Iron Maiden: The Trooper
The Trooper by Iron
Maiden. For the professional wrestler, Del Wilkes. For the regimental statue of
the Rhodesian Light Infantry. For the 1934 American film, see Fighting Trooper. Written by bassist
and founder-member Steve Harris, the song is based on the Charge of the Light
Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava 1854, which took place during the Crimean
War, and inspired by Lord Tennyson's poem of the same name
Iron Maiden The Trooper HD Video
The Trooper Lyrics
Iron Maiden
(Steve Harris)
You take my life but
I'll take yours too
You fire your musket
but I run you through
So when you're
waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand
there's no turning back.
The bugle sounds -
the charge begins
But on this
battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid
smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into
certain death.
O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ohhh!
O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ohhh!
The horse he sweats
with fear - we break to run
The mighty roar of
the Russian guns
And as we race
towards the human wall
The screams of pain
as my comrades fall.
We hurdle bodies
that lay on the ground
And the Russians
fire another round
We get so near yet
so far away
We won't live to
fight another day.
O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ohhh!
O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ohhh!
We get so close near
enough to fight
When a Russian gets
me in his sights
He pulls the trigger
and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds
take my horse below.
And as I lay there
gazing at the sky
My body's numb and
my throat is dry
And as I lay
forgotten and alone
Without a tear I
draw my parting groan.
O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ohhh!
O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ohhh!
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