Print

The Trooper by Iron Maiden

You'll take my (1)________ but I'll (2)________ yours too
You'll (3)________ your musket but I'll run you through
So (4)________ you're waiting for the (5)________ attack
You'd better stand there's no (6)______________ back.

The (7)__________ sounds and the charge begins
But on this (8)______________________ no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and (9)____________ breath
As I plunge on into certain death.

The (10)__________ he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we (11)________ towards the human wall
The (12)______________ of (13)________ as my (14)________________ fall

We hurdle (15)____________ that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We were meant to fight (16)______________ day.

We get so (17)__________ (18)________ enough to fight
When a (19)______________ gets me in his sights
He pulls the (20)______________ and I (21)________ the blow
A burst of rounds (22)________ my horse below.

And as I lay (23)__________ gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a (24)________ I draw my parting groan
Answers:
(1) life(2) take(3) fire(4) when(5) next(6) turning(7) bugle(8) battlefield(9) horses(10) horse(11) race(12) screams(13) pain(14) comrades(15) bodies(16) another(17) close(18) near(19) Russian(20) trigger(21) feel(22) take(23) there(24) tear