Under the Bridge

               

     Under the bridge I'm standing free

     The asphalt road right above me

     The mighty river by my side

     Under the cool shade I can hide.

    

    People and cars will come and go

    In a complex and endless show

    But here below the bridge I find

    Just solitude and peace of mind!

    

 

On The Run

I'm on the sun from sadness

And from enduring pain

From chaos and from madness

From gloom, despair and rain.

I'm on the run from sorrow

That grips my mind and soul

Still waiting for tomorrow

But who knows what I'll find?

I'm on the run from bad dreams

With whom my brain still fights

When monsters and demented screams

Chase me on sleepless nights.

And yet this life of trouble

That never seems to end

Won't turn my life to rubble 

And it won't make me bend.

The day of battle will arrive

When I will run no more

Through all the dark times I'll survive

And I will win this war!

The Storm Comes from the East

          

          

        The storm comes from the East

        Just like a cruel, greedy beast

        Alluring people with its call

        Which threatens to destroy us all.

       Some say the West is full of sin

       Deprived, decayed, rotten within

       And thus they want the storm to come

       To clean the land of dirt and scum.

      Their brains are influenced so fast

      By leaders who speak of the past

      When life was great, or so they claim

      To bring back those times is their aim.

     The more citizens they convert

     The higher the state of alert

     For those of us whom they can't fool

     We'll never follow their rule!

     The danger from the East is real

     And if it wins we might not heal

     Our roads should always go West

     We all know that is for the best!

    

Winter's End

        Winter full of darkness

        Time to end your role

        Take away the sadness

         Get out of my soul.

         Spring of pure delight

         Come back to my street

         Stay within my sight

         Make again life sweet!

 

        

Au Bord De La Rivière

    

 

        

        Je me promène au bord de la rivière

        Je sens la brise du vent dans l'air

        J'avance un peu au centre de cette île

        Et je m'éloigne du bruit de la ville.

      

      Sous le soleil qui brille avec douceur

      J'admire des choses près de mon coeur

      Les sons de la nature, les arbres majeusteux

      Et le movement tranquil de l'eau!

       Dans ce sanctuaire de la beauté

       Plein de splendeur et de sérénité

       Je marche sans hâte et sans souci

       Oh, quel bonheur de me trouver ici!

Spring Reverie

              

            

      I'm sitting lonely on a bench

      My thirst for beauty I must quench

      While feeling the wind's gentle breeze

      Under the shade of willow trees.

      There's so much silence in the park

      That I would stay here till it's dark

      Letting the sun into my mind

      And leaving the dark days behind.

      It's time for me to rise and shine

      Cause once again the stars align

      To bring the spring back in my soul

      And make me love life as  whole!

     A new bright age will soon arrive

     Flowers will bloom, critters will thrive

     And as the green will rule the Earth

     We'll celebrate nature's rebirth!

     

My Top 5 Iron Maiden Albums

5. FEAR OF THE DARK(1992)

I have to admit that there are a few weak tracks on this album,but there also some of my favorite tunes not only from the Iron Maiden discography, but from the entire spectrum of heavy metal: the majestic seven-minute anthem “Fear Of The Dark’’ and the amazing “Afraid To Shoot Strangers’’ with its incredible guitar solos, a true anti war song, are the best for me,but I also appreciate the fast and furious “Be Quick Or Be Dead” and even the ballad “Wasting Love’’, a moment of melancholy which can’t be found very often in their music.

4. POWERSLAVE(1984)

Maiden’s fifth studio album includes some truly outstanding songs, the best known being “Aces High’, a tune inspired by the heroism of British pilots in World War II, and “2 Minutes To Midnight’’, a very catchy and popular tune as well which deals with the everpresent threat of a nuclear disaster. There are also two complex and epic songs which make this album great:the title track, ”Powerslave”, and “Rime Of The Ancient Mariner’’, a 13-minute epic inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem with the same name, and some less known, but equally exciting tunes like "Flash of the Blade"; thanks to all of them "Powerslave" has became one of the many classic heavy metal albums from the 80s.

3. BRAVE NEW WORLD (2000)

The album which marked the return of charismatic front man Bruce Dickinson after a seven-year absence is a true masterpiece for me because it managed to have a modern sound and at the same time blend it with the traditional Maiden style to create an album which showed that the British rockers were not stuck in the glorious past, on the contrary, they were able to evolve. The highlights of this album are

the incredibly catchy “The Wicker Man’’, the science fiction-inspired tunes “Brave New World’’ and “Out of the Silent Planet’’ and the lengthy and progressive “Dream of Mirrors.’’

2. .PIECE OF MIND(1983)

Many people claim that Iron Maiden’s best decade was by far the eighties and after listening to the outstanding “Piece Of Mind’’ I can’t argue with them. The greatest song is undoubtedly “ The Trooper”, one of those essential Maiden anthems I could listen to many times without getting bored, followed closely by by “Revelations’’, a mid-tempo classic which sends shivers down my spine every time I listen to it, particularly in these hard times we all have to deal with, and of course I can’t forget the remarkable “Flight Of Icarus”, a track which really makes me dream of flying.

1. THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST(1982)

It’s considered one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all times and it’s one of those albums which made me love heavy metal when I discovered it. Besides straight-forward metal anthems like the title track and “Run To The Hills’’, the first album made with Bruce Dickinson contains what I consider to be the best heavy metal song of all the times, the brilliant “Hallowed Be Thy Name’’ ,an extremely dramatic masterpiece which combines unbelievable musicianship with philosophical lyrics describing the mental torments of a man convicted to death by hanging.