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The Man Who Would Be King
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Iron Maiden
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As he travels on the
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Beast of burden,
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Moving up along the mountainside,
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As he gazes looking down the
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Valley,
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No regrets but his pride.
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As he journeys across
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Mountain passes
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Insignificance sweeps over him.
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His reflection of the beauty
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Round him.
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Feeling empty inside.
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He is running from his
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Wildest thoughts.
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He is running from his everything.
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He is looking now to
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Find something,
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Hoping he could be saved.
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He's searching for the answer now.
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It's something that he's managed to
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Avoid up 'til now.
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Real conviction, that he craves.
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He needs to find the answer
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Sooner than later.
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Pushed himself to the limits.
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He had to strive for all the harder
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Things in life,
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But what the cost of giving now?
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His life and his time are the only things
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That he has.
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Life is is not a rehearsal.
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All he has is the one chance
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To get it right.
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Leaving really is the only
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Way to know.
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Maybe one day they'll forgive him
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What he's done,
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But now the pain of lying too
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Early in the grave.
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Destiny, no good to hide away.
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Penance now will be his only way.
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Understand, no good to run away.
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Penance now will be his saving
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Grace.
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He tries to make his peace
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With God.
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All is forgivable but it's left
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A little late.
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Trying something that he's not.
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Is it possible to change such a lot?
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He's taken someone's life away.
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There's not a day goes by.
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He regrets what he's done.
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He should have found another way
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But the good book says:
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An eye for an eye.
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In reflecting on decisions
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That were made.
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On the judgments that will
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Haunt him 'til his grave.
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No one has the right to
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Take another life
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But in his mind he had no choice.
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So be it.
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Destiny, no good to hide away.
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Penance now will be his only way.
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Understand, no good to run away.
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Penance now will be his saving
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Grace.
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Destiny, no good to hide away.
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Penance now will be his only way.
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Understand, no good to run away.
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Penance now will be his saving
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Grace.
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Far, far away, the man
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Who would be king.
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Far, far away, the man
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Who would be king.
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So far away, the man
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Who would be king.
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So far away, the man
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Who would be king.
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Far, far away, the man
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Who would be king.
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