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Empire Of The Clouds - Iron Maiden

Empire Of The Clouds

Iron Maiden


Lyrics:
To ride the storm, to an empire of the clouds
To ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghost
To ride the storm, to a kingdom that will come
To ride the storm, and damn the rest... Oblivion

Royalty and dignitaries brandy and cigars
Grey lady giant of the skies
You hold them in your arms
The millionth chance they laughed
To take down his majesty’s craft
"To India" they say "magic carpet float away"
An October fateful day...

Mist is in the trees
Stone sweats with the dew
The morning sunrise red before the blue
Hanging at the mast
Waiting for command
His majesty’s airship
The R101

She’s the biggest vessel built by man
A giant of the skies
For all you unbelievers
The Titanic fits inside
Drum roll tight her canvas skin
Silvered in the sun
Never tested with the fury
With the beating yet to come
The fury yet to come

In the gathering gloom
The storm rising in the west
The coxswain stared
Into the plunging weather glass

We must go now
We must take our chance with fate
We must go now
For a politician, he can’t be late

The airship crew awake for thirty
Hours at full stretch
But the ship is in their backbone
Every sinew every inch
She never flew at full speed
A trial never done
Her fragile outer cover
Her achilles would become
An achilles yet to come

Sailors of the sky
A hardened breed
Loyal to the king and an airship creed
The engines drum
The telegraph sounds
Release the cords
That bind us to the ground
Said the coxswain “Sir she’s heavy“
“She’ll never make this flight“
Said the captain “damn the cargo“
“We’ll be on our way tonight“
Groundlings cheered in wonder
As she backed off from the mast
Baptizing them her water
From the ballast fore and aft
Now she slips into our past

Fighting the wind as it rolls you
Feeling the diesels that push you along
Watching the channel below you
Lower and lower into the night
Lights are passing below you
Northern France asleep in their beds
Storm is raging around you
A million to one that’s what he said

Reaper standing beside her
With his scythe cuts to the bone
Panic to make a decision
Experienced men asleep in their graves
Her cover is ripped and she’s drowning
Rain is flooding into the hull
Bleeding to death and she’s falling
Lifting gas is draining away

“We’re down lads“ came the cry
Bow plunging from the sky
Three thousand horses silent
As the ship began to die
The flares to guide her path
Ignited at the last
The empire of the clouds
Just ashes in our past
Just ashes at the last

Here lie their dreams
As I stand in the sun
On the ground where they built
And the engines did run
To the moon and the stars
Now what have we done
Oh the dreamers may die
But the dreams live on

Dreams live on
Dreams live on...

Now a shadow on a hill
The angel of the east
The empire of the clouds
May rest in peace

And in a country churchyard
Laid head to the mast
Eight and forty souls
Who came to die in France
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Letra:
Para montar la tormenta, a un imperio de las nubes
Para montar la tormenta, subieron a bordo de su fantasma plateado
Para montar la tormenta, a un reino que vendrá
Para montar la tormenta, y condenar al resto... al olvido

Realeza y dignatarios, brandy y cigarros
Dama gris, gigante de los cielos
Tú los tienes en tus brazos
"La posibilidad es millonésima" reían
De acabar con la nave de su majestad
"Hacia la India", dicen "vuela, alfombra mágica"
Un día fatídico de octubre...

La niebla se encuentra en los árboles
Las piedras sudan con el rocío
El amanecer rojo sobre azul
Colgando en el mástil
A la espera de la orden
El dirigible de su majestad
El R101

Ella es la mayor nave construida por el hombre
Un gigante de los cielos
Para todos los incrédulos
El Titanic cabría dentro
Redoble de tambores, se ajusta su piel de lona
Plateado contra el sol
Nunca testeado contra la furia
Contra el golpe por venir
Contra la furia por venir

En la penumbra aglomerada
La tormenta se levanta en el oeste
El timonel miró
En el vaso del clima sumiéndose

Tenemos que irnos ya
Debemos tener nuestra oportunidad con el destino
Tenemos que irnos ya
Para un político, no se puede llegar tarde

La tripulación del dirigible despierta durante treinta
Horas a pleno rendimiento
Pero la nave está en su columna vertebral
Cada tendón, cada pulgada
Ella nunca voló a toda velocidad
Nunca se hizo una prueba
Su frágil cubierta exterior
Se convertiría en su Aquiles
En su Aquiles por venir

Marineros del cielo
Una cepa endurecida
Leales al rey y un credo del dirigible
Rugen los motores
El telégrafo suena
Suelten las cuerdas
Que nos atan a la tierra
Dijo el timonel "Sir, ella es muy pesada"
"Ella nunca va a poder volar"
Dijo el capitán "Maldita carga"
"Vamos a estar en camino esta noche"
La gente en tierra vitorearon con asombro
Cuando ella retrocedió desde el mástil
Bautizándolos con su agua
Desde el lastre, proa y popa
Ahora ella se desliza a nuestro pasado

Luchándo contra el viento mientras te hace girar
Sintiendo los motores diesel que empujan hacia adelante
Mirando el canal por debajo
Cada vez más bajo, en la noche
Las luces pasando por debajo
El norte de Francia, dormidos en sus camas
La tormenta causa estragos a tu alrededor
"La chance es millonésima", eso dijeron

La parca de pie a tu lado
Con su guadaña corta hasta el hueso
El pánico de tomar una decisión
Hombres experimentados dormidos en sus tumbas
Su cubierta es rajada y se está ahogando
La lluvia está inundando todo el casco
Sangrado hasta la muerte y ella se cae
El gas de elevación se está perdiendo

"Nos caemos, muchachos", fue el grito
El arco hundiéndose desde el cielo
Tres mil caballos en silencio
Mientras la nave comenzó a morir
Las bengalas para guiar su camino
Encendidas al final
El imperio de las nubes
Tan sólo cenizas en nuestro pasado
Tan sólo cenizas al final

Aquí yacen sus sueños
Mientras me paro frente al sol
En la planta donde lo construyeron
Y los motores volaron
Hacia la luna y las estrellas
Ahora ¿Qué hemos hecho?
Oh, los soñadores pueden morir
Pero los sueños siguen vivos

Los sueños siguen vivos
Los sueños siguen vivos...

Ahora una sombra en una colina
El ángel del este
El imperio de las nubes
Puede descansar en paz

Y en un cementerio del campo
Fue colocado el mastil
Cuarenta y ocho almas
Que vinieron a morir a Francia

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