The Number of the Beast - Live at Open Air Festival, Wacken, Germany - 4th August 2016
Woe to you, oh 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
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
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?
Six, six, six the number of the beast
Hell and fire
Was spawned to be released
Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised
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
The number of the beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight
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
Seem to mesmerize
Can't avoid their eyes
Six, six, six the number of the beast
Six, six, six the one for you and me
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
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
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
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?
Six, six, six the number of the beast
Hell and fire
Was spawned to be released
Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised
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
The number of the beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight
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
Seem to mesmerize
Can't avoid their eyes
Six, six, six the number of the beast
Six, six, six the one for you and me
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
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Writer(s): Stephen Percy Harris
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