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The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

Woe to you... (Oh) earth and sea
For the Devil sends the (1)__________ (2)________ wrath
Because he knows the time is short...
Let him who (3)________ understanding reckon
The (4)____________ of the beast for it is a (5)__________ number
It's (6)____________ is six hundred and sixty six

I left alone, my mind was blank
I needed (7)________ to think
To get the memories from my mind
What did I see, can I believe?
That what I saw that night was real
And not just fantasy
Just what I saw
In my old dreams
Were they reflections
Of my warped mind staring back at me
'Cause in my dreams
It's (8)____________ there
The (9)________ (10)________ (11)________ twists my mind
And brings me to despair
Yeah!!!

The night was black, was no use holding back
'Cause I just had to see
Was someone watching me
In the mist, dark figures (12)________ and twist
Was all this for real, or (13)________ some kind of hell
Six, six, six the number of the beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released

Torches blazed and sacred chants (14)________ praised
As they (15)__________ to cry, (16)__________ held to the sky
In the night, the fires burning bright
The ritual has begun, Satan's (17)________ is done
Six, six, six the (18)____________ of the beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight

This can't go on, I must (19)____________ the law
Can this still be real or (20)________ some crazy dream
But I (21)________ drawn towards the evil chanting hordes
They seem to mesmerize
Can't avoid (22)__________ eyes
Six, six, six the (23)____________ of the beast
Six, six, six the one for you and me

I'm coming back, I (24)________ return
And I'll (25)______________ your body and I'll make you burn
I have the fire, I have the force
I have the power to make my evil take its course

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