DANCE OF DEATH
Resulta evidente que a medida que Iron Maiden se alejaba de la década de los 80, su sonido se alejaba también del estereotipo maideniano clásico, algo que se hacía evidente en el alargamiento progresivo de los temas, y en su evolución general musical. dicho esto, no quisiera caer en la crítica de una banda legendaria entre las leyendas de nuestro mundo metálico como Iron Maiden es y será, desde una perspectiva destructiva, siempre me han merecido mucho respeto estos tíos y por ello trato de ver el lado bueno de lo que harán, en lugar de los "Numbers of the beast" que ya no volverán. Una buena prueba de ello es este tema que dejo hoy en el blog, tras el reencuentro entre Dickinson y Maiden que con notable éxito se produjo en el anterior "Brave new world" de 2000, la banda seguía su camino evolutivo con este "Dance of death", de 2003. Que estamos en una nueva época de la banda se aprecia ya simplemente desde el diseño de la portada, (la verdad lo que menos me gusta del disco), y en general se ve dicha evolución en sus temas, pero, una vez asumido el hecho del cambio compositivo, siendo justos debemos reconocer que el espíritu de la banda sigue vivo, y seguirá a lo largo de toda su carrera, prueba de ello su "Book of souls" de finales del pasado 2015. En definitiva, temas como este "Dance of death" que da título al decimotercer larga duración de la banda, ratifican lo que vengo diciendo en cuanto al espíritu intacto de "la doncella", y es que estamos sin duda ante, como decía al comienzo, una leyenda entre las leyendas, y eso no es porque sí. Dejo un enlace a este "Dance of death".
Let me tell you a story to chill the bones
About a thing that I saw
One night wandering in the Everglades
I'd one drink but no more
I was rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight
Gazing up at the stars
Not aware of a presence so near to me
Watching my every move
Feeling scared and I fell to my knees
As something rushed me from the trees
Took me to an unholy place
And that is where I fell from grace
Then they summoned me over to join in with them
To the dance of the dead
Into the circle of fire I followed them
Into the middle I was led
As if time had stopped still, I was numb with fear
But still I wanted to go
And the blaze of the fire did no hurt upon me
As I walked onto the coals
And I felt I was in a trance
And my spirit was lifted from me
And if only someone had the chance
To witness what happened to me
And I danced and I pranced and I sang with them
All had death in their eyes
Lifeless figures! They were undead, all of them!
They had ascended from hell
As I danced with the dead,
my free spirit was laughing and howling down at me
Below my undead body
just danced the circle of dead
Until the time came to reunite us both
My spirit came back down to me
I didn't know if I was alive or dead
as the others all joined in with me
By luck then a skirmish started
and took the attention away from me
When they took their gaze from me
was the moment that I fled
I ran like hell faster than the wind,
but behind I did not glance
One thing that I did not dare
was to look just straight ahead
When you know that your time has come around,
you know you'll be prepared for it
Say your last goodbyes to everyone
Drink and say a prayer for it
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
To this day I guess I'll never know
just why they let me go
But I'll never go dancing no more
'til I dance with the dead
About a thing that I saw
One night wandering in the Everglades
I'd one drink but no more
I was rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight
Gazing up at the stars
Not aware of a presence so near to me
Watching my every move
Feeling scared and I fell to my knees
As something rushed me from the trees
Took me to an unholy place
And that is where I fell from grace
Then they summoned me over to join in with them
To the dance of the dead
Into the circle of fire I followed them
Into the middle I was led
As if time had stopped still, I was numb with fear
But still I wanted to go
And the blaze of the fire did no hurt upon me
As I walked onto the coals
And I felt I was in a trance
And my spirit was lifted from me
And if only someone had the chance
To witness what happened to me
And I danced and I pranced and I sang with them
All had death in their eyes
Lifeless figures! They were undead, all of them!
They had ascended from hell
As I danced with the dead,
my free spirit was laughing and howling down at me
Below my undead body
just danced the circle of dead
Until the time came to reunite us both
My spirit came back down to me
I didn't know if I was alive or dead
as the others all joined in with me
By luck then a skirmish started
and took the attention away from me
When they took their gaze from me
was the moment that I fled
I ran like hell faster than the wind,
but behind I did not glance
One thing that I did not dare
was to look just straight ahead
When you know that your time has come around,
you know you'll be prepared for it
Say your last goodbyes to everyone
Drink and say a prayer for it
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
To this day I guess I'll never know
just why they let me go
But I'll never go dancing no more
'til I dance with the dead
By Nash
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