Iron Maiden - Sleep Train Pavillion Amphitheatre, Marysville, Sacramento, California, US, August 30, 2003, during the '' Give Me Ed...'Til I'm Dead Tour'' 2003.
Die With Your Boots On (Smith, Dickinson, Harris)
Bruce Dickinson:Vocals
Steve Harris:Bass
Janick Gers:Guitar
Dave Murray:Guitar
Adrian Smith:Guitar
Nicko McBrain:Drums
[Lyrics]
Another Prophet of Disaster who says the ship is lost
Another Prophet of Disaster leaving you to count the cost
Taunting us with Visions, afflicting us with fear
Predicting War for millions in the hope that one appears
No point asking when it is, no point asking who's to go
No point asking what's the game, no point asking who's to blame
'Cause if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die...
If you're gonna die, die with your boots on
If you're gonna try, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die, gonna die, die with your boots on
If you're gonna try, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die
The 13th the Beast is rising the Frenchman did surmise
Through earthquakes and starvation the Warlord will arise
Terror, Death, Destruction pour from the Eastern sands
But the truth of all predictions is always in your hands
No point asking when it is, no point asking who's to go
No point asking what's the game, no point asking who's to blame
'Cause if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die...
If you're gonna die, die with your boots on
If you're gonna try, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die, gonna die, die with your boots on
If you're gonna try well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die
They die with their boots on, yes they die
They die with their boots on, they die
We die, we die, we die, we die, we die!
No point asking when it is, no point asking who's to go
No point asking what's the game, no point asking who's to blame
'Cause if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die
If you're gonna die, die with your boots on
If you're gonna try, well stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die, gonna die, die with your boots on,
If you're gonna try, well stick around,
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, die!
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'Die With Your Boots On' is a song from Iron Maiden's album ''Piece of Mind'',released in 1983.
''Adrian and Bruce came up with the main riff. Bruce came up with the lyrics. I came up with the chord sequence behind the verse and the cross section that goes into the main chorus. This is another personal favourite of mine. It has more chords than riffs, which I suppose might make it strange as to why I really like it so much. It's a very powerful number live. I get off on the aggression of it. (Steve Harris)
Not much has been written about this song, which focuses on facing an apocalyptic future, and might also be implying something about the self-fulfilment of prophecy. The song was written at the time of the Cold War and many thought that a nuclear holocaust was on the verge to happen. Although the world's political situation has changed since and that the threat of a global conflict between the USA and the USSR (and their respective allied nations) has gone away, many governments still play the card of fear to get their ways, "international terrorism" being the new enemy (this reminds me of George Orwell's 1984 where the enemy is never the same, but there is always one to fuel the people's fears).
Nothing has changed, and the advice given in the song to "die with your boots on" is also still valid. It is not advocating an armed struggle, but more probably the resistance to this fear that the leaders of the planet are using so well to control the masses. After all, people in fear cannot think straight and see what their governments are really like!
The Frenchman mentioned in the second verse is most likely Michel de Notre-Dame (1503--1566), otherwise known as Nostradamus. His prophecies are always referred to whenever a major sinister event occurs, and the wackiest interpretations appear, doubling the fear of the actual or potential danger to that of esoterism and the occult.
'Piece of Mind' is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was originally released in 1983 on EMI, and on Capitol in the US. It was the first album to feature drummer Nicko McBrain, who had recently left the Paris-based band Trust.
In 1989, Steve Harris announced that Piece Of Mind was the 'best studio album' Iron Maiden had recorded. It is also the first album to feature their mascot, Eddie, full bodied.
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hahaha and what a speech!!!!
maidenwildM 2 years ago
awesome performance
maidenwildM 2 years ago
IF YOUR GONNA DIE DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS ON!!!!!! classic Maiden. UP THE IRONS!!!!
Bowtye1 2 years ago 2