Iron Maiden — Back in the Village

[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 1] White flags shot to ribbons The truce is black and burned Shellshock 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 2] Questions are a burden And answers are a prison for oneself Shellshock in the kitchen Tables start to burn [Chorus] Back in the village again In the village I'm back in the village again [Instrumental Break 2:07-3:28] [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 2] Questions are a burden And answers are a prison for oneself Shellshock in the kitchen Tables start to burn [Chorus] Back in the village again In the village I'm back in the village again [Verse 4] 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