Hallowed Be Thy Name

Steve Harris

I'm waiting in my cold cell
When the bell begins to chime
Reflecting on my past life
And it doesn't have much time

'Cause at 5 o'clock
They take me to the Gallows Pole
The sands of time for me are running low
Running low, yeah!

When the priest comes to read me the last rites
I take a look through the bars at the last sights
Of a world that has gone very wrong for me
Can it be that there's some sort of error?
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end, not some crazy dream?

Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming
It's not easy to stop from screaming
But words escape me when I try to speak
Tears fall, but why am I crying?
After all, I'm not afraid of dying
Don't I believe that there never is an end?

As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Somebody cries from a cell: God be with you!
If there's a God, why has He let me go?
As I walk, my life drifts before me
And though the end is near, I'm not sorry
Catch my soul, it's willing to fly away

Mark my words, believe my soul lives on
Don't worry now that I have gone
I've gone beyond to seek the truth
When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then you'll begin to understand
Life down here is just a strange illusion

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Hallowed be Thy name
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Hallowed be Thy name
Yeah

Trivia about the song Hallowed Be Thy Name by Iron Maiden

On which albums was the song “Hallowed Be Thy Name” released by Iron Maiden?
Iron Maiden released the song on the albums “The Number Of The Beast” in 1982, “Live After Death (Live)” in 1985, “Live After Death (World Slavery Tour '85)” in 1985, “Live At Donington '92” in 1993, “Hallowed Be Thy Name (Live)” in 1993, “Best Of The Beast” in 1996, “A Real Live Dead One (Live)” in 1998, “Rock In Rio” in 2002, “Death On The Road (Live)” in 2005, “Somewhere Back In Time - The Best Of: 1980 - 1989” in 2008, “Flight 666 (Live)” in 2009, “En Vivo!” in 2012, and “Nights Of The Dead, Legacy Of The Beast: Live In Mexico City” in 2020.
Who composed the song “Hallowed Be Thy Name” by Iron Maiden?
The song “Hallowed Be Thy Name” by Iron Maiden was composed by Steve Harris.

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