Back In The Village

One of two Iron Maiden tracks based on the cult 60s British TV series "The Prisoner"

[Verse 1] Turn the spotlights on the people Switch the dial and eat the worm Take your chances, kill the engine Drop your bombs and let it burn [Pre-Chorus] White flags shot to ribbons The truce is black and burned Shell shock in the kitchen Tables overturned [Chorus] Back in the village again In the village I'm back in the village again [Verse 2] Throwing dice now, rolling loaded I see sixes all the way In a black hole, and I'm spinning As my wings get shot away [Pre-Chorus] Questions are a burden And answers are a prison for oneself Shell shock in the kitchen Tables start to burn [Chorus] Back in the village again In the village I'm back in the village again [Instrumental Bre] [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] No breaks on the inside Paper cats and burning barns There's a fox among the chickens And a killer in the hounds [Pre-Chorus] Questions are a burden And answers a prison for oneself Shell shock in the kitchen Tables start to burn, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! [Chorus] Back in the village again In the village I'm back in the village again [Bridge] But still, we walk into the valley And others try to kill the inner flame We're burning brighter than before I don't have a number; I'm a name! [Chorus] Back in the village again In the village I'm back in the village again, yeah I'm back in the village again In the village I'm back in the village again [Outro] Back in the village And I'm back in the village And I'm back in the village Again