2 minutes to midnight ^*

• iron maiden $arkisi.
  
  kill for gain or shoot to maim
  but we don't need a reason
  the golden goose is on the loose
  and never out of season
  some blackened pride still burns inside
  this shell of bloody treason
  here's my gun for a barrel of fun
  for the love of living death.
  
  the killer's breed or the demon's seed,
  the glamour, the fortune, the pain,
  go to war again, blood is freedom's stain,
  but don't you pray for my soul anymore.
  2 minutes to midnight
  the hands that threaten doom.
  2 minutes to midnight
  to kill the unborn in the womb.
  
  the blind men shout let the creatures out
  we'll show the unbelievers
  the napalm screams of human flames
  of a prime time belsen feast...yeah!
  as the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy,
  we oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies.
  
  the body bags and little rags of children torn in two
  and the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you.
  as the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song,
  to the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun.
  
  midnight...is all night...
• 6:02 süresine sahip bu harika iron maiden parçası bir smith/dickinson ortak yapımıdır.steve harris'e göre smith'in yarattığı en iyi parçalardan biridir.
• ayrıca konserlerin olmazsa olmazı, nakarat kısmı deli gibi eşlik edilesi, adrian smith'in yardığı mükemmel parça. savaş karşıtı konseptiyle de dikkatleri çekmektedir. the trooper'dan sonra iron maiden sanki kendini affettirmek ister gibidir.
  
  "as the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy
  we oil the jaws of war machine, and feed it with our babies"
• soguk savash doneminde nukleer silahlarin kullanilma ihtimalinin ne kadar yakin oldugunu ifade eden hede. ayrica dokuz yuz seksen dokuzuncu entry sini giren yazarin gammaz olunca sozlugun sonunun gelecegine dair kehaneti.
  (bkz: sozlugun sonu)
• vice city'de vrock radyo istasyonundan dinleyebileceğimiz leziz parça.
• lyrics:
  
  kill for gain or shoot to maim
  but we don't need a reason
  the golden goose is on the loose
  and never out of season
  some blackened pride still burns inside
  this shell of bloody treason
  here's my gun for a barrel of fun
  for the love of living death.
  
  chorus
  the killer's breed or the demon's seed,
  the glamour, the fortune, the pain,
  go to war again, blood is freedom's stain,
  but don't you pray for my soul anymore.
  2 minutes to midnight
  the hands that threaten doom.
  2 minutes to midnight
  to kill the unborn in the womb.
  
  the blind men shout let the creatures out
  we'll show the unbelievers
  the napalm screams of human flames
  of a prime time belsen feast...yeah!
  as the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy,
  we oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies.
  
  chorus
  
  the body bags and little rags of children torn in two
  and the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you.
  as the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song,
  to the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun.
  
  chorus
  
  midnight...all night...
  
  (bkz: adrian smith)
  (bkz: bruce dickinson)
  (bkz: iron maiden)
  (bkz: doomsday clock)
• 99 açık hava konserinde dakikalarca beklenmiş, işitildiği an yarıp geçirmiş maiden şarkısı..
  
  hele bir nakaratı vardır ki:
  
  midnight...
  midnight...
  midnight...
  
  itz all night!..
• (bkz: iron maiden ı militaristlikle suçlamak)
• (bkz: dokaka)
• doomsday clock şeysine göre 1953 yılında 9 ay arayla rusya ve abd'nin termonükler zamazingoyu şey etmesiyle ibrenin gösterdiği olay.