Bruce Dickinson - Return of the King

Return of the King is a bonus track by Bruce Dickinson from his album, The Chemical Wedding. (1998)

Track 11

Lyrics:

A 100 years of toil and pain
To pull a stone upright again
Uproot from its mountain home
Taken to this sacred circle

Is there a secret in the stone?
A message in the hills
Is there a secret in the stones?
A message long ago

I know the king will come again

From the shadow to the sun

Burning hillsides from the beltane fires

I know the king will come again

When all that glitters turn to rust

Uther pendragon standing fast beside you
The sun the moon we worshipped here
A calendar of fear
Gazing across the channel sea
To see the beacons burning brightly

Is that a shadow on the hill?
Or a phantom in the mere
What is the meaning of these stones?
Why do they stand alone?

I know the king will come again

From the shadow to the sun

Burning hillsides with the beltane fires

I know the king will come again

When all that glitters turn to rust

Uther pendragon standing fast beside you
Is that a shadow on the hill?
Or a phantom in the mere
What is the meaning of these stones?
Why do they stand alone?

I know the king will come again

From the shadow to the sun

Burning hillsides with the beltane fires

I know the king will come again

When all that glitters turn to rust

Uther pendragon standing fast beside you
I know the king will come again
I know the king will come again

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• Bruce
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• The
• Chemical
• Wedding
• Return
• of
• King
• Bonus
• track
• 1998

[melizavazquez]

Its Return of the King, meaning Bruce is returing to his throne in Iron Maiden, this was his last album, then he joined Maiden again.

[dark994]

He's still planning on releasing solo albums. His last one, Tyranny of Souls, was released in 2005 if you didn't know.

[Sylphoe]

For me it's the best song Bruce ever made. Thanx for uploading, cause it's rare :)

[dark994]

It's my favorite song on the album :D

[Taegtgren]

I know it doesn't fit in conceptually with the rest of the album, but this song is just too damn good to be a Japan-only bonus track.

[xelanoise]

Great Freakin Song!!! Definetely deserves more reconigtion!!! Bruce Rules!!!

[MrRobertoreichert]

I agree with u.

[MrWatson235]

@Taegtgren - I would argue that, the return of the king has everything to do with the album conceptually, you might even say its a summary

[pizzacastello]

Great instrumental part in the middle of the song.

[jbittens101]

That was a Revelation, what a fucking eye opener of a song!!!

[Lavietto]

This i must say was a really innovative and awesome solo my fav one on this album ! :)

[Lavietto]

Sweet lord i love this Solo!!! awesome :)

[leandroprete]

Epic, like everything Bruce does!!!

[NeonKnight33]

bruce put out the best metal albums of the 90's hands down...

[JehoelCunobelinus]

the song says what i am doing, true that.

[ffsf739]

This reminds me more of the stuff in Accident of birth than the tracks from Chemical wedding. It's great, don't get me wrong! But I don't think it would work within the album.