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When The Wild Wind Blows by Iron Maiden

Have you heard what they said on the news today
Have you heard what is coming to us all
That the world as we know it
Will be coming to an end
Have you heard?
Have you heard?

He sees them in the distance
Where the darkened clouds roll
He can feel tension in the atmosphere
He would look in the mirror
See an old man now
Does it matter they survive somehow
They said there's nothing
Can be done about the situation
They say there's nothing we can do at all
To sit and wait around for something to occur
Did you know?
Did you know?

As he stares across the garden
Looking at the mea dows
Wonders if they'll ever grow again
The desperation of the situation getting graver
Getting ready when the wild wind blows...

Have you seen what they said on the news today
Have you heard what they said about us all
Do you know what is happening
To just everyone of us...
Have you heard?
Have you heard?
There will be a catastrophe that like we've never seen
There will be something that will light the sky
That the world as we know it
It will never be the same
Did you know?
Did you know?

He carries everything into the shelter not a fuss
Getting ready when the moment comes
He has enough supplies to last them for a year or two
Good to have because you never know
They tell us nothing that we don't already know about
They tell us nothing that is real at all
They only fill us with the stuff that they want
Did you know?
Did you know?

He's nearly finished with the preparations for the day
He's getting tired that'll do for now
They are preparing for the very worst to come to them
Getting ready when the wild wind blows

He sees the picture on the wall it's falling down
Upside down

He sees a teardrop from his wife roll down her face
Saying grace

Remember time they had
They flash right through his mind
Left behind

Of a lifetime spent together long ago
Will be gone

They've been preparing for some weeks now
For when the crucial moment comes
To take their refuge in the shelter
Let them prepare for what will come

They make a tea and sit there waiting
They're in the shelter feeling snug
Not long to wait for absolution
Don't make a fuss just sit and wait

Can't believe all the lying
All the screens are denying
That the moments of truth have begun

Can't you see it on the T.V.
Don't believe them in the least bit
Now the days of our ending have begun

Say a prayer when it's all over
Survivors unite all as one
Got to try and help each other
Got the will to overcome
I can't believe all the lying
All the screens are denying
That the moments of truth have begun

Can't you see it on the T.V.
Don't believe them in the least bit
Now the days of our ending have begun

When they found them
Had their arms wrapped around each other
Their tins of poison laying nearby their clothes
The day they both mistook an earthquake
For the fall out
Just another when the wild wind blows