"Can I Play with Madness" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The song is the sixteenth single released by the band. Released in 1988, it was the first single from their seventh studio album, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988), and hit number 3 in the UK Singles Chart.
The song is about a young man who wants to learn the future from an old prophet with a crystal ball. The young man thinks he is going mad and seeks the old prophet to help him cope with his visions/nightmares. The prophet's advice is ignored by the young man and they become angry with each other. The song was originally a ballad named "On the Wings of Eagles", written by Adrian Smith.
Cash Box called it "raging, pulsating metal that should shake up a few speaker cabinets and damage eardrums."
" Can I Play with Madness " is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The song is the sixteenth single released by the band. Released in 1988, it was the first single from their seventh studio album, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son …
The Official Video for Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness Taken from Iron Maiden's 7th studio album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son released in 1988, which featured the singles "Can I...
Can I Play with Madness Lyrics: Can I play with madness? / Give me the sense to wonder / To wonder if I'm free / Give me a sense of wonder / To know I can be me / Give me the...
Released in 1988, it is the first single from the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son album and hit number 3 in the UK charts. The song is about a young man who wants to learn the future from an old...
Provided to YouTube by Sanctuary Records Can I Play with Madness (2015 Remaster) · Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son ℗ 2015 Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd. under exclusive license to...
20 Mar 2023 · With poppy vocal harmonies, swaggering pop-metal riffs and infectious keyboard melodies, "Can I Play With Madness" was a considerable departure from Iron Maiden's usual …
" Can I Play with Madness " is a 1988 song by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden and is the lead single from their seventh studio album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. It went to number 3 in Ireland and the United Kingdom, number 4 in Norway, number 6 in the Netherlands and number 9 in New Zealand.
04 Apr 2019 · Essentially, the song is about a young man in a Catholic school who learns to think for himself and question authority, perhaps specially because of a sexual abuse scandal, and thus the song is ultimately a denunciation of religious dogma. I'll paste the lyrics (and number the lines for discussion) and then explain my understanding.
"Can I Play with Madness" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The song is the sixteenth single released by the band. Released in 1988, it was the first single from their seventh studio album, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son …
I say "You'll pay for this mischief In this world or the next" Oh and then he fixed me with a freezing glance And the hell fires raged in his eyes He said "You wanna know the truth son? Lord, I'll tell you the truth Your soul's gonna burn in a lake of fire" Can I play with madness? The prophet stared at his crystal ball Can I play with madness?
