the prisoner

iron maiden'in the number of the beast albümünden bir şarkı.steve harris bu şarkıyı aynı adlı bir ingiliz dizisinden esinlenerek yazmıştır.

"we want information...information...information..."
"who are you?"
"the new number two."
"who is number one?"
"you are number six."
"i am not a number!...i am a free man!"

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