I don't know how many kinds of heavy metal you can think of, but i can think, oh i don't know, death metal, goth metal, black metal, speed metal, thrash metal, nu metal, calssic metal, trap metal, i don't know, scrap metal, i don't know. well there's million of fucking different kinds of classifications of heavy metal. so ah, iron maiden eh? what do you reckon? what kind of heavy metal is iron maiden? i'll tell you what we are. i'll tell you what kind of music this is that we play. i'll tell you what kind of box to put iron maiden in. are we nu? are you classic? are we scrap? are we speed? i'll tell you what - we are iron fucking maiden and that's it, motherfuckers.
and the reason - the reason that we are here, on this stage, tonight, and maybe in november when we come back to do some more gigs for you, with the album and everything, and all that shit, right? the reason that we are here, is not because we're fucking clever. the reason that we are here is because you put us on this fucking stage and without you - we are nothing.
so this is a song, for everybody here tonight. for everybody that has the freedom to think for themselves.
do you know that i was talking to mtv earlier today? mtv have discovered iron maiden! oh, thank god! do we give a shit? (no) right.
for the independence of thought! to ignore pop music! to ignore fashion! to ignore bullshit! to ignore the press! to think for yourselves, to listen to the music in your hearts and your minds!
this is a song about that kind of shit. this is a song about freedom!
it takes place a long time ago, in scotland. they were the bad guys. they were the english, but hey shit, we can't be perfect all the time, you know?
a guy called william wallace, braveheart. the freedom to belong, to be the clansman.
Wake alone in the hills
with the wind in your face
it feels good to be proud
and be free and a race
that is part of a clan
and to live on highlands
and the air that you breathe
so pure and so clean
When alone on the hills
with the wind in your hair
with a longing to feel ..
just to be free
Is it right to believe
in the need to be free
it's a time when you die
and without asking why
can't you see what they do
they are grinding us down
they are taking our land
that belongs to the clans
Not alone with a dream
just want to be free
with a need to belong
i am a clansman .....freedom
It's a time wrought with fear
it's a land wrought with change

Ancestors could hear
what is happening now
they would turn in their graves
they would all be ashamed
that the land of the free
has been written in chains
and i know what i want
When the timing is right
then i'll take what is mine
i am the clansman
And i swear to defend
and we'll fight to the end
and i swear that i'll never
be taken alive
and i know that we'll stand
and we'll fight for our land
and i swear that my bairns will be born free
And i know what i want
when the timing is right
then i'll take what i want
i am the clansman .....freedom
and i know what i want when the timing is right
then i'll take what is mine i am the clansman
No, no we can't let them take anymore
no we can't let them take anymore
we've the land of the free
freedom
Is it right to believe
in the need to be free
it's a time when you die
and without asking why
Can't you see what they do
they are grinding us down
they are taking our land
that belongs to the clans
Not alone with a dream
just want to be free
with a need to belong
i am a clansman
And i know what i want
when the timing is right
then i'll take what is mine
i am the clansman ?..freedom