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Maybe one day I'll be an honest man 00:42

Up 'til now I'm doing the best I can 00:50

Long roads, long days 00:57

Of sunrise to sunset, sunrise to sunset 01:04

Dream on, brothers, while you can 01:12

Dream on, sister, I hope you find the one 01:19

All of our lives 01:27

Covered up quickly by the tides of time 01:30

Spend your days full of emptiness 01:41

Spend your years full of loneliness 01:47

Wasting love, in a desperate caress 01:54

Rolling shadows of night 02:01

02:09

Dream on, brothers, while you can 02:20

Dream on, sisters, I hope you find the one 02:27

All of our lives 02:34

Covered up quickly by the tides of time 02:37

02:44

Sands are flowing 02:48

And the lines are in your hand 02:50

In your eyes I see the hunger 02:53

And the desperate cry that tears the night 02:57

Spend your days full of emptiness 03:01

Spend your years full of loneliness 03:08

Wasting love, in a desperate caress 03:14

Rolling shadows of night 03:21

03:29

Spend your days full of emptiness 04:44

Spend your years full of loneliness 04:50

Wasting love, in a desperate caress 04:57

Rolling shadows of night 05:03

Spend your days full of emptiness 05:10

Spend your years full of loneliness 05:16

Wasting love, in a desperate caress 05:22

Rolling shadows of night 05:28

05:36

Wasting Love – English Lyrics

Iron Maiden

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Fear of the Dark

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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Maybe one day I'll be an honest man

Up 'til now I'm doing the best I can

Long roads, long days

Of sunrise to sunset, sunrise to sunset

Dream on, brothers, while you can

Dream on, sister, I hope you find the one

All of our lives

Covered up quickly by the tides of time

Spend your days full of emptiness

Spend your years full of loneliness

Wasting love, in a desperate caress

Rolling shadows of night

...

Dream on, brothers, while you can

Dream on, sisters, I hope you find the one

All of our lives

Covered up quickly by the tides of time

...

Sands are flowing

And the lines are in your hand

In your eyes I see the hunger

And the desperate cry that tears the night

Spend your days full of emptiness

Spend your years full of loneliness

Wasting love, in a desperate caress

Rolling shadows of night

...

Spend your days full of emptiness

Spend your years full of loneliness

Wasting love, in a desperate caress

Rolling shadows of night

Spend your days full of emptiness

Spend your years full of loneliness

Wasting love, in a desperate caress

Rolling shadows of night

...

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary	Meanings
honest /ˈɒn.ɪst/ or /ˈɑː.nɪst/ B1	adjective - truthful and sincere
roads /roʊdz/ A2	noun - routes for vehicles or people to travel
sunrise /ˈsʌn.raɪz/ B1	noun - the time when the sun appears in the morning
sunset /ˈsʌn.set/ B1	noun - the time in the evening when the sun goes down
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to imagine or think about something that is not real or present
empty /ˈɛmˌti/ A2	adjective - containing nothing; not filled
loneliness /ˈloʊn.li.nəs/ B2	noun - the state of being alone and feeling sad about it
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone or something
shadow /ˈʃæd.oʊ/ B2	noun - a dark shape made by blocking light
night /naɪt/ A2	noun - the period of darkness in each twenty-four hours

Vocabulary

Meanings

honest

/ˈɒn.ɪst/ or /ˈɑː.nɪst/

adjective
- truthful and sincere

roads

/roʊdz/

noun
- routes for vehicles or people to travel

sunrise

/ˈsʌn.raɪz/

noun
- the time when the sun appears in the morning

sunset

/ˈsʌn.set/

noun
- the time in the evening when the sun goes down

dream

/driːm/

noun
- a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep

verb
- to imagine or think about something that is not real or present

empty

/ˈɛmˌti/

adjective
- containing nothing; not filled

loneliness

/ˈloʊn.li.nəs/

noun
- the state of being alone and feeling sad about it

love

/lʌv/

noun
- a strong feeling of affection

verb
- to feel deep affection for someone or something

shadow

/ˈʃæd.oʊ/

noun
- a dark shape made by blocking light

night

/naɪt/

noun
- the period of darkness in each twenty-four hours

Key Grammar Structures

Maybe one day I'll be an honest man

➔ Future Simple with 'will'

➔ 'will' is used to express a future intention or prediction.
Of sunrise to sunset, sunrise to sunset

➔ Prepositional phrase indicating a time span

➔ The phrase specifies a continuous duration from sunrise to sunset.
Spend your days full of emptiness

➔ Imperative verb with possessive pronoun

➔ The verb 'spend' is used here in a base form, instructing or describing an action.
All of our lives Covered up quickly by the tides of time

➔ Passive voice formation

➔ The phrase uses the passive voice to indicate that the lives are being affected by time.
Sands are flowing

➔ Present continuous tense

➔ 'are flowing' shows an ongoing action happening right now.
And the lines are in your hand

➔ Present tense of 'to be' in a descriptive sentence

➔ It states the current situation or condition.