Innocent Exile Lyrics
[Verse]
My life is so empty
Nothing to live for
My mind is all confusion
'Cause I defied the law
When you weren't there to help me
I lost my mind and ran
I never had no trouble
Before this all began, yeah
[Verse]
My life is so empty
Nothing to live for
My mind is all confusion
'Cause I defied the law
When you weren't there to help me
I lost my mind and ran
I never had no trouble
Before this all began, yeah
[Bridge]
I'm running away
Nowhere to go
I'm lost and tired
And I just don't know, yeah
They say I killed a woman
They know it isn't true
They're just trying to frame me
And all because of you, yeah
Ooh
Oh, yeah!
My life is so empty
Nothing to live for
My mind is all confusion
'Cause I defied the law
When you weren't there to help me
I lost my mind and ran
I never had no trouble
Before this all began, yeah
[Verse]
My life is so empty
Nothing to live for
My mind is all confusion
'Cause I defied the law
When you weren't there to help me
I lost my mind and ran
I never had no trouble
Before this all began, yeah
[Bridge]
I'm running away
Nowhere to go
I'm lost and tired
And I just don't know, yeah
They say I killed a woman
They know it isn't true
They're just trying to frame me
And all because of you, yeah
Ooh
Oh, yeah!
About
Genius Annotation
One of many songs in the Iron Maiden catalogue that builds on a previous track, this is a sequel to Murders In The Rue Morgue, from earlier on in the Killers album.
This song tells the continuing misadventures of the confused narrator of the earlier track.
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- 1.Running Free
- 3.Sanctuary
- 4.Drifter
- 8.Invasion
- 11.Wrathchild
- 13.Purgatory
- 14.Genghis Khan
- 17.Killers
- 18.Innocent Exile
- 20.Run to the Hills
- 21.Total Eclipse
- 25.Flight of Icarus
- 27.The Trooper
- 28.Cross-Eyed Mary
- 31.Rainbow’s Gold
- 33.Aces High
- 34.King of Twilight
- 44.Wasted Years
- 45.Reach Out
- 48.That Girl
- 49.Juanita
- 52.Black Bart Blues
- 53.Massacre
- 55.Prowler ’88
- 58.The Clairvoyant
- 59.The Prisoner
- 60.Heaven Can Wait
- 61.Infinite Dreams
- 63.Still Life
Credits
Producer
Writer
Vocals
Bass
Guitar
Drums
Illustration
Manufacturer
Phonographic Copyright ℗
Label
Recorded At
Battery Studios, London, England
Released on
February 2, 1981
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