The Prisoner

by Iron Maiden

3 Views May 08, 2026

Lyrics

(Smith/Harris)

On the run kill to eat

You're starving now you're dead on your feet

Going all the way nature's beast

Do what I want as I please

Run fight to breathe it's tough

Now you see me now you don't

Break the walls I'm coming out

Not a prisoner I'm a free man

And my blood is my own now

Don't care where the past was

I know where I'm going ... out

If you kill me it's self defence

If I kill you then I call it vengeance

Spit in your eye I will defy

You'll be afraid when I call out your name

I'm not a number I'm a free man

I'll live my life how I want to

You'd better scratch me from your black book

Cos I'll run rings round you