Part 2 of 8 from the concept album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son [1988]. In this song, the character (the seventh son of a seventh son's father-to-be) of the song sees disturbing visions about afterlife and other mystic things in his dreams, but is scared about if he will ever be able wake up again. It starts with a soft guitar solo, which is then joined by Bruce Dickinson's singing. The song starts out quite peaceful, but gets progressively heavier towards the songs climax and the following final verse.

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