coming home

Iron Maiden

When I stand before you shining
In the early morning sun
When I feel the engines roar and
I think of what we've done
Oh the bittersweet reflection as
We kiss the earth goodbye
As the waves and echoes of the
Towns become the ghosts of time...

Over borders that divide
The earthbound tribes
No creed and no religion just
A hundred winged souls
We will ride this thunderbird,
Silver shadows on the earth
A thousand leagues away,
Our land of birth...

To Albion's land
Coming home when I see
The runway lights
In the misty dawn the night
Is fading fast
Coming home, far away as
Their vapor trails align
Where I've been tonight,
You know I will not stay...

Curving on the edge of daylight
Til it slips into the void
Waited in the long night,
Dreaming til the sun is born again
Stretched the fingers of my hand,
Covered countries with my span
Just a lonely satellite,
Speck of dust and cosmic sand...

Over borders that divide
The earthbound tribes
Through the dark Atlantic
Over mounting stormy waves
We will ride this thunderbird,
Silver shadows on the earth
A thousand leagues away,
Our land of birth...

To Albion's land
Coming home when I see
The runway lights
In the misty dawn the night
Is fading fast
Coming home, far away as
Their vapor trails align
Where I've been tonight,
You know I will not stay...

To Albion's land
Coming home when I see
The runway lights
In the misty dawn the night
Is fading fast
Coming home, far away as
Their vapor trails align
Where I've been tonight,
You know I will not stay
Coming home, far away when
I see the runway lights
In the misty dawn the night
Is fading fast
Coming home, far away as
Their vapor trails align
Where I've been tonight,
You know I will not stay...