Iron Maiden - Virus (with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/9zofmtt_8oQ
JazzMan
Apr 26, 2008
Iron Maiden - Virus (with lyrics)
"Virus" is a single off the Best of the Beast compilation (year 1996), where it was the only new and previously unreleased song. It has two versions: the longer one (which is this one) and the shorter one, with the slower intro part edited out. Blaze Bayley sings it, and does a great job in my opinion. Here are the lyrics:
"Virus"
There's an evil virus that's threatening mankind
Not state of the art, a serious state of the mind
The muggers, the back-stabbers, the two faced elite
A menace to society, a social disease
Rape of the mind is a social disorder
The cynics, the apathy one-upmanship order
Watching beginnings of social decay
Gloating or sneering at life's disarray
Eating away at your own self esteem
Pouncing on every word that you might be saying
Rape of the mind is a social disorder
The cynics, the apathy one-upmanship order
Superficially smiling a shake of the hand
As soon as the back is turned treachery is planned
Rape of the mind is a social disorder
The cynics, the apathy one-upmanship order
Watching beginnings of social decay
Gloating or sneering...at life's disarray
When every good thing's laid to waste
By all the jealousy and hate
By all the acid wit and rapier lies
And every time you think you're safe
And when you go to turn away
You know they're sharpening all their paper knives
All in your mind
All in your head
Try to relate it
All in your mind
All in your head
Try to escape it
Without a conscience they destroy
And that's thing that they enjoy
They're a sickness that's in all our minds
They want to sink the ship and leave
The way they laugh at you and me
You know it happens all the time
All in your mind
All in your head
Try to relate it
All in your mind
All in your head
Try to escape it
The rats in the cellar you know who you are
Or do you?
Watching beginnings of social decay
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