Title: Alexander the Great (2)
Subtitle:
Artist: Iron Maiden
Album: Somewhere In Time
Author: Words by Steve Harris
Copyright:
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Instructions: !!! The Best Story Song of IRON MAIDEN ever !!!
Notices: "my son ask for thyself another
kingdom, for what which i leave
is too small for thee"
(king philip of macedonia - 339 b.c.)

near to the east
in a part of ancient greece
in an ancient land called macedonia
was born a son
to philip of macedon
the legend his name was alexander

at the age of nineteen
he became the macedon king
and he swore to free all of asia minor
by the aegian sea
in 334 b.c.
he utterly beat the armies of persia

alexander the great
his name struck fear into hearts of men
alexander the great
became a legend 'mongst mortal men

king darius the third
defeated fled persia
the scythians fell by the river jaxartes
then egypt fell to the macedon king as well
and he founded the city called alexandria

by the tigris river
he met king darius again
and crushed him again in the battle of arbela
entering babylon
and susa, treasures he found
took persepolis the capital of persia

alexander the great
his name struck fear into hearts of men
alexander the great
became a legend amongst mortal men

a phrygian king had bound a chariot yoke
and alexander cut the 'gordian knot'
and legend said that who untied the knot
he would be become the master of asia

helonism he spread far and wide
the macedonian learned mind
their culture was a western way of life
he paved the way for christianity

marching on, marching on

the battle weary marching side by side
alexander's army line by line
they wouldn't follow him to india
tired of the combat, pain and the glory

alexander the great
his name struck fear into hearts of men
alexander the great
he died of fever in babylon

Tempo: 110 BPM
Tracks: 6
Instruments:
Bars: 191

Lyric

I get in from work at 2:00 A.M.
And sit down with a beer
Turn on late-night TV
And then wonder why I'm here
It's meaningless and trivial
And it washes over me
And once again, I wonder
Is this all there is for me?

Here I am again
Look at me again
Here I am again
On my on
Trying hard to see
What there is for me
Here I am again
On my own

Life seems so pathetic
I wish I could leave it all behind
This canvas chair, this bed,
These walls that fall in on my mind
Hold on for something better
That just drags you through the dirt
Do you just let go or carry on
And try to take the hurt?

Here I am again
Look at me again
Here I am again
On my own
Trying hard to see
What there is for me
Here I am again
On my own!