Stryper - The Trooper Lyrics






You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand, there's no turning back
The bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death

The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race toward the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We won't live to fight another day

We get so close near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone





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  1. k.... w....

    Everyone,knows stryper is 1 awesome band, but not many want to admit it.

  2. e.... m....

    foda demais!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. R.... E....

    Even Eddie would be head banging !!! You go boys !!!! Up those Holy irons !!!

  4. o.... ....

    wow....i doubted the whole thing, but was blown away.

  5. l.... P....

    God is awesome, trust in him :)

  6. l.... P....

    wowza!! awesome play

  7. M.... ....

    2:02 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

  8. R.... G....

    Que porquería de banda blasfema, le cantaban y hablaban de Jesús. Pero ahora le va mejor con Satanás verdad?😡

  9. J.... B....

    Revelation is their best album. Read this book and be blessed. hang in there for the good stuff. it doesn't need to be a downer.

  10. J.... B....

    i find nothing Satanic about Bruce Dickinson. it's all about the message.

  11. 2.... 3....

    amazing cover

  12. E.... G....

    Gente pelo amor viu! Ta certo q eh uma música secular! Mas acredito q fizeram esse cover pra provar q seriam capazes de fazer sucesso tocando heavy metal também! Stryper the best ever

    E.... G....

    Todo lo q habéis dicho es correcto.
    Hasta mejor q otras bandas seculares suenan, son profesionales.

  13. H.... M....

    Awesome

  14. R.... D....

    aguante stryper

  15. D.... R....

    Ohhhhh, nunca había escuchado este cover. La calidad de la música está mejor, pero me gusta más la voz de Bruce. Y el sólo,,,,,,, no supera al de iron Maiden. Bueno es sólo mi opinión. Saludos

    D.... R....

    Esto es cristiano ,no vas a comparar estos con los endemoniado Iron Maiden ,esta banda striper no tiene nada que envidiarle a Iron Maiden

  16. P.... M....

    Spot on???? BULLSHIT!!! THIS IS WAY THE FUCK OFF!!!!

    P.... M....

    Dont be a potty lip hater. This is WELL done by a super talented band and one of the rangiest in the biz.

  17. C.... r....

    Better than iron maiden in my opinion

  18. t.... ....

    Recently went back and listened to The Covering and they do a pretty good job on most of their covers.  Different sure, but they mostly stick to them while adding their own twist to them.

  19. J.... R....

    Similar to iron maiden the trooper music cover.

  20. j.... b....

    Better than the original! Man, they have some talent, especially for their age. His voice is still good.

  21. K.... B....

    OH YES!!!

  22. M.... 0....

    not bad

  23. P.... ....

    1000's better than the real one

  24. D.... ....

    I usually listen to Maiden covers once and never bother listening to them again. This one however is really interesting.

  25. R.... M....

    El mejor

  26. p.... ....

    Note for note, PERFECT!

  27. C.... O....

    that's awesome that stryper did iron maiden the trooper

  28. J.... N....

    Very well played! I love how they changed the harmonies and the solos to make it their own.

  29. �.... ....

    best cover ever

  30. U.... G....

    These guys are ridiculously good. Looks like I'll need to give them a listen more intently. I'm glad RazorFist got me to give them a listen, since my days as a youth in the late 80s.

    U.... G....

    yeah im here because of his metal mythos too. Never gave em chance.

    U.... G....

    Uri Gressel
    Have you heard their last 3.... truly brilliant.... a mix of heavy metal/hair metal/melodic metal/hard rock.... just excellent. If not, they are:
    1. God Damn Evil- Recent 2018 (listen to The Valley, God Damn Evil, Sorry)
    2. Fallen- 2015 (check out song... Yahweh- an A+ metal anthem and message, and Pride and Sympathy)
    3. No more Hell to pay- 2013 (no more hell to pay, Marching into Battle, Renewed)
    You wont be disappointed. Great riffs, drums, guitar and vocals....let me know your thoughts

  31. L.... S....

    haha fãs do iron piram motivos do deslike rsss stryper destroi detalhe adoro o iron otimas bandas mostros do rock

  32. M.... B....

    e melhor que o original

    M.... B....

    Você realmente já ouviu a versão original

    M.... B....

    fala meu amigo flamenguista ! iron maiden e a melhor e maior banda de heavy metal de todos os tempos. no comentario eu so quis homenagear minha banda preferida o Stryper.

  33. J.... C....

    Wooow!!! las guitarras ....a parte que suenan Thrash.....están excelentemente bien sincronizadas y armónicas entre sí...... la voz de MIchael no alcanza pero cumple!!

  34. S.... M....

    this is what Christian musicians get criticized for is doing secular music,but also they should be able to other music too just as long as they don't slip away from what they've originally done

    S.... M....

    Spirit tells me bear one another each other's burdens. i just head this when i clicked on reply.

    S.... M....

    They don't call themselves a christian band

  35. a.... ....

    Sounds tuned down half a step. Someone's vocal range isn't as high not bad though good cover overall

    a.... ....

    asbfao;usd You know, by this point Michael Sweet was older and of course he can do it. But, to avoid messing up his voice they tuned down a half step. listen to some Soilders Under Command or To Hell With The Devil. Then you'll realize he can hit some serious high notes.

    a.... ....

    half a step isnt too bad. Priest does it live as well as Metallica. Iron Maiden would be served by doing it as well. When Priest were down a whole step live with Ripper it sounded weird though.

    a.... ....

    We’ve always tuned down a half step, from day one

  36. B.... V....

    Why listen to covers if there's a better original ? Extra earnings for the 666-legion of IM however...

  37. w.... m....

    not a bad cover not going to be as good as maiden. and that's why it's a cover

  38. J.... v....

    The music is very good. The most difficult part of this song are the great vocals of Bruce Dickinson. They are so very hard to copy. It's just the same with Ace of Spades. Nobody can play that song better than Motörhead..........

    J.... v....

    +Jan van Wonderen could*

    J.... v....

    because it's a cover, not a copy.

    J.... v....

    mas o legal é fazer um cover com o estilo Stryper caso contrário seria cópia do Iron...

  39. K.... S....

    a iron maidin stryer singing so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  40. V.... R....

    I would love to hear you guys do Children of the damned-Iron Maiden. But im not sure how you feel about that one. Excellent voice though.You guys have been rocking my world since 1984.

  41. l.... p....

    la mejor banda del mundo stryper

  42. P.... ....

    Voice and music 9/10.

  43. N.... O....

    Rock On Stryper

  44. M.... B....

    fantastic the best of the best

  45. m.... ....

    Yep... a Rocken, Good, Strypen ~ Version !  ; )

  46. S.... ....

    Not a bad effort. Good to hear, tho.

  47. F.... P....

    Such talented players (including Sweet, what an amazing voice) - shame they couldn't write music to the level of their technical skill.  Their original material was straight up awful, but you slog through it just to hear Michael bust those insane high notes and carry them for weeks at a time.

    F.... P....

    +Firebrand Girls hate to be the one to break it to you, but a song's quality is not measured by its complexity.

    F.... P....

    +jezuzfreek777 and the album hell to pay is great

    F.... P....

    +Willow Tatus lets not lump Motley Crew with (ear) Poison. Mik Mars actually plays some decent riffs and they had some good songs. Poison is the beginning of the end for metal in the 80s. I hate Nirvana but i think i would listen to them more likely than Poison. Stryper is good never gave a shit about lyrics that is why didnt care about the religious song content of maiden like flight of icarus

    F.... P....

    @Mikhail Gorbounov - Okay, that's fair.  I actually liked the Shout At The Devil record.  

    F.... P....

    Fuk Pie
    You obviously haven't heard alot of their music.

  48. T.... ....

    Was never into them mainly because I didn't dig Christian Rock,,but this cover ain't bad,,gets better and better as it goes

    T.... ....

    TheoneGodfather
    Listen to their last 2:
    Fallen- 2015
    God Damn Evil- 2018
    Brilliant mix of Heavy metal/hard rock/melodic metal

  49. Q.... ....

    I thought Stryper was a Christian band. Why do they play an Iron Maiden song?

    Q.... ....

    and i dont get the joke about eddie

    Q.... ....

    Mcbrain is a christian but Dickinson is very into Aleister Crowley- "Revelations", "Moonchild" and his solo song "Man of Sorrows" were based upon his life and concepts. I'm pretty against Christianity, but Oz Fox sure as hell shreds lol

    Q.... ....

    Quest Because they're free to do what they want to and they fucking rock. Nothing else.

    Q.... ....

    @preludetogn1
    Not true goofy.
    No one would take the ridicule they did. They would have made much more money in reverse. You cannot write and sing the lyrics they did if they werent tru believers.
    Others who Cross over as they did, are MUCH more general in their overall lyrics.
    Some of their songs general but most were BOLD. Your logic is just goofy..truly.

    Q.... ....

    @Quest Do not look at the outward for the definition of things. Even Satan appears as an angel of light.

  50. R.... M....

    Not bad indeed! The music is dead on. I like Bruce's voice better for this song. But that may be just because that is the way I fell in love with the song. Michael has a great voice, so if this was the only version and I'd never heard Bruce do it, I'd still be singing along at the top of my lungs, loving it as a great song!

  51. L.... R....

    Not bad.......

  52. A.... A....

    Ohhh very handsome cover I've discovered ;)

  53. C.... L....

    I think I've now found 'that something cool' tonight on Youtube.  Love their version. .. xing my fingers that I get to see them on MOR....... 

    C.... L....

    That is sign language for the Letter R, you know, the One After Q.
    Who would have thunk that the Letter R means HOPE^!!^
    I guess I thunk it...
    K C U L8tR

  54. p.... e....

    Sounds awesome to me

  55. A.... T....

    Not bad.

  56. d.... c....

    Stryper is a great band always stayed true there sound, I get the Barren cross idea there singer sounds a little like bruce, Barren cross also a great band, barren cross , stryper and blood good should do a tour

  57. T.... M....

    I have to say WOW. Are they playing the guitars/drums....etc ? That's spot on. WOW

    T.... M....

    They played everything! :)

    T.... M....

    that sounds like robert playing drums

  58. B.... s....

    I've been in love with Stryper since "Soldiers" came out, I did not know if they was a Christian band at the time, and i give a good old fashion damm what they are. All i care for is that Stryper is bloody good musicians, nothing else.  

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

    Maiden has been a major love of mine for many years...got a tat of Killers on my right shoulder....so...Stryper is also a fave of mine....great stuff if anyone cares about my opinion...

  60. A.... d....

    Unless you cant understand English the music they're covering it's about human nature not talking about the devil or anything I'm pretty sure they were really careful when choosing them songs this is coming from someone that doesn't believe in god people are assholes you're damn if you do damn if you don't

  61. D.... d....

    Coño, yo soy de la época del glam metal y ni enterado estaba de esto. 

  62. S.... P....

    Shittttt (oh sii) voz sexual 3:)

    S.... P....

    Sexual :O ^^ :P wut?

  63. S.... M....

    Nothing wrong with covering a secular band please how do we reach those people if we only sing to Christians , please wake up people there Christian I met Mr. Sweet Michael very on fire for The Lord !!!!! Guess you listen to secular music to same thing !!!

    S.... M....

    Please see my reply to Vitor White.

    S.... M....

    Er, What if we don't want you to 'reach' us? If we want you there are churches in just about every town.

    Can't we just leave it at that?

    S.... M....

    Nicko Mcbrain is a Christian.

  64. V.... W....

    stryper isn't a cristian band

    V.... W....

    Barren Cross...

    V.... W....

    Uhm yeah they are dude lol they have a whole album of covers as a tribute to other bands that got them inspired to do rock.

    V.... W....

    Vítor White Dio wrote songs about Christ and said, " Only you are clean."

    V.... W....

    Vítor White Who cares?

    V.... W....

    Zakariah Lafreniere
    While good and so was Bride and others of that time, but none.... on Strypers level. None! Period.

  65. T.... D....

    Not bad at all!!!

  66. B.... ....

    try syncing this one with the one from iced earth...fucking metal EPIC!!! \m/

  67. s.... b....

    they should of covered the number of the beast lol

    s.... b....

    😂😂😂

    s.... b....

    skylar bailey go Cowboys

    s.... b....

    Hahahah

    s.... b....

    Dude 😭😭😭

  68. r.... ....

    Omg !!!!

  69. E.... g....

    buenaza  exelente banda

  70. v.... ....

    I think Barren Cross should have done this cover they could of pulled this off.

    v.... ....

    Stryper did an amazing job oc covering this.... Oz and Micheal are a perfect match for the guitar work.

    v.... ....

    @jezuzfreek777
    Guitar work is good no question but Michael can't pull off Bruce's vocals.

    v.... ....

    @vindarm
    Could have when younger.... can bruce still sing as good?

  71. k.... w....

    WHAT?..... caught me by surprise! ...nice.

  72. f.... ....

    because a Christian band does a cover band in the world?

  73. g.... ....

    saw this tour in Pa at a small club (Reverb) they got no promotion & a small turnout but I have to say it didn't affect the performance. True professionals!

  74. S.... A....

    hieno bändi omilla ja covereilla

  75. J.... C....

    Once again, I am totally blown away. Awesome. Simply put.

  76. M.... D....

    Not too bad. Bruce Dickenson is one of my favorite vocalists. The solo sounded weird after listening to the original for 30 years. haha.

    M.... D....

    Dickinson*

    M.... D....

    I had to get used to it at first as well. Probably because it's a bit cleaner and crisper

  77. V.... ....

    Doesn't compare to the original, sorry.. And I like Stryper..

  78. C.... J....

    you know this rocks stop being a turd and go play wow

  79. M.... A....

    Best that songs ever sounded.

  80. S.... ....

    gratz, the Styrper FB page sent me.

  81. H.... R....

    BINGO!

  82. R.... �....

    So they "believe in God"??? See ya on hell dear friends! lml

  83. P.... ....

    NEXT COVER FROM STRYPER MUST BE....666 THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST.....

  84. S.... P....

    music world falso cirist

  85. V.... ....

    Yeah, it's funny to you? Whatever. I'm right. You are wrong. WHY would anyone buy this or listen to this crap when you have the original- which is WAY BETTER- right at your fingertips. It makes no sense whatsoever.. Who the fk wants to hear this cheap imitation when you can have the REAL DEAL with Maiden????.. I think YOUR idea of a cover is pointless.. and inferior.. ps. Lol to you too. I'm right. You're wrong. Later.

    V.... ....

    Dude.... they were just paying homage to some of their influences on a cover album. Dont u get that?

  86. R.... C....

    Its awesome! after so many years these guys still got it! Now much wiser but still rockin! I have lots of respect for those who don't claim to be evangelical Christian and love, respect, & support Stryper. I sulute you! And I luv this song they make it sound good!!!!

  87. M.... D....

    I'm not a christian, but I do have a certain respect for this band.

  88. J.... J....

    What ever they do, they got my thumbs up!

  89. V.... ....

    Tribute?? ok, but this didn't need to be covered, and Stryper don't do it better than Maiden. If you're gonna do a cover, you better be sure to make it better than the original and bring it up to date. Stryper don't do this. Like I said, this didn't need to be covered at all. You can't do it better than Maiden, so please stop. This is just a money-making scheme, imo... This is just one step below Pat Boones' covers.. It's dumb

  90. c.... ....

    Not a big fan of covers....But this is awesome....Iron Maiden will be proud!

  91. c.... ....

    Oz Fox,buddy!!!!

  92. W.... ....

    Awesome as always. You don't have to be Christian to love this band.

  93. R.... E....

    This is my favorite version!

  94. n.... ....

    Praise Jesus

  95. P.... K....

    What's the album name and when?

  96. P.... ....

    That's ok neither do Bruce's anymore! That dosen't stop him! Lol (Yes I'm kidding, at the expense of Mr. Dickinson's aging vocal chords!)

  97. m.... ....

    Well, I like Stryper. I think they sound great. However, with all do respect, I'm not a fan of this. No one does this like IM.