Can I Play With Madness? - Iron Maiden

Can I play with madness?

Give me the sense to wonder

To wonder if I'm free

Give me a sense of wonder

To know I can be me

Give me the strength to hold my head up

Spit back in their face

Don't need no key to unlock this door

Gonna break down the walls

Break out of this bad place

Can I play with madness?

The prophet stared at his crystal ball

Can I play with madness?

There's no vision there at all

Can I play with madness?

The prophet looked at me and laughed at me (ha ha) He said:

Can I play with madness?

He said you're blind, too blind to see

Said you're too blind to see

I screamed aloud to the old man

I said don't lie, don't say you don't know

I say you'll pay for this mischief

In this world or the next

Oh and then he fixed me with a freezing glance

And the hell fires raged in his eyes

He said you wanna know the truth son?

Lord, I'll tell you the truth

Your soul's gonna burn in a lake of fire

Listen to me, said the prophet

Can I play with madness?