Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When I stand before you shining n the early morning Sun
When I feel the engines roar and I think of what we've done
Oh the bittersweet reflection as we kiss the Earth goodbye
As the waves and echoes of the towns become the ghosts of time
[Verse 2]
Over borders that divide the Earthbound tribes
No creed and no religion just a hundred winged souls
We will ride this thunderbird, silver shadows on the earth
A thousand leagues away, our land of birth
[Verse 3]
To Albion's land
Coming home, when I see the runway lights
In the misty dawn the night is fading fast
Coming home, far away as the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight, you know I will not stay
[Verse 4]
Curving on the edge of daylight 'til it slips into the void
Waited in the long night dreaming 'til the Sun is born again
Stretch the fingers of my hand, cover countries with my span
Just a lonely satellite, a speck of dust in cosmic sand
[Verse 5]
Over borders that divide the Earthbound tribes
Flown the dark Atlantic over mariners' stormy graves
We will ride this thunderbird, silver shadows on the earth
A thousand leagues away, our land of birth
[Verse 6]
To Albion's land
Coming home, when I see the runway lights
In the misty dawn the night is fading fast
Coming home, far away as the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight, you know I will not stay
[Verse 7]
To Albion's land
Coming home, when I see the runway lights
In the misty dawn the night is fading fast
Coming home, far away as the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight, you know I will not stay
[Verse 8]
Coming home, far away when I see the runway lights
In the misty dawn the night is fading fast
Coming home, far away as the vapour trails alight
Where I've been tonight, you know I will not stay
Written by: Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris