{"id":18126,"date":"2013-03-29T22:57:33","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T02:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=18126"},"modified":"2013-03-29T22:57:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T02:57:33","slug":"to-tame-a-land-lyrics-iron-maiden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=18126","title":{"rendered":"To Tame A Land Lyrics - Iron Maiden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so since I regained connectivity, I've been buying a ton of music.... including Iron Maiden's \"Number Of The Piece\" and \"Piece Of Mind\".<\/p>\n<p>The music and vocals are fucking amazing. I never realized that Maiden was so <i>proggy<\/i>, when I was 14. At the time. I thought they were just. I dunno, fancier than Priest and (evnentually) not as caffeinated as Metallica. But, wow. And, damn, so good at the technical stuff. whew. <\/p>\n<p>But, then I started listening to lyrics.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nHe is the king of all the land<br \/>\nIn the kingdom of the sands<br \/>\nOf a time tomorrow<\/p>\n<p>He rules the sandworms and the Fremen<br \/>\nIn a land amongst the stars<br \/>\nOf an age tomorrow<\/p>\n<p>He is destined to be a king<br \/>\nHe rules over everything<br \/>\nOn the land called planet Dune<\/p>\n<p>Bodywater is your life<br \/>\nAnd without it you would die<br \/>\nOn the desert the planet Dune<\/p>\n<p>Without the stillsuit you would fry<br \/>\nOn the sands so hot and dry<br \/>\nIn a world called Arrakis<\/p>\n<p>It is a land that's rich in Spice<br \/>\nThe sandriders and the 'mice'<br \/>\nThat they call the Muad' Dib<\/p>\n<p>He is the Kwizatz Haderach<br \/>\nHe is born of Caladan<br \/>\nAnd will take the Gom Jabbar <\/p>\n<p>yada yada j'bar\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I can't even pull a line to highlight, because the next one is just as bad. And fuck if I can remember how all those syllables fit the music now that I'm listening to the Minutemen. It was awkward. Props to Bruce Dickinson for making it sound awesome, though. <\/p>\n<p>Oh. Well.<\/p>\n<p>I guess musical skill and verbal skills are separate. And I'd be grateful for more of either. Can I Haz Oyster Miracles?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so since I regained connectivity, I've been buying a ton of music.... including Iron Maiden's \"Number Of The Piece\" and \"Piece Of Mind\". The music and vocals are fucking amazing. I never realized that Maiden was so proggy, when I was 14. At the time. I thought they were just. I dunno, fancier than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}