Iron Maiden The No. Of the Beast song lyrics

Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea

For the Devil sends the beast with wrath

Because he knows the time is short

Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast

For it is a human number

Its number is Six hundred and sixty six

I left alone, my mind was blank

I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind

What did I see? Can I believe that what I saw

That night was real and not just fantasy?

Just what I saw, in my old dreams, were they

Reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?

'Cos in my dream, it's always there, the evil face that twists my mind

And brings me to despair

The night was black, was no use holding back

'Cos I just had to see was someone watching me

In the mist, dark figures move and twist

Was this all for real or some kind of hell?

666 the number of the beast

Hell and fire was spawned to be released

Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised

As they start to cry, hands held to the sky

In the night, the fires burning bright

The ritual has begun, Satan's work is done

666 the number of the beast

Sacrifice is going on tonight

This can't go on, I must inform the law

Can this still be real, or just some crazy dream?

But I feel drawn towards the evil chanting hordes

They seem to mesmerize, can't avoid their eyes

666 the number of the beast

666 the one for you and me

I'm coming back I will return

And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn

I have the fire I have the force

I have the power to make my evil take it's course