knees.

So bring
me the blood and

Red wine for the one to succeed me,

For he is
a man and a God -

And He will die too.



[Chorus:]



Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins,

Silent the
terror that reigned -

Marbled in stone

A Shell of a man God
preserved -

From thousand ages,

But open the gates of my hell
-

I'll strike from the grave



[Chorus:]

Tell me
why I had to be a Powerslave

I don't wanna die, I'm a
God,

Why can't I live on?

When the Life Giver dies,

All around is laid waste,

And in my last hour,

I'm a
Slave to the Power of Death.

Slave to the Power of Death...

Slave to the Power of Death...