Iron Maiden - The Trooper (The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter)

Iron Maiden - The Trooper - The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter - Filmed in San Salvador, El Salvador Taken from The Book of Souls: Live Chapter, a live album and video by Iron Maiden, recorded throughout their 2016–2017 The Book of Souls World Tour and released in 2017. The Trooper is originally taken from Iron Maiden's 4th studio album Piece Of Mind released in 1983, which featured the singles "Flight of Icarus" & "The Trooper". Listen to Piece of Mind: https://IronMaiden.lnk.to/PieceofMind... Listen to The Book of Souls: Live Chapter: https://IronMaiden.lnk.to/BookofSouls... Subscribe to the Iron Maiden channel: https://IronMaiden.lnk.to/YTsubscribe FOLLOW IRON MAIDEN: Official Site: http://ironmaiden.com Instagram:   / ironmaiden   Facebook:   / ironmaiden   TikTok:   / ironmaiden   Written by Harris Lyrics You'll take my life but I'll take yours too You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand there's no turning back The bugle sounds, the charge begins But on this battlefield no one wins The smell of acrid smoke and horse's breath As I plunge on into certain death Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh The horse he sweats with fear we break to run The mighty roar of the Russian guns And as we race towards the human wall The screams of pain as my comrades fall We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground And the Russians fire another round We get so near yet so far away We won't live to fight another day Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh We get so close, near enough to fight When a Russian gets me in his sights He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow A burst of rounds takes my horse below And as I lay there gazing at the sky My body's numb and my throat is dry And as I lay forgotten and alone Without a tear I draw my parting groan Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ABOUT IRON MAIDEN: Iron Maiden are an institution. Over the course of six decades they have come to embody a spirit of fearless creative independence, ferocious dedication to their fans, and a cheerful indifference to their critics that’s won them a following that spans every culture, generation, and time-zone. A story of gritty determination and courageous defiance of the naysayers, theirs has been an adventure like no other. The band’s immense discography includes the studio albums ‘The Number Of The Beast’, ‘Piece Of Mind’, ‘Powerslave, ‘Somewhere In Time’, ‘Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son’, ‘Fear Of The Dark’, ‘The Final Frontier’ and ‘The Book Of Souls’ which have spawned many classic hits as ‘The Trooper’, ‘Wasted Years’, ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’, ‘Wasting Love’, ‘Run To The Hills’, ‘Aces High’, ‘Rime Of The Ancient Mariner’ and ‘2 Minutes to Midnight’. #IronMaiden #TheTrooper #PieceOfMind #TheBookOfSoulsLiveChapter #IronMaidenLive