《Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Live at Long Beach Arena; 1998 Remaster)》歌词

[00:00:01] Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner

[00:00:30] Hear the rime of the Ancient Mariner,

[00:00:32] See his eye as he stops one of three.

[00:00:35] Mesmerizes one of the wedding guests,

[00:00:37] "Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea."

[00:00:43] And the music plays on as the bride passes by,

[00:00:45] Caught by his spell and the Mariner tells his tale.

[00:00:52] Driven south to the land of the snow and ice,

[00:00:54] To a place where nobody's been.

[00:00:56] Through the snow fog flies on the albatross,

[00:00:58] Hailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings.

[00:01:04] And the ships sails on, back to the north,

[00:01:06] Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on.

[00:01:37] The Mariner kills the bird of good omen.

[00:01:42] His shipmates cry against what he's done,

[00:01:46] But, when the fog clears, they justify him

[00:01:50] And make themselves a part of the crime.

[00:01:54] Sailing on and on and north across the sea.

[00:02:02] Sailing on and on and north 'til all is calm.

[00:02:11] The albatross begins with its vengeance.

[00:02:15] A terrible curse, a thirst, has begun.

[00:02:20] His shipmates blame bad luck on the Mariner.

[00:02:24] About his neck the dead bird is hung.

[00:02:27] And the curse goes on and on and on at sea.

[00:02:35] And the thirst goes on and on for them and me.

[00:02:44] Day after day, day after day,

[00:02:46] We stuck nor breath nor motion,

[00:02:48] As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.

[00:02:53] Water, water everywhere and all the boards did shrink.

[00:02:57] Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink.

[00:03:13] "There," calls the Mariner, "there comes a ship o'er the line,

[00:03:20] But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide?"

[00:03:26] See, onward she comes,

[00:03:32] Onward she nears, out of the sun.

[00:03:39] See, she has no crew,

[00:03:44] She has no life. Wait but there's two.

[00:03:51] Death and she, Life-in-Death, they throw their dice for the crew.

[00:03:57] She wins the Mariner and he belongs to her now.

[00:04:04] Then, crew one by one, they drop down dead, two hundred men.

[00:04:16] She, she, Life-in-Death, she lets him live, her chosen one.