Iron maiden and some of there lyrics

[Cocoham]

Iron maiden has a couple songs based on nightmares and dreams. I want to here your guy's opinions on it all. What type of dream(s) do you think inspired them to write these lyrics? Have you been like this before? Take note of when each of these were released. Infinite Dreams - Released on April 11, 1988 Steve Harris Infinite dreams I can't deny them Infinity is hard to comprehend I couldn't hear those screams Even in my wildest dreams Suffocation waking in a sweat Scared to fall asleep again Incase the dream begins again Someone chasing I cannot move Standing rigid nightmare's statue What a dream when will it end And will I transcend? Restless sleep the minds in turmoil One nightmare ends another fertile Getting to me so scared to sleep But scared to wake now, in too deep Even though its reached new heights I rather like the restless nights It makes me wonder it makes me think There's more to this I'm on the brink It's not the fear of what's beyond It's just that I might not respond I have an interest almost craving But would I like to get too far in? It can't be all coincidence Too many things are evident You tell me you're an unbeliever Spiritualist? Well me I'm neither But wouldn't you like to know The truth Of what's out there to have the proof And find out just which side You're on Where would you end in Heaven or In Hell? Help me. Help me to find my true Self without seeing the future Save me, save me from torturing Myself even within my dreams There's got to be just more to it Than this Or tell me why do we exist I'd like to think that when I die I'd get a chance another time And to return and live again Reincarnate, play the game Again and again and again Dream Of Mirrors - Released May 30, 2000 (Gers/Harris) Have you ever felt The future is the past But you don't know how...? A reflected dream Of a captured time Is it really now, is it really happening? Don't know why I feel this way Have I dreamt this time, this place? Something vivid comes into my mind And I think I've seen your face Seen this room, been in this place Something vivid comes again into my mind All my hopes and expectation Looking for an explanation Have I found my destination? I just can't take no more The Dream is true, The Dream is true The Dream is true, The Dream is true Think I have heard your voice before Think I have said these words before Something makes me feel I just might lose my mind Am I still inside my dream? Is this a new reality Something makes me feel that I have lost my mind All my hopes and expectation Looking for an explanation Coming to the realisation That I can't see for sure I olny dream in black and white I only dream 'cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white To save me from myself I olny dream in black and white I only dream 'cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white To save me from myself The Dream is true, The Dream is true The Dream is true, The Dream is true I get up put on the light Dreading the oncoming night Scared to fall asleep and dream The dream again Nothing that I contemplate Nothing that I can compare To letting loose the demons deep inside my head Dread to think what might be stirring That my dream is reoccurring Got to keep away from drifting Saving me from myself I olny dream in black and white I only dream 'cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white To save me from myself I olny dream in black and white I only dream 'cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white To save me from myself Lost in a dream of mirrors Lost in a paradox Lost and time is spinning Lost a nightmare I retrace Lost a hell that I revisit Lost another time and place Lost a parallel existence Lost a nightmare I retrace I olny dream in black and white I only dream 'cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white To save me from myself I olny dream in black and white I only dream 'cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white To save me from myself I olny dream in black and white I only dream 'cause I'm alive I only dream in black and white To save me from myself The Dream is true, The Dream is true The Dream is true, The Dream is true Wildest Dreams - Released on September 9, 2003 Harris/Smith I'm gonna organize some changes in my life I'm gonna exorcise the demons of my past I'm gonna take the car and hit the open road I'm feeling ready to just open up and go And I just feel I can be anything That all I might ever wish to be and fantasize just what I want to be Make my wildest dreams come true I'm on my way Out on my own again I'm on my way Out on the road again When I remember back to how that things just used to be And I was stuck inside a shroud of misery I felt I'd disappeared so deep inside myself I couldn't find a way to break away the hell When I'm feeling down and low I vow I'll never be the same again I just remember what I am And visualize just what I'm gonna be I'm on my way Out on my own again I'm on my way Out on the road again I'm on my way Out on my own again I'm on my way I'm gonna breakaway

[Kaniaz]

Probably nothing. Dreams are just an easy thing to write as lyrics.