Iron Maiden - Sanctuary Lyrics






Out of winter came a warhorse of steel
I've never killed a woman before
But I know how it feels
I know you'd have gone insane
If you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for
Sanctuary from the law

I met up with a stranger last night
To keep me alive
He spends all his money on gambling
And guns to survive
I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for Sanctuary from the law

[CHORUS]
So give me Sanctuary from the law
And I'll be alright
Just give me Sanctuary from the law
And love me tonight...tonight

I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for Sanctuary from the law

[CHORUS]

I can laugh at the wind
I can howl at the rain
Down in the canyon or out on the plains

I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for Sanctuary from the law

[CHORUS]





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  1. m.... k....

    Sounds likeThe Clash with Glen Matlock on bass.

  2. C.... M....

    This song is not on the original debut album, only came out after. It's sad. But fisrt record for me is one of the best albums Maiden put out.

  3. R.... B....

    Best Iron Maiden song ever!!!

  4. B.... T....

    This is one of my favorite Maiden songs..............and you can't download it anymore?


    WTF?

  5. z.... ....

    Anyone know where I can get this song and the cover of Women In Uniform?

  6. P.... D....

    Temazooooo

  7. D.... G....

    This is a metal cumbia lol

  8. O.... ....

    I prefer metal muthas version

  9. T.... H....

    Why is this no longer on the album?

  10. P.... ....

    Quien copió a quien?
    Busquen wango tango de Ted Nugent, ambos casos del mismo año.

    P.... ....

    No suenan iguales.

  11. S.... C....

    THIS SONG IS SOOOOOO FUCKING AWESOMEEEEE 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  12. C.... P....

    They sure can write some really nice guitar solos and riffs... I can't even put a mediocre guitar solo together

  13. R.... C....

    This is My Shit!@$@!;;,, Do Not FUCK!! WITH IT ,,!!!!!!@

  14. L.... R....

    Im thinking of covering this!!!

  15. M.... U....

    no me gusta pero no lo odio like si opinas igual

  16. W.... N....

    Why isn’t on the release album? It’s a pretty solid track. Maybe because it didn’t fit with the rest of the album?

  17. I.... A....

    Paul the best

  18. T.... B....

    0:37 " I met up with this nigga last night to keep me alive"

  19. F.... E....

    CHARLOTTE THE HARLOT DO YOU LIKE YOUR JOB? CHARLOTTE THE HARLOT KEEP SLOBBING MY KNOB. CHARLOTTE THE HARLOT DON'T GIVE ME NO SASS. CHARLOTTE THE HARLOT I'LL TAKE YOU IN THE ASS. CHARLOTTE THE HARLOT DO YOU HEAR MY CALLS? CHARLOTTE THE HARLOT PLEASE PISS ON MY BALLS.

  20. l.... V....

    Que gran rola de mis favoritas grande maiden.

  21. N.... G....

    el mejor trabajo de iron maiden para mi

  22. a.... r....

    history of iron maiden part 1 brought me here

  23. C.... W....

    39 years ago today Iron Maiden debuted their music with a self titled debut album. Sanctuary was one of the singles.

  24. J.... ....

    It sound ebit like RAINBOW's man of the silver mountain

  25. J.... M....

    Punk rock?

  26. M.... B....

    Strange similarities with "In trance" (Scorpions-75)

  27. C.... L....

    Very very good !!!

  28. M.... D....

    Essa é uma das melhores, e saiu do Spotify

  29. G.... V....

    Steve harris killin' on the bass !

  30. B.... ....

    Is this considered arcade music?

  31. R.... M....

    PUNK THE IRONS! DIANNO FUCKING RULES!

  32. D.... K....

    Why isn't this song on spotify? Wtf man it's sooo good 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

    D.... K....

    David Klys it was, but when they added Maiden’s 2015 remasters, it got taken off (it was on the 1998 remaster)

    D.... K....

    Luca Mazenod Oh okay! Thanks man! 👍🏼

    D.... K....

    @Luca MazenodCould be wrong but maybe it's because Sanctuary originally wasn't on the Iron Maiden album

    D.... K....

    David Klys because Eddie killed Tatcher in the cover

  33. f.... ....

    fun fact:Bob Sawyer is the original writer of this song

  34. H.... S....

    R.I.P Sanctuary on spotify

    H.... S....

    I know like WTF???!!!!!

    H.... S....

    You can still find it on iTunes.

    H.... S....

    It wasn't on the original April 1980 version (which the remaster is based on) except in the US where is was released by Harvest records. I think the reason it wasn't on the EMI version was there was already a version of Sanctuary released on Metal for Muthas (also by EMI) a couple of months earlier and they didn't want to spoil the release of the single in May by over exposing the track to the UK and Europe market.

    H.... S....

    Spotify is very shit! software shit...

    H.... S....

    When I used Spotify back in 2017-2018 it was still there. Not sure what’s happening now...

  35. p.... l....

    fast n solid

  36. A.... M....

    Scorpions- robot man

  37. R.... B....

    baptise me with this on my going home day :-)
    :-D

  38. J.... S....

    Santuario para carlos del buceo bolso corazon

  39. m.... ....

    wrong pic for the video......

  40. M.... P....

    And the b side of the single was.....

  41. L.... B....

    Sanctuary =good
    Prowler = EXCELLENT
    I don't want anyone of you to get disturbed, but Killers is far far better than Iron Maiden, and not only, for the way they sound!

  42. M.... J....

    Esto es la ostia total

  43. M.... A....

    Somewhere in the world right now an overweight and crippled Paul Di Anno wondering what the hell happened in his life. 🙁

  44. A.... W....

    Thirty thumbs down huh this means you don't know real metal at all rock on iron maiden

  45. D.... ....

    California’s new anthem lol. But seriously, awesome song.

  46. C.... ....

    song was written by a band called Nitro. Smallwood bought rights to the song in ‘79 and it’s been credited to “Harris” ever since.

  47. R.... r....

    como suena el bajo steve

  48. D.... B....

    this was my song when on the lam for real, many times hahaha

  49. d.... a....

    Saludos desde Monte Grande, Argentina!

  50. P.... D....

    This is so much better than Dickinson's bombastic opera.

  51. E.... W....

    I've heard people call this song filler but this is one of the best songs on this album.

    E.... W....

    It wasn't on the album, just a standalone single. Maybe it was on a reissue or something?

    E.... W....

    @Lord Protector yes it is 1998 remastering, it is the second track between prowler and remember tomorrow! In origin in 1980 it was prowler than remember tomorrow!

    E.... W....

    @Leandro Barbarito My version of the remastering is also missing the call-out at the end of Phantom of the Opera :( I guess it didn't fit so well on CD.

    E.... W....

    @Chaos Corner I guess you're right!

  52. A.... A....

    буратино блеать

  53. D.... _....

    why do I get the urge to drive a garbage truck straight through the local police station when I listen to this song?

    D.... _....

    Some day, habibi

  54. Q.... S....

    fodastico!

  55. R.... r....

    esta cancion esta buena para conducir

  56. R.... S....

    this song is good for skate

  57. K.... I....

    would love to know why 22 people gave this video thumbs down. the riff is insane.

    K.... I....

    They never heard maiden, outside of BD. They prolly think it's a cover band.

  58. T.... ....

    I love this song.

  59. A.... D....

    Paul di Anno re alhtampoures!!!

  60. T.... ....

    I like Paul's singing more than Dickinson...

    T.... ....

    sta paparia mas :)

    T.... ....

    shrew972 akribws megale!

    T.... ....

    smol brain

  61. M.... D....

    this is punk. Diano left the band because the direction they were heading was too heavy metal for his liking

    M.... D....

    he was drinking a lot and had really bad stage fright, and didn't have a good relationship with Steve Harris and got the boot.

    M.... D....

    he left because of incredibly destructive behaviour with drugs and whatnot plus he also lacked stage charisma

    M.... D....

    Yep. Punk/metal. Maiden w/dianno

    M.... D....

    and your ignorance is bliss. Listen to Speed King by Deep Purple, go back to this, and then think a gain, you stupid child.

  62. p.... p....

    when music ROCK!

    p.... p....

    +qwe09864 0006442 Not as fucked as your profile name, all who don't like Assad in power can kiss ass, why ? Because he kicks Israel's lame mercenary ass ! (with Putin's help)

    p.... p....

    @Paul Arias lol

  63. C.... R....

    with Paul Diano Iron maiden was a pre-metal group.

  64. M.... S....

    this was only released on the remastered version of this album. they should have released it back in 1980. great song by the way.

    M.... S....

    @Ralph Jackson but hopefully I can find the single on vinyl.

    M.... S....

    Mehdi Saad it's weird they didn't because they paid Rob Angelo (Bob Sawyer) £300 quid for the rights to the song

    M.... S....

    Mehdi Saad That explains why it's not on ITunes...

    M.... S....

    This song is on the album I bought back around 1981, maybe it wasn't on the original UK release?

    M.... S....

    No, wasn't on the original Uk album release.

  65. K.... V....

    esta canción es de una edición especial o editada? :/ yo me crié con todos los cd's originales de maiden y el iron maiden de 1980 que yo tenía sólo traia 8 canciones esta no venía no se si seria un error de la copia y fue hace tiempo como para recordar que no decía el nombre de la canción en la etiqueta, igual de nada me perdí, suena muy punk...

  66. S.... ....

    I cant belive that this is'nt punk!?!?!?!?

    S.... ....

    Iron Maiden was Punk Rock mixed

  67. d.... ....

    incredible sound, live.

  68. N.... W....

    Original version's the best, especially siren sound insertion and then Paul's shout!!!

    N.... W....

    The original version was on Metal for Muthas which is also great.

  69. R.... K....

    Love Paul, so sorry fan boys, but not a hater, just have to admit Bruce sang this song better, MUCH better live than Paul did.

    R.... K....

    But I love how he sings the word "tonight"! lol

    R.... K....

    Not really, listen the "Maiden Japan" bootleg from 81, he plays with the crowd as the same way as Dickinson does, not to mention that Paul puts much more energy on his voice (Dickinson really not because is a song with a low frequency, so he sings much more lower that he really does regularly on another songs like "Flight of Icarus" where he screams like hell)

  70. c.... r....

    classic metal..great

  71. M.... M....

    ~ SANCTUARY ~
    Artist: IRON MAIDEN
    Video: https://youtu.be/nqkC-k3RoXE

    Out of winter came a warhorse of steel
    I've never killed a woman before
    But I know how it feels
    I know you'd have gone insane
    If you saw what I saw
    So now I've got to look for
    Sanctuary from the law

    I met up with a stranger last night
    To keep me alive
    He spends all his money on gambling
    And guns to survive
    I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
    So now I've got to look for Sanctuary from the law

    [CHORUS]
    So give me Sanctuary from the law
    And I'll be alright
    Just give me Sanctuary from the law
    And love me tonight...tonight

    I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
    So now I've got to look for Sanctuary from the law

    [CHORUS]

    I can laugh at the wind
    I can howl at the rain
    Down in the canyon or out on the plains

    I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
    So now I've got to look for Sanctuary from the law

    [CHORUS]

    ~aM CollectionZ~

  72. J.... ....

    I want to listen this song in Chile!! lml

  73. A.... B....

    this song give me tons of adrenaline while listening in car xD

  74. r.... i....

    maiden un ejemplo del metal loko

  75. L.... C....

    +Johnny Davies it isn't out of tune, because originally it wasn't part of the album, it was a single release that was separate from the album.

  76. m.... ....

    Out of winter came a warhorse of steel
    I've never killed a woman before
    But I know how it feels
    I know you'd have gone insane If you saw what I saw
    So now I've got to look for
    Sanctuary from the law
    I met up with a stranger last night
    To keep me alive
    He spends all his money on gambling
    And guns to survive
    I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
    So now I've got to look for
    Sanctuary from the law
    So give me Sanctuary from the law
    And I'll be alright
    Just give me Sanctuary from the law
    And love me tonight
    I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
    So now I've got to look for
    Sanctuary from the law
    I can laugh at the wind
    I can howl at the rain
    Down in the canyon or out on the plains
    I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
    So now I've got to look for
    Sanctuary from the law
    So give me Sanctuary from the law
    And I'll be alright
    Just give me Sanctuary from the law
    And love me tonight!!

  77. J.... B....

    This definitely sounds like punk.

    J.... B....

    @paul productions goths aren't new anything, goths arent even around pretty much, thank fuck

    J.... B....

    I would call this the love child of metal and punk

    J.... B....

    Not really...

    J.... B....

    unlike heavy metal, bass line does not follow the rhytm guitar line.

    J.... B....

    Sounds exactly like early The Clash, but bass is very Glen Matlock.

  78. M.... V....

    the time when Metal had no need of playing songs in drop B

    M.... V....

    lakai944 Bro if you wanna play in drop B do it, I like it as well in doom metal. But “wider range of frequencies” that’s just an excuse, 2 half steps don’t really mean a whole lot especially when you can already get the 2 lower chords without d tuning

    M.... V....

    Tomás Lolas Wettling

    If you're talking about Sabbath that would be in drop C # as Tony's fingers could only play the guitar with slacker strings, I think that sounds way H-E-A-V-I-E-R than the seven string guitar's because of the looser string tension.

    M.... V....

    Sanctuary is punk rock not metal, listen to it. The album as a whole was pretty much punk rock.

    M.... V....

    I play on standard because i like how it sounds

  79. 1.... ....

    Zajebiste i ponadczasowe. Maiden is king of world heavy metal.

  80. J.... D....

    For some reason, the original version of Sanctuary is too slow, as is the version here. It is supposed to be in D, concert pitch. As a guitarist, I can tell it's too slow because when I'm in tune with the rest of the debut album, Sanctuary is way out of tune. I might speed correct it and put a new version on here. It happens occasionally (see Light My Fire by the Doors, only just corrected other year)

  81. T.... ....

    Maiden were big Thin Lizzy fans. The riff almost sounds like it could be Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson or Gary Moore.

  82. V.... P....

    Up The Irons from Brazil!!!!!

  83. B.... D....

    i'm crazy or what ?
    this is twist !

  84. D.... S....

    Is like if we listen Punk. Incredible song.

    D.... S....

    You ain't hot

    D.... S....

    Forget it

  85. L.... C....

    Underrated song, plz, make it famous.

    L.... C....

    @Marco Palmeiro Not as much as it deserves.

    L.... C....

    @Luka Cvetkovic that's true, unfortunately...

    L.... C....

    Luka Cvetkovic Ikr

    L.... C....

    Luka Cvetkovic Eddie killer Tatcher 😂

  86. A.... A....

    uhmm i prefer Bruce Dickinson voices but Paul Dianno is good too 👍

  87. M.... ....

    Actually, this is one of the best iron Maidens songs EVER !!
    The chorus is fantastic..

    M.... ....

    MultiPhilip2 Listen "Robot Man" from Scorpions and see how much they influence Iron Maiden :D

  88. E.... O....

    the soundtrack our lives... rock n roll yeah

    E.... O....

    @Emiliano Ortega-Guerrero HEAVY METAL AWESOME

  89. l.... g....

    such brilliant drumming

    l.... g....

    +lord geoffrey Agreed. RIP Clive Burr

  90. J.... W....

    bad ass track and was a bonus track on the 1995 cd release as a bonus track of the debut album,, but now a famous maiden song. would love a metal sanctuary ;)

    J.... W....

    Uh friend, it was ALWAYS a famous Maiden song...learn your history.

  91. J.... W....

    bad ass track from really the most famous nwobhm band iron maiden. paul di anno was great for maiden proves it in this one song. would not mind a metal sanctuary ;). #nwobhmforever

    J.... W....

    Awesome !!! Up the Irons !!!  \m/

  92. Z.... A....

    Wow this song really makes me realize how much Deep Purple had an influence on metal back in the day, that riff just screams Burn!

    Z.... A....

    Zacharie Arsenault UFO as well

    Z.... A....

    LOL..........that song is Robot Man of Scorpions!!!

    Z.... A....

    I think this first album has a mix of influences, mainly Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple and UFO, then with Dianno, the mixed punk influence. Listen to ‘Burning Ambition’ and ‘Invasion’ (Songs that didn’t make it to this album) to hear the punk influence but also the more melodic ideas and influences I have mentioned. You can hear it quite well

    Z.... A....

    Silver Shade Doctor Doctor and Rock Bottom by UFO, Burn by Deep Purple

    Z.... A....

    Deep purple can be considered (proto) metal

  93. G.... P....

    The main riff is the same as the mob rules by sabbath that was released one year later...kickass songs both of them

    G.... P....

    @George Panis You might as well say it's also "Wango Tango".. "Fantasy" from Aldo Nova is essentially "Jane" from Starship.. It's not all intentional when you have only a dozen keys to choose from and 65 million songs out there.

  94. t.... ....

    scary bass runs! do not try at home!

  95. A.... A....

    awesome song, damn this brings back memories ;)