Iron Maiden - Age Of Innocence Lyrics






I can't be compromising in my thoughts no more
I can't prevent the times my anger fills my heart
I can't be sympathizing with a new lost cause
I feel I've lost my patience with the world and all

And all the politicians and their hollow promises
And all the lies, deceit and shame that goes with it
The working man pays everything for their mistakes
And with his life too if there was to be a war

[Chorus:]
So we can only get one chance, can we take it?
And we only got one life, can't exchange it
Can we hold on to what we have, don't replace it
The age of innocence is fading like an old dream

A life of petty crime gets punished with a holiday
The victims' mind are scarred for life most everyday
Assailants know just how much further they can go
They know the laws are soft, conviction chances low

[Repeat chorus]

You can't protect yourselves even in your own home
For fear of vigilante cries, the victims wipe their eyes
So now the criminal they launch right in our face
Judical system lets them do it, a disgrace

Despondent public worries, where it will all end?
We can't protect ourselves, our kids from the crime trend
We cannot even warn each other of evil in our midst
They have more rights than us, you cannot call that just

[Repeat chorus]





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  1. A.... 5....

    The lyrics are a bit boomerish. Dont know what they're referring to by the age of innocence. Crime had actually decreased in 2003 since when they were young

  2. P.... A....

    Anyone who wrote it is a nonce

  3. M.... D....

    Song is about situation in Russia(((

  4. R.... M....

    2003. Just got out of basic when this was released. It was a nice, fresh breath of air and freedom....

  5. V.... L....

    This song is about Brazil!

  6. R.... L....

    Stickman football 08

  7. K.... H....

    I know Iron Maiden fans will argue with me, but this album is their ultimate masterpiece.

    K.... H....

    Keith Holm im with you

  8. A.... Z....

    Set as best song ever discover

  9. s.... w....

    Gorgeous music.....the lyrics ?? OUTSTANDING...a living proof of the social decay, the degradation of society itself....INNOCENSE is just an illusion...not even children owns true innocense today.....Iron Maiden always tells the truth in their own poetic and brutal way

  10. f.... ....

    I can't be compromising in my thoughts no more
    I can't prevent the times my anger fills my heart
    I can't be sympathizing with a new FART

    When Davey is on the guitar there is no innocence there.

  11. p.... ....

    In England. A 70+ year old man has just had to sell his home and move because of protests after he, EXCELLENTLY, killed a home invader.

    Britain is finished. Between immigration and moral and social decay, it's over. Our grand-fathers died, as did their fathers and generations upon generations of men died in fields across Europe for nothing, just to give our country to arabs, africans and degenerates.

  12. g.... ....

    The only inaccuracy in the lyrics is when Bruce says, "A life of petty crime is punished with a holiday"

    Now even the worst crimes go unpunished. Grooming gangs rape little girls and the parents go to jail for complaining.

  13. C.... C....

    Hermosa canción, buenos recuerdos, grande Maiden.

  14. A.... M....

    I wasn’t that crazy about DOD when it first came out but it really grew on me. This is one of many amazing songs on perhaps their most underrated record. Incredible band! Best metal band ever!

  15. S.... F....

    The intro reminds me to the X Factor

  16. K.... J....

    Great song, great album...flew to London for this tour...Earls Court!

  17. A.... S....

    Incredibly underrated

  18. P.... G....

    Atipica x gli Iron

  19. J.... J....

    this is so serious

  20. N.... A....

    what matter this awesome band day by day like I lestening of it first time,I don't love any one except iron maiden n MJ

  21. s.... w....

    INNOCENCE, A VERY PRECIOUS THING....Unfortunately as you get older, the ability to see all the lies, deceit, and the hollow promises for what they really are.....no matter what blows you have to face, be honest and true to yourself.....

  22. a.... ....

    I'm a fan of Dave Murray's songs. They mostly seem to be unpopular and are rarely played live.

    Age of Innocence, Charlotte the Harlot, Twilight Zone, Total Eclipse, Still Life, Deja Vu, The Prophecy, Public Enema Number One, Chains of Misery, Judas Be My Guide, Lightning Strikes Twice, When Two Worlds Collide, Brave New World, The Nomad, The Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Rainmaker, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg, The Man Who Would Be King, The Man of Sorrows and Sanctuary.

    a.... ....

    atthegatesofurizen at least two of his songs is in my top 10 of all their incredible music, and I really think he should take a larger part of composing, all of his songs turns out to be Golden Gems or even masterpieces......

    a.... ....

    Rainmaker and The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg are the best compositions of Dave by far. 🤘🤘

    a.... ....

    Deja Vu is his best song

    a.... ....

    Many of the bests for sure!!!

    a.... ....

    Cannot agree more! My top songs from this list of songs you picked up are (the order doesn't matter, all of them are equally good!): Rainmaker, The Nomad, Brave New World, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg, Age of Innocence, Still Life, Deja Vu, The Prophecy, Public Enema Number One, Judas Be My Guide! Murray should really compose more!

  23. J.... F....

    Adoro essa música.
    A letra é demais!!

  24. B.... B....

    Great album, terrible cover

  25. E.... M....

    Polopolnno

  26. s.... m....

    This is Maiden's Muslim invader song.

  27. l.... ....

    Chorus is fuckin' masterpiece!

  28. s.... k....

    That intro sounds like a Megadeth song.....

    s.... k....

    somesh kadam I think u meant megadeth's songs sound like iron maiden...

    s.... k....

    @Luca Gentile Na lol.

  29. L.... A....

    up the irons

  30. I.... R....

    iron maiden is life metal is life true metal gods

  31. L.... H....

    Very very similar to Man of Sorrows from the new album.

    L.... H....

    where are the similar parts?

    L.... H....

    @alvaro andres allende matus the backing riffs . Gates of tomorrow sounds alot like The great unknown at some points too

  32. L.... ....

    this song is so true and reflects on what's happening in our society today.... up the irons

  33. V.... M....

    probably my favorite song of IM with" powerslave"

  34. T.... L....

    Probably my favorite Maiden album.

    T.... L....

    Lunatic4Bizcas they fked up the album cover a little bit

    T.... L....

    Αρης Μακρης it's because the artist didn't have time to finish it before the band needed it so Iron Maiden settled with the unfinished cover and the artist requested to have is name taken off the album

    T.... L....

    This is the perfect example for "don't judge a book by its cover", or in this case, album.

    T.... L....

    The Album Cover is just as i wanted it. This entire album and the REUNION albums were all lyrically written by me -
    Signed - WOODY
    The band will let it be known perhaps when they return from their current tour. The Reunion albums from 1999 - FEB 2018 are what I wrote for the albums.
    Kinda hard to believe but they are IRON MAIDEN and they stick up for the fans. They liked what I was doing so they gained permission to RECORD. Money was not talked about, but using Dickinson copyright was mentioned and I accepted. Thereby BRUCEY is sitting back earning a cool $5 Million off WTF I DID !!! Yeah slight tendency to get pissed off.....
    Not certain what's on the next album, Bruce told me 3 songs but that was it.....

    T.... L....

    Αρης Μακρης they fucked it up a FUCK ton.

  35. F.... S....

    A letra é uma bosta, mas achei a música fantástica

    F.... S....

    pq a letra é uma bosta?

    F.... S....

    Achei mto superficial em relaçao as outras, direta demais, nao é o estilo maiden, apesar de falar sobre coisas reais nao to acostumado a ver esse estilo no iron.

  36. I.... M....

    4:12 - 4:24. This sounds so misplaced. But overall this song is phenomenal

    I.... M....

    Iron Maniac conservative dude 😄

  37. C.... C....

    So true:

    "And all the politicians and their hollow promises
    And all the lies, deceit and shame that goes with it
    The working man pays everything for their mistakes
    And with his life too if there was to be a war"

    C.... C....

    Yeah that's kinda deep, not sure where I went for those words... ((\,,/)) ((\,,/))
    Signed - WOODY

    C.... C....

    Yes à spécial dedication To french yellow vest. Yeah uptheIrons

    C.... C....

    Democrats hate this verse hahaha

    C.... C....

    @Pedro Victor yea becuse republicans are so perfect and do nothing wrong /s

  38. d.... v....

    The version of nicko mcbrain is better :D

  39. C.... D....

    Is it just me, or do the lyrics read like a Daily Mail article?

    C.... D....

    not just you

  40. g.... k....

    From "Dance Of Death" (2003) 

    g.... k....

    Tρελλα απλα.

  41. I.... ....

    When this song kicks in, does anyone else think "New James Bond theme tune!!!" or is it just me :P

    I.... ....

    It does have that jame bonds sound to it..

    I.... ....

    +IronHarper Me too!!

    I.... ....

    Better than the newest one eh lol

    I.... ....

    Your bang on what's the matter with using this band for a bond theme, they'd smash it out of the park

  42. M.... ....

    A life of petty crime gets punished with some hollandaise

    M.... ....

    le correcteur automatique ? xD

  43. A.... S....

    The lyrics as a whole sum up this world and all of it's fucked up issues in a nutshell. Brilliant.

    A.... S....

    Anon Shadow yup. This and face in the sand sum up how fucked up the whole world is. Killer song writing.

    A.... S....

    Thanks to BRUCE and his band of misfits bringing this song to life !!!!!

  44. m.... r....

    So true.

    m.... r....

    When Superpowers disates to collapse against each other we are fucked

  45. 6.... L....

    BETTER THAN SEX

    6.... L....

    @naruto uzumaki  nice point

    6.... L....

    Or maybe he hasn't tried and assumes sex isn't as good for whatever reason

    6.... L....

    No sex is the best

    6.... L....

    MisterBubbles420 fuckboy

  46. S.... B....

    Just cnt beat it iron maiden are amazin

  47. A.... S....

    One of my very favorite maiden intros, and that's saying something, considering it's maiden ! :D

    A.... S....

    Listen to face in the sand... Oh wait you're Anakin... Nevermind.

  48. J.... A....

    esta re bueno iron maiden 

  49. A.... B....

    perfect music simulation of everyday happenings in the world. Iron Maiden is the 8th wonder of the world!!!

    A.... B....

    Aditya Bhat exactly my opinion...............

  50. M.... M....

    When i type Age of Innocence i want iron maiden to pop up not a movie .

  51. G.... B....

    I only have Nicko version in my computer, so I tought it was the original one :v

  52. e.... ....

    the age of innocence is fading like an old cream ._.

    e.... ....

    eddwarriior old dream***

    e.... ....

    Lucas Fernandes r/whoooosh

  53. D.... ....

    I WAS LIED TO...Thanks for the info though!

  54. D.... G....

    They're all good. Blaze bayley era is one of their best eras. Dark and melodic

  55. E.... E....

    the song you're talking about is "Face in The Sand", not this one...

  56. R.... V....

    Sadly no.

  57. N.... K....

    You guys should listen to the version of this song sung by Nicko McBrain, the drummer :D

  58. D.... ....

    This is the only song Nicko McBrain did a double pass pedal with. Every other song is a single bass pedal.

  59. M.... M....

    Drug money regulates the businesses. By stimulating the crime, it generates more crime. You can compare it to economy on a very risky scale, because of its thrill people will do it more when it's even more illegal.
    Drug money is laundered by the middle class bankers of America, folks. It pays for most of America's expenses, of course they have to punish the folk who control it for, so others can take their place. A constant demand/supply fluctuation.

  60. T.... ....

    I would jizz in my pants.

  61. L.... W....

    cant wait to see maiden 4th august at the london o2

  62. G.... M....

    idk but they look like Microsoft windows logos with stars in the middle.

  63. M.... ....

    They will

  64. M.... B....

    What are all these profile pictures I keep seeing?

  65. T.... G....

    the guy hasn't insulted anybody, as long as it's possible commenting people can say the fuck they want if they respect other's opinions, i think also the old maiden were better, i don't see the problem

  66. G.... ....

    I like Nicko's version just as much as this one

  67. R.... M....

    any live version?????? fuck!! what a great song!!

  68. I.... M....

    Awesome song. \m/ \m/ Up the Irons!

  69. M.... ....

    Oh God, that solo. UP THE IRONS!!!

  70. M.... ....

    holy crap, me too dude. :')

  71. K.... H....

    iron maide I´´love

  72. M.... B....

    Who Told you this?

  73. M.... B....

    They say this is the low point in the album, i strongly disagree this is one of my favorites.

  74. G.... g....

    WHAT A SOUNDS 4:10 !!!!

  75. M.... ....

    fuck yea!! thank u ! :)

  76. K.... H....

    Ya Adrian was talking about it, he said they might try and do something 80s like but either way is fine because I like this progressive heavy metal stuff they're doing now

  77. M.... ....

    Really? OMG you made my year, ok no LIFE. :')

  78. P.... P....

    You just made my year ;)

  79. K.... H....

    new maiden album 2013

  80. k.... r....

    Iron Maiden... what else is there to say?How did so much be given to so many by" so few"(Steve Bruce Dave Adrian Janick Nicko).

  81. L.... S....

    Ok, Maiden is not the same, but is one of the bands of the decade of 80 who remained rolling around, no deaths from alcohol or drugs. The number 12 that vibrates for them, also vibrates to a ferrari, time passes through and it is worth more. The 12 represents the man suffering and same time laughing. The 12 says : Feel the earth punishing your soul and give a smile for it.

  82. s.... ....

    Age of innocennce?

  83. M.... B....

    And being that all the Albums have different themes keeps it interesting and Exiting.

  84. T.... ....

    Frankly, I find the 2000's Maiden albums almost as good as the 80's ones. They're just the perfect band.

  85. n.... v....

    3:16 beautiful!!!!

  86. M.... ....

    Lyrics are true.

  87. a.... j....

    To tell you all the truth, I like the fact that this song has a fun sound to it, even with the serious lyrics (I do agree with btw). My personal favorite song off the album. Dance of death is also pretty good.

  88. T.... ....

    Zajebiste

  89. A.... m....

    Madona vai toma no cu

  90. N.... D....

    it wasnt "mainstream" enough for people...

  91. M.... P....

    That top coment still there? its my turn .. like to this coment :D

  92. J.... A....

    Leiste la letra? Porque tengo la sensacion de que no te gustaria si supieras lo que dice.

  93. g.... ....

    I don't understand how some people don't like this album, I thought it was great...

  94. j.... m....

    no puedo comprometer mis pensamientos gran poema

  95. J.... C....

    Although, it seems rather ignorant when one negatively comments on a video. Especially when said person compares new material with old. It's importance for fans to recognize the efforts of a band when they attempt to take their sound to a different direction. So long as it isn't a complete train-wreck, that is.
    Dance of Death is not a train-wreck. Dance of Death is amazing.

  96. B.... ....

    not realy. when i have a head ach i listen to iron maiden. it realy does cure head ach.

  97. B.... ....

    if u dont like there music get off of here.

  98. B.... ....

    bull shit. this is there best album for me. never understood why ever one thought the old stuff was better.