Fortunes of War - Iron Maiden

After the war and now that they’ve sent us homeward

I can’t help but feel that I’m on my own

No one can see just what this conflict has done to The minds of the men who are on their way home

I’m scarred for life but it’s not my flesh that’s wounded

So how can I face the torment alone

The vivid scenes and all the recurring nightmares

I lay there and sweat until it gets light

People say don’t worry, say that time’s a perfect healer

That the nightmares they will come to pass

Can’t hear what they’re saying, I am living in my own world

And I’m feeling trance-like all the time

I hear voices in my head, could I really be going crazy

In the night the visions seem so real

Do you care if you live or die, when you laugh are you really crying

You’re not sure what’s real anymore

Fortunes of war, fortunes of war

Fortunes of war, no pain anymore

Fortunes of war, fortunes of war

Fortunes of war, no pain anymore

Fortunes of war

(5:01-Solo: Janick Gers)

(5:23-Solo: Dave Murray)

Fortunes of war, fortunes of war

Fortunes of war, no pain anymore

Fortunes of war

Fortunes of war, fortunes of war