Iron Maiden - Fear Is The Key Lyrics






We live our lives in fever
In choking sweat of fear
In the heat of the night you can feel so much
In the heat of the night I scream "Don't touch"

[Chorus:]
I remember a time when we used and abused
And we fought all our battles in vain
I remember a time we thought that passion was free
In the heat of the night... bodies aflame

We live in fever...

I hear your secret heartbeat
I can hear your silent cries
The kids have lost their freedom
And nobody cares till somebody famous dies...

[Chorus:]

Now we live, in a world of uncertainty
Fear is the key - to what you want to be
You don't get a say the majority gets it's way
You're outnumbered by the bastards till the day you die...





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  1. J.... C....

    Vim pelo SimSimi

  2. H.... ....

    Solo is like ritchie blackmore in rainbow, especially gates of babylon and stargazer

  3. M.... C....

    I don't understand this song, until half song I hate it, before the half I very like it

  4. G.... A....

    'And nobody cares till somebody famous dies' Freddie Mercury?

    G.... A....

    Bruce and Freddie were good friends

    G.... A....

    BuckSlinger02 really ???

  5. S.... L....

    " nobody can make an epic son about AIDS!"
    lron Maiden : "hold my trooper"

  6. M.... N....

    bruce is the key 🔑

  7. W.... I....

    "Perfect Strangers" do Deep Purple?

    W.... I....

    Pois é, lembra um pouco msm

  8. M.... W....

    Que sugada do Purple!

  9. R.... M....

    PERFECT STRANGER

  10. f.... ....

    just having seen the Bohemian Rhapsody -movie, coming back to hear this brings a lil tear into my eye

  11. L.... P....

    Amazed at the freshness and genius this band brings to the table almost all the time.

  12. D.... D....

    This would be a classic short Iron Maiden song if were not for that pointless, dreary, minute from about 3:26 to about 4:26. I often wonder why IM suddenly changed their style to drag songs on with several needless key changes. It makes them boring and I often stop listening. Shame.

  13. g.... a....

    Excelente banda Boa música perfeita saudades desse tempo que não volta mais saudades

  14. J.... F....

    BAW-DEEZ-A-FLAY-AIM ... NAH -ICE

    J.... F....

    Slim Pickens Goodguy you gotta admit. .when Bruce got cancer...he just kept on trucking 😸

    J.... F....

    I admit it Gloria Naylor, it didn't phase him a bit. If anything, he's better for it.

    J.... F....

    Slim Pickens Goodguy that's so awesome 👽

  15. m.... ....

    absolutely masterpiece

  16. M.... P....

    3:25 so good soud

  17. j.... p....

    The first time I heard this song I thought it was Deep Purple.

    j.... p....

    juan perez me too ( j /k )

  18. B.... 6....

    Underappreciated song and album

    B.... 6....

    I think Fear of The Dark is really comparable to No Prayer For The Dying. OUTSTANDING BOTH ALBUMS!

  19. a.... ....

    THE WELL
    OF
    SOULS
    MUST STAY SEALED

  20. l.... m....

    a good jam .... I love it ...
    I played piece of mind today ... while driving ... and then I switched on this album .. .and then there was some car accidents aroung so traffic was slow and this SHIT playing just FIT IN perfectly !! thank you maiden !!!

  21. C.... S....

    I have reason to believe that this song was written during the time when the AIDS AND HIV epidemic was still on people's mind.

    C.... S....

    Chris Story it is about AIDS indeed, just search about this álbum on Wikipedia...

    C.... S....

    Correct aids virus

  22. T.... F....

    this is one of the best and worst songs all rolled up in one.party on bruce

  23. D.... ....

    this had the potential to be a great Iron Maiden song but the part where Bruce was singing "lies and lies" over and over again got annoying, I love Iron Maiden but this was never one of my favorites they've done.

    D.... ....

    It's not annoying for me and it's one of my favourite songs from Fear of The Dark

    D.... ....

    my favorite part actually

  24. M.... D....

    Riffão do caralho ...

  25. F.... B....

    Afraid to shoot straingers n fear is the key re mine favourite numbers of maiden

  26. P.... S....

    Sounds like Deep Purple

  27. T.... ....

    Definitely one of my favorites. So Powerful. \,,/

  28. T.... ....

    it's awesome how excessively political all of this album was and just how raw and angry it was whilst still playing into what made maiden so good: the mental aptitude it takes to fully comprehend, both musically and lyrically

    T.... ....

    Well aren't you _very_ self-congratulatory?

  29. 5.... ....

    Best moment 3:08-3:25

    5.... ....

    It's my ringtone currently :D

    5.... ....

    True. I wish the song around it would be better though. Such a great build up for something more epic but sadly rest of the song fails to deliver

    5.... ....

    This bit plays at the end of this video for fear of the dark and thus lead me to this video. I do agree this is the greatest bit of the song
    https://youtu.be/ZtO687uyKVw

  30. L.... R....

    Sounds like "Rainbow - Gates of Babylon".

    L.... R....

    definitely Rainbow vibes

    L.... R....

    Stargazer!

    L.... R....

    Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple

  31. t.... 1....

    Sounds like Deep Purple

    t.... 1....

    I don't think so.
    It's clearly a different style and sonority.

    t.... 1....

    tzrobert 1 Bruce Dickinson is an enhanced Ian Guillan.

    t.... 1....

    ian gillan bluesy blue sea

    t.... 1....

    Man, this reminds me somehow to Rainbow's Stargazer. Cheers!

    t.... 1....

    they are Deep Purple fans - listen to the sound of "The House of Blue Light" album and then listen to this album. Clear Deep Purple influence on all "Fear Of The Dark" , all and all, it 's just another great album made by the irons !

  32. S.... B....

    je l'adore celle-là, atmosphère inquiétante...

  33. g.... ....

    Ever notice how modern music just keeps getting more and more shitty?
    *And Maiden just keeps getting more and more epic and awesome???* :D

    *\m/*

    And how ahead of their time, prophetic and relevant are Iron Maiden's lyrics??!!

    "The kids have lost their freedom and nobody cares until somebody famous dies"

    How true is that??? Even more so than when they wrote this song.

    P.S. is it fucked up that *i wish i would see trees like that when i go in the woods???* ;D

    *UP THE IRONS FROM THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE*

    g.... ....

    +greymajickjedi I'd have to disagree with you. There are plenty awesome modern metal bands that are just underground.

    g.... ....

    +Admiral Bongo i actually don't think you *did* disagree with me, perhaps misread my comment.

    i said music keeps getting more shitty, not metal.
    While i do dislike almost all of the recent and current nu-so-called "metal", i am overall disgusted by the state of commercial music, movies, tv, politics, moronic pop culture in general.
    (and it seems to be steadily worsening)

    No one could ever deny the existence of awesome bands that flourish outside the mainstream.
    Maiden, Rush and motörhead are excellent examples of bands that have established loyal fanbases and influenced countless musicians despite being virtually ignored by corporate radio and video sources.

    But when the media brainwashing mechanism continually bombards the sleepwalking sheeple masses with the same mindless hip hop, pop, country, dance & cheesy college "rock", it's easy to feel like the mainstream is just a river of pure poisonous pollution that society is drowning in.

    Shining stars like Maiden, Sons Of Liberty, Otep, Nightwish, Stratovarius, etc. give us hope and make us feel free again.

    The point i was making in my comment (perhaps i didn't state it efficiently) was *GLORIOUS EPIC MUSIC* like this does make me joyous, blissfully encouraged and divinely reassured in metal being one of my favorite music genres, but it also by comparison makes all the other lame, banal, mediocre shit "normal" people listen to seem even more embarrassingly pathetic.

    \m/

    g.... ....

    +greymajickjedi Even though I agree.. Who the heck are sons of liberty??? xD

    g.... ....

    greymajickjedi Durango Colorado. They have these scary trees with faces on them😢

    g.... ....

    greymajickjedi No. I too wish Eddie is hiding in the shadows!

  34. Z.... A....

    its very good listen it again, thanks.

  35. J.... T....

    Ok! First one to coment!!! I love this track!!!