Iron Maiden-5.The Trooper / Wasted Years(Belgrade 2009)

Iron Maiden - Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, Feb. 10, 2009, during the Somewhere Back In Time Tour 2008-2009. Special thanks for this DVD goes to the owner. Bruce Dickinson:Vocals Steve Harris:Bass Janick Gers:Guitar Dave Murray:Guitar Adrian Smith:Guitar Nicko McBrain:Drums The Trooper (Harris) [Lyrics] You'll take my life but I'll take yours too You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand there's no turning back The bugle sounds and the charge begins But on this battlefield no one wins The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath As I plunge on into certain death Ooooooooh! Ooooooooh! The horse he sweats with fear we break to run The mighty roar of the Russian guns And as we race toward the human wall The screams of pain as my comrades fall We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground And the Russians fire another round We get so near yet so far away We won't live to fight another day Ooooooooh! Ooooooooh! We get so close near enough to fight When a Russian gets me in his sights He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow A burst of rounds take my horse below And as I lay there gazing at the sky My body's numb and my throat is dry And as I lay forgotten and alone Without a tear I draw my parting groan Ooooooooh! Ooooooooh! ............................................ Wasted Years (Smith) [Lyrics] From the coast of gold, across the seven seas I'm travelin' on far and wide But now it seems I'm just a stranger to myself And all the things I sometimes do it isn't me but someone else I close my eyes and think of home, another city goes by in the night Ain't it funny how it is you never miss it 'til it's gone away And my heart is lying there and will be 'til my dying day So understand Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years Face up... make your stand And realise you're living in the golden years Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind Can't ease this pain so easily When you can't find the words to say it's hard to make it through another day And it just makes me wanna cry and throw my hands up to the sky So understand Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years Face up... make your stand And realise you're living in the golden years So understand Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years Face up... make your stand And realise you're living in the golden years So understand Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years Face up... make your stand And realise you're living in the golden years ................................................ 'The Trooper' is a song from Iron Maiden's album ''Piece of Mind'',released in 1983. ''Based on the Crimean war with the British against the Russians. The opening is meant to try and recreate the galloping horses in the charge of the light brigade. It's an atmospheric song. ''(Steve Harris) 'The Trooper' is perhaps the most famous and recognisable of Maiden's songs, along with 'Run To The Hills'. It describes a British cavalry charge against the Russian army during the Crimean War (1853--1856) at Balaclava on 25th October 1854. This action was a major blunder of the Crimean War, useless bloodsheds being a theme that Iron Maiden approached again with the song 'Paschendale' on the 2003 Dance Of Death album. Thin Lizzy's 1976 song 'Massacre', that was covered by Maiden on their 1988 single Can I Play With Madness, was also inspired by this battle. The Trooper single This charge, symbol of the bravery of men and of the mindlessness of some officers, was immortalised by Lord Tennyson's (1809--1892) poem The Charge Of The Light Brigade (first published on 9th December, 1854 and reprinted in 1855). This poem was one of the most popular of the Victorian period and one critic of the time said: "The poem has become almost too popular for discussion; it is the one stirring, galloping piece of energy which all shades of mind and sympathy seem to admire alike." The same comment is also valid for the Iron Maiden song, which is a perfect example of Harris' riff-based style of music. The power and emotion of this song make it an all-time classic, and one of the best Maiden songs ever. '' (Source:www.ironmaidencommentary.com) ............................................... 'Wasted Years' is a song from Iron Maiden's album ''Somewhere In Time'',released in 1986. The song it seems to be some sort of an admonition to appreciate the present and not take things for granted. It could also be a reflection on the World Slavery Tour, that really burned out the musicians of Iron Maiden to the point that a split of the band was feared at the time. It's obvious, though, that all that time was certainly not wasted, and that those were indeed Maiden's "Golden Years". (Source:www.ironmaidencommentary.com)