The Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. On either side of the Iron Curtain, states developed their own international economic and military alliances:
Physically, the Iron Curtain took the shape of border defenses between the countries of Europe in the middle of the continent. The most notable border was marked by the Berlin Wall, which served as a symbol of the Curtain as a whole.
The events that demolished the Iron Curtain started in discontent in Poland, and continued in Hungary, German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Romania. Romania was the only country in Europe to violently overthrow its communist regime.
Throughout the Cold War the term "curtain" would become a common euphemism for boundaries – physical or ideological – between communist and capitalist states.
There are various earlier usages of the term "iron curtain" (Russian: Железный занавес Zheleznyj zanaves; German: Eiserner Vorhang; Czech: Železná opona; Slovak: Železná opona; Hungarian: Vasfüggöny; Romanian: Cortina de fier, Italian: Cortina di ferro, Serbian: Гвоздена завеса Gvozdena zavesa, Estonian: Raudne eesriie) pre-dating Churchill. The usage of the term goes back to the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sota 38b, which refers to a "mechitza shel barzel," an iron barrier or divider: "אפילו מחיצה של ברזל אינה מפסקת בין ישראל לאביהם שבשמים" (Even an iron barrier cannot separate [the people of] Israel from their heavenly father). Some research suggests the term 'Iron Curtain' was first coined by Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians after World War I to describe the political situation between Belgium and Germany, in 1914.
Yesterday I saw
The iron curtain
Around your heart
Yesterday I saw
The iron curtain
Around your heart
Making me cry
Making me wonder
Bringing me down
But making me love you
Making me sad
Making me sorry and
A little afraid
But making me love you
Yesterday I saw
The iron curtain
Around your heart
Yesterday I saw
The iron curtain
Around your heart
Making me cry
Making me wonder
Bringing me down
But making me love you
Making me sad
Making me sorry and
A little afraid
But making me love you
Yesterday I saw
The iron curtain
Around your heart
Yesterday I saw
The iron curtain
Beware of the iron curtain
Once it fall you will never get out
Never close the door to your heart
Cause it won't fade away in the night
How could this happen to me?
I am strong, I am not weak
Ah ah The Iron curtain is falling
Ah ah And the walls are closing in
Ah ah The Iron curtain is falling
Ah ah My whole world is crumbling down
Down on me
Sitting trapped in a corner
Boiling sweat runs down my back
Shaking like an earthquake
As the anxiety attacks
The darkness surrounds me
The weight is heavy as hell
My mind is like a tornado
It's spinning inside of this well
I can't feel my arm anymore
And my chest hurts like hell
I am crying like a baby
And I am afraid I won't get well
It's the iron curtains
Don't let them fall
In for the slaughter
I’m coming in for the kill
Asking all those questions
I should have known it was just a phase
They want to judge me
Too afraid to judge themselves
Too afraid to look inside
Too afraid to swallow their pride
It’s so sad, don’t you know that it’s true
Believe in what you’re living, that’s what you got to do
And you reap what you sow and so shall you reap
And sow your soul will grow
How can you touch me when all you really know is my name?
It doesn’t matter when you try to make the blame
And when you’re wrong then you want to make amends
You say let’s return as friends
I thought we always were
It’s so sad, don’t you know that it’s true
Believe in what you’re living, that’s what you got to do
And you reap what you sow and so shall you reap
It’s time to do the whoas
You want to judge me? [x3]
It’s so sad, don’t you know that it’s true
Believe in what you’re living, that’s what you got to do
And you reap what you sow and so shall you reap
It’s time to do the whoa…
hey you filthy spider
i told my daddy on you
screamed it in his face
you'll be sorry when he's through
we were sitting on the front lawn
and you just had to come
my daddy gets ideas
and now you better run
i heard a tarantula scream(4x)
i run to him in fear
and he takes me in his arms
he's got a can of gasoline
and runs into the yard
he's got a book of matches too
and found out where you are
now you're speedin down the driveway like a racing car on
fire
i heard a tarantula scream
start your planning for the future
leave uncertainty behind
dying's just the unknown
death is really in your mind
it's not a question of belief
it's all here in black and white
i'm going to the condos
and that's my afterlife
i'm goin to the condos
me and all my friends
we'll move into the condos
our lives will never end
i saw the end was coming
and there i had a choice
of going to the condos
or of living in a void
but i just could never see
returning to a void
where's the fun in nothing
nothing cannot be destroyed
i'm goin to the condos
me and all my friends
we'll move into the condos
our lives will never end
i'm goin to the condos
i'm goin to the condos
i'm goin to the condos
like a family
all together
in a game
with a problem
all the kindness
and the pressure
and the fear
to maintain us
got to sell the house
and move away from the hate
with daddy gone to try
and stay would be a mistake
forget your pride you'd only lose the things that were
fake
suburban middle class not worth the hearts that could
break
past the houses
to the blank sky seein nothin
with a cold eye
after hearing
cruel reflection
of the parents
that despise us
got to sell the house
and move away from the hate
with daddy gone to try
and stay would be a mistake
forget your pride you'd only lose the things that were
fake
suburban middle class not worth the hearts that could
break
separation
to an infant
or a family
for replacement
competition
add religion
a distraction for affection
we've got to sell the house
and move away from the hate
with daddy gone to try
and stay would be a mistake
forget your pride you'd only lose the things that were
fake suburban middle class not worth the hearts that
in the cities
all the workers were slaves
in industry
men worked with simple tools
the ruling classes
had time and money for art
wealthy families
sent their sons to university
in the first punk wars
the army ceased to be protection
old religion
could no longer guide
the decay
of classical civilization
as the planets moved across the sky
in the first punk wars
the roman tacitus
denounced corruption
dark and bloody
the picture that he draws
of manly virtue
barbarians at the frontier
immorality
of romans steeped in vice
hey you perfect girl
you better change your plans
gotta stay home tonight
try and understand
cause if you go out
there's nothing i can do
an accident could happen
your worst dream come true
you'll be found
body broken
head cut off
eyes wide open
hey you perfect boy
can you feel my stare
i see you walking by me
with your combed back hair
are you picking her up now
bring her over here
we'll have something to drink
eyes full of fear
you'll be found
body broken head cut
off eyes wide open
you know the line's a block long
cause they can't wait to see
a game of violence and fear
and other things
and when they get home tonight
they'll be gentle and kind
the knives in the drawers
as a star collapsed and died
in a corner of the sky
we were facing eye to eye
with the burning of a million dreams
there outside with all the noise
children playin with their toys
their imaginations run
from the dyin of an evening sun
the burning
helicopter buzzing sound
a warm wind in a quiet town
does it have to be so loud
they were killin all the tourist trade
hey you filthy spider
i told my daddy on you
screamed it in his face
you'll be sorry when he's through
we were sitting on the front lawn
and you just had to come
my daddy gets ideas
and now you better run
i heard a tarantula scream(4x)
i run to him in fear
and he takes me in his arms
he's got a can of gasoline
and runs into the yard
he's got a book of matches too
and found out where you are
now you're speedin down the driveway like a racing car on
fire
Held inside with hammer and sickle
Assaulted with tormentive rule
Prisoners forced to live in pain
Blinded from the life
They’ve never seen
The government in control
The massive iron has fallen
Isolated from all manking
Sickled shadow burned
In their minds
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
Chained by the force of the Curtain
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
Tormented captive dragged
Down by cold chains
Light fades darkness invades
The dungeon of doom
Hunger is alive in this cell
Of hungry rats
An evil life they’ve lived
Now a sentence to pay to the curtain
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
Chained by the force of the Curtain
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
Chained by the force of the Curtain
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain
the signal would fade
under the overpass
we drifted away
crossing the state line
it's sunny and cold
passing the cars
she had a way of closing her eyes
just a shadow just a shadow of our rage
they were the lambs
slain and stabbed with no mercy
one by one they were led
to the game on the bed
wish i could stay
stand still for a change
like holding my breath til i see it again
dreams are washed ashore
dark gray waters of the dawn
beyond the shell of sky
they say love can never die
there's a spirit in the air
when the twilight hits the street
past revolving doors of time
they say love can never die
i stopped to tie a shoe
under plastic skies of blue
and no matter how i try
empty streets
crowded rooms
silent parks
wait for you
you were walking
i'd pursue
moving faster
can't get you
on the telephone
struggled hard
to forget
see you smokin
cigarette
at a distance
never phone
line is busy
you're at home
on the telephone
it's so hard
when you're waiting
for your luck to change
it's so hard waiting
for another day
i'm not sure what
i'd say
if we met
face to face
things are better
not explained
after all
dreams remain