Four times fifty living men Then... crew one by one ", She wins the mariner and he belongs to her now, And revenge still is sought, penance starts again, And the ship it sinks like lead into the sea, And the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins, And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser man, And the tale goes on and on and on and on and on. Onward she nears, out of the sun And revenge still is sought, penance starts again The curse it lives on in their eyes With heavy thump, a lifeless lump About his neck, the dead bird is hung Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale This was eventually dethroned by Empire Of The Clouds from 2015’s The Book of Souls, which clocked in at 18 minutes. See his eye as he stops one of three A highlight of the World Slavery Tour’s setlist, “Rime” returned in the Somewhere Back In Time Tour in 2007-09, with Bruce Dickinson (who described the track as “the closest thing you can get to an Iron Maiden symphony movement”) roaming the stage in a black robe. And the music plays on, as the bride passes by, Sailing on and on and north across the sea, His shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner, "There," calls the mariner, "There comes a ship o’er the line, But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide? [Guitar Solo] "There," calls the mariner, "There comes a ship o’er the line Then down in falls comes the rain Penance of life will fall onto him A musical version of the 1798 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The mariner kills the bird of good omen For 31 years, it was the longest Maiden song ever produced in the studio, clocking in at 13:45. Sinks down like lead into the sea And the thirst goes on and on for them and me And cursed me with his eye None of them speak and they're lifeless in their eyes And the music plays on, as the bride passes by But they lived on, so did he Through the snow fog flies on the albatross Hear the groans of the long dead seamen Each turned his face with a ghastly pang Hailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings But when the fog clears, they justify him His shipmates cry against what he's done She lets him live, her chosen one Sailing on and on and north across the sea She has no life, wait but there's two About “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” A musical version of the 1798 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. To a place where nobody's been His shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner And by the light of the moon Death and she life in death Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on That we must love all things that God made See... onward she comes Then the spell starts to break Driven south to the land of the snow and ice They drop down dead, two hundred men Along with the sea creatures She... she, life in death A terrible curse, a thirst has begun And make themselves a part of the crime And the ship sails on, back to the north The albatross begins with its vengeance And the ship it sinks like lead into the sea To tell this tale wherever he goes The pilot's boat, his son and the hermit The albatross falls from his neck Now the curse is finally lifted "One after one by the star dogged moon They throw their dice for the crew Bodies lifted by good spirits Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink" See, she has no crew To teach God's word by his own example We stuck nor breath nor motion The mariner he wished he'd die She wins the mariner and he belongs to her now "Day after day, day after day For 31 years, it was the longest Maiden song ever produced in the studio, clocking in at 13:45. The mariner's bound to tell of his story And the tale goes on and on and on and on and on. Sailing on and on and north 'til all is calm Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on the 1798 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Water, water everywhere and all the boards did shrink And the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean Hear the rime of the ancient mariner With heart he blesses them And the mariner sights his home Form their own light and the mariner's left alone Mesmerises one of the wedding guests God's creatures all of them too And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser man And then a boat came sailing towards him (And I heard nor sigh nor groan) A highlight of the World Slavery Tour’s setlist, The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner [Live After Death] by Iron Maiden. See them stir and they start to rise And the curse goes on and on and on and on and on at sea They dropped down one by one." But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide?" It was a joy he could not believe Spirits go from the long dead bodies Too quick for groan or sigh He prays for their beauty not doom