The Number of the Beast [Live After Death]

[Spoken intro: Barry Clayton]

Woe to you, o'er 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

[Verse 1: Bruce Dickinson]

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?

Cause in my dreams, it's always there

The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair

YEAH!

[Verse 2]

The night was black, was no use holding back

Cause I just had to see, was someone watching me?

In the mist, dark figures move and twist

Was all this for real or just some kind of hell?

[Chorus 1]

666 the number of the beast

Hell and fire was spawned to be released

[Verse 3]

Torches blazed and sacred chants were phrased

As they start to cry, hands held to the sky

In the night, the fires are burning bright

The ritual has begun, Satan's work is done

[Chorus 2]

666 the number of the beast

Sacrifice is going on tonight

[Guitar solo: Dave Murray]

[Guitar solo: Adrian Smith]

[Verse 4]

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 chanting hordes

They seem to mesmerize, can't avoid their eyes

[Chorus 3]

666 the number of the beast

666 the one for you and me

[Verse 5]

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 its course