Stjepan Juras - Iron Maiden For Maiden Kids PDF

STJEPAN JURAS - Iron Maiden For Maiden Kids
Stjepan Juras
Iron Maiden for Maiden Kids
Adapta�on and proof-reading

Ranko Čop
Cover and inside illustra�ons

Luka Valković
Violeta Šunić
Cover design and book layout

Violeta Šunić
Print
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STJEPAN JURAS
IRON MAIDEN
FOR MAIDEN KIDS
Zadar, November 2016

Hello kids, hello parents, hello to all genera�ons of Iron Maiden fana�cs!
Welcome to the first ever book for kids based on the works of a heavy
metal band!
While thinking about how Maiden have, since the late '70s, brought up genera�on a�er genera�on of
fans, some of which are now parents of young kids who also might be Maiden fans, I decided to write
a book which would be a cross between a picture book, an ABC book and an encyclopedia for children
between 7 and 15 years of age. I believe that many fans have young children and that this would be an
ideal way to introduce them to the world of Iron Maiden.
Through illustra�ons suitable for children and interes�ng stories based on Maiden songs, your kids
will get to know, in an interes�ng and insigh�ul way, the following: Who is the most famous imaginary
person from Transylvania? Who was the Phantom of the Opera? Who was Genghis Khan? Who are the
Na�ve Americans and why do some people call them Indians? When did the Viking voyages take place?
What is a solar eclipse? What happened to Icarus? What was it like during the �me of the dinosaurs?
Why were the pyramids built? Who was Alexander the Great? What happened to Moonchild? How do
submarines work? Why are people afraid of the dark? Will the earth collide with an asteroid? Who were
the Highlanders? Who are the Nomads and where do they travel? What is an atomic bomb and why is
it dangerous? When did we start to explore outer space? And much, much more...
Of course, everything in this book is described in a way that is easy for children to comprehend, and can
serve as an extra educa�on which will encourage your children to explore various topics, read books and
encyclopedias outside of school.
The illustra�ons in this book are drawings done in a picture book/encyclopedic style, and they were
drawn by hand by the excellent Croa�an ar�st Luka Valković.
I discovered Iron Maiden at the age of seven, during the most frui�ul era of the band – the early eigh�es.
As English was not my mother tongue, the thing that first drew me to the band was the clever and
imagina�ve illustra�ons of Eddie, their mascot. My childish curiosity pushed me to find out what kind
of music lay behind those album covers. When I first heard songs such as Number of the Beast, S�ll Life,
Rime of the Ancient Mariner or Alexander the Great, my imagina�on told me that the spoken word parts
in those songs were narrated by Eddie himself. Later on, in elementary school, I started to recognize
historical and mythological characters such as pharaohs, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Icarus, and
so on. As I was growing up, I started reading and exploring stories about the Phantom of the Opera, killer
orangutan from E.A. Poe’s short story, the planet Dune, the Ancient Mariner from Coleridge’s poem,
etc. As a teenager, I experienced the horrors of war and the loss of life that was going on in Croa�a and
Bosnia, but my love of Maiden kept growing stronger. In the mid-nine�es I was out of my teen years,
ready to finally comprehend all songs that I had considered to be unclear or which were trying to convey
more complex no�ons. Today I can say that Maiden songs opened many new horizons, made me read a
lot of books, explore many historical facts and look at the world with a different set of eyes.
I would now like to share that wonderful experience with new genera�ons, as it has been more than thirty
years since I have first encountered Iron Maiden, a band s�ll going strong today, as crea�ve as ever. I am
lucky to have been born on �me to be able to tes�fy to all of this and even write a book about it.
Stjepan Juras
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CONTENT
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................5
IRON MAIDEN...........................................................................................................8
TRANSYLVANIA.......................................................................................................10
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA......................................................................................12
KILLERS...................................................................................................................14
GENGHIS KHAN......................................................................................................16
MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE............................................................................18
ANOTHER LIFE........................................................................................................20
THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST..................................................................................22
RUN TO THE HILLS..................................................................................................24
INVADERS...............................................................................................................26
HALLOWED BE THY NAME......................................................................................28
TOTAL ECLIPSE........................................................................................................30
THE TROOPER.........................................................................................................32
FLIGHT OF ICARUS...................................................................................................34
QUEST FOR FIRE.....................................................................................................36
SUN AND STEEL.......................................................................................................38
POWERSLAVE.........................................................................................................40
ACES HIGH..............................................................................................................42
THE DUELLISTS........................................................................................................44
RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER...........................................................................46
TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT.................................................................................48
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.............................................................................50
THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER...............................................52
ALEXANDER THE GREAT...........................................................................................54
MOONCHILD ..........................................................................................................56
CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS....................................................................................58
THE PROPHECY........................................................................................................60
RUN SILENT RUN DEEP ..........................................................................................62
TAILGUNNER ..........................................................................................................64
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MOTHER RUSSIA ....................................................................................................66
FEAR OF THE DARK ................................................................................................68
AFRAID TO SHOOT STRANGERS .............................................................................70
THE FUGITIVE ........................................................................................................72
MAN ON THE EDGE ...............................................................................................74
BLOOD ON THE WORLD’S HANDS .........................................................................76
THE EDGE OF DARKNESS .......................................................................................78
FUTUREAL ..............................................................................................................80
WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE ..............................................................................82
THE CLANSMAN .....................................................................................................84
THE WICKER MAN................................................................................................. 86
BLOOD BROTHERS .................................................................................................88
THE NOMAD ..........................................................................................................90
RAINMAKER ...........................................................................................................92
DANCE OF DEATH ..................................................................................................94
WILDEST DREAMS .................................................................................................96
MONTSÉGUR .........................................................................................................98
PASCHENDALE .....................................................................................................100
BRIGHTER THAN A THOUSAND SUNS ..................................................................102
THE LONGEST DAY ...............................................................................................104
THE PILGRIM........................................................................................................ 106
SATELITE 15 - THE FINAL FRONTIER .....................................................................108
EL DORADO..........................................................................................................110
THE ALCHEMIST ...................................................................................................112
ISLE OF AVALON ...................................................................................................114
COMING HOME ...................................................................................................116
TEARS OF A CLOWN .............................................................................................118
EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS....................................................................................120
ABOUT THE AUTHOR...........................................................................................122
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......................................................................................... 123
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STJEPAN JURAS - IRON MAIDEN FOR MAIDEN KIDS
IRON MAIDEN
AUTHOR: S.Harris, ALBUM: Iron Maiden, YEAR: 1980.
Deep down in the darkest room

There’s a coffin marked with doom
An iron maiden is a torture device,
Forgo�en since the darkest years
Invented in the late 18th century.
Chained with secrets and old fears Although it is o�en associated with
the middle Ages, the earliest iron
maiden found dates back to 1793.
Do you really want to find
It is coffin-shaped and tall enough to
All the horrors from behind fit a person and interrogate him or
Are you ready? Face the truth her through a small opening. There
are numerous holes on the front side
And forever lose your youth
which were used to torture the vic�m
by poking them with various sharp
If you try to pull the door objects, while forcing them to
stand upright en�re �me.
To find the answers and explore
You’ll be swallowed by the night
Say „fare thee well“ to daylight
DID YOU KNOW? COLOR IT YOURSELF!

‘Iron Maiden’ is the only song
that has been performed
during every single Iron
Maiden concert, star�ng in
the earliest days of the band,
un�l present day. It is always
the last song of the show,
usually followed by an encore.
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TRANSYLVANIA
Did you hear that scary howl

It’s a wolf or evil owl Transylvania is a historical region
in the central part of Romania.
The daylight will soon expire Surrounded on the south and east
It’s an evening of vampires by the Carpathian mountain massif,
Transylvania extended in the west
to the Apuseni Mountains. This
On his night wings he will fly region is known for the scenic beauty
Have no fear, you will not die of its Carpathian landscape and its
Hold a cross firm in your hand rich history. Transylvania is world
known for vampires, mainly due to
Prepare garlic on demand the influence of Bram Stoker’s (1847 -
1912) legendary novel ‘Dracula’ as well
He is thirsty for your blood as its later film adapta�ons and
extensions, inspired by Vlad Tepes
Be aware his name is Vlad (1431 – 1476/77)
To his coffin he will run
It is dawn, he hates the Sun

Steve Harris told John S�x
an interes�ng fact about this
song. ‘The ini�al idea on this
one was to have lyrics. It
originally had a melody line
for the vocal, but when we
played it, it sounded so good
as an instrumental that we
never bothered to write lyrics
for it.’
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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Do you hear that eerie sound

Somewhere from the underground
‘The Phantom of the Opera’ is a novel by
Feel that anger, feel that rage
French writer Gaston Leroux (1868 -
Coming from below the stage 1927), first published in volume form
in 1910 by Pierre Lafi�e. This novel is
partly inspired by historical events
Op’ra is a mys�c place
at the Paris Opera d uring the 19th
Home of man with a scarred face century and with an apocryphal tale in
In the shadows, under masks Hector Berlioz’s 1841 presenta�on
of german opera ‘Der Freischütz’.
Revenge is his primal task
Today, this novel is mainly known from
success of its various film and stage
Even if he’s cruel and riled adapta�ons, like (for example)
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986
In this phantom heart beats wild
musical.
For beloved actress Chris�ne
Life is some�mes unforeseen

The fast instrumental break
in the middle was used as
the backing music in TV
adverts for Lucozade, a sports
energy drink. The adverts also
featured Daley Thompson, a
winner of the Olympic gold
in the decathlon in 1980 and
1984.
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KILLERS
AUTHOR: , P. Di'Anno, S. Harris, ALBUM: Killers, YEAR: 1981
Hurry and don’t turn around

You s�ll have not reached safe ground
This song reminds me of ‘The Imp
Step by step and you can hear of the Perverse’ (1945), a short
His fast breathing, feel your fear story wri�en by Edgar Allan Poe
(1089 - 1849), about a self-destruc�ve
impulses. The narrator describes
Behind you, his shadow grows this spirit as the agent that tempts a
Walking faster, you’re too slow person to do things ‘merely because
Where to run and where to hide we feel we should not’. The
narrator murders a man. His ul�mate
Le� or right, quick, choose your side confession as a murderer is not inspired
by any feelings of guilt but, instead,
Now just moments from the end from a desire to publicize his
ac�ons despite knowing that he
You hear the voice of a friend should not.
When you turn around to see
Your dear puppy grabbed your knee

Maiden recorded a half-hour
live video before the ‘Killers’
album came out. The lyrics on
the video are totally different
from what later came out on
the album. Band members
weren’t happy with them,
but they exist in their original
form on that video.
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GENGHIS KHAN
AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: Killers, YEAR: 1981
Have you heard of Genghis Khan

Mongol warrior, brains and brawn
He rode boldly on his horse Genghis Khan (1162? - 1227), was
the founder and Great Khan of the
Followed by a mighty force Mongol Empire, which became the
largest con�guous empire in history
He united warring tribes a�er his death. A�er founding the
Mongol Empire and being proclaimed
Mighty hero for the scribes ‘Genghis Khan’ (Universal Ruler), he
Through the dust, stone, sand and fire started the Mongol invasions that
He built the huge Mongol empire resulted in the conquest of most of
Eurasia. He died in 1227 and buried in
an unmarked grave somewhere in
In his life he did thrive Mongolia at an unknown loca�on.
At the age of sixty five
He died, le� all to his son
And his grave is s�ll unknown

‘Genghis Khan’ is the
second instrumental song
on the second Iron Maiden
album, ‘Killers’. This song
is one of four Iron Maiden
instrumental songs ever
recorded on Maiden albums;
‘Transylvania’, ‘The Ides Of
March’, ‘Genghis Khan’ and
‘Losfer Words (Big ‘Orra)’.
17
MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE

Wanna know a mystery

From Parisian history ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’
Wanna be a detec�ve (1841) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Very smart and percep�ve (1089 - 1849). It has been recognized
as the first modern detec�ve story. As
the first fic�onal detec�ve, Poe’s C.
Read a book, few days ago Auguste Dupin from Paris displays
Tales by Edgar Allan Poe many characteris�cs which became
literary standards in later fic�onal
I’m obsessed with ‘Rue Morgue’ part detec�ves including Sherlock
And Dupin, detec�ve smart Holmes and Hercule Poirot; brilliant
detec�ve, his friend who serves as
narrator, and the final revela�on
There are some doubts at crime scene being presented before the
Killer’s not a human being? reasoning that leads up to it.
If you really want to know
Take the book and read it slow

Maiden last played this song
in 2005 during the ‘Eddie Rips
Up...’ tour. It was the opening
song on every show of the
tour. The song name and story
are influenced by Edgar Allan
Poe’s (1809 - 1849) short story
‘Murders In The Rue Morgue’.
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ANOTHER LIFE
Is there’s some another way

Start a new and brighter day
Stop the rain and thunderstorms Personally, I think album ‘Killers’ is
mainly influenced with Edgar Allan
To stop feeding hungry worms Poe’s (1089 - 1849) works. (‘Murders
In The Rue Morgue’, ‘Gengkhis Khan’,
Follow me and hold your breath ‘Killers’, ‘Purgatory’, Prodigal Son,
Innocent Exile…) His poem ‘For Annie’
Love is stronger than all death (1849) reverses ordinary ways of
Break the chains and reach the sky thinking about death and life. Life is
If you love, you cannot die an illness and death is a cure, rather
then vice versa. Death is also not just a
ma�er of body. The man’s mind and
Stand up boldly, don’t feel bad heart are alive even though his
There’re no voices in your head body is quite dead.
It’s not �me to go away
Rather choose another day

This is a song with the
shortest lyrics on Maiden
albums - just four lines that
repeat three �mes, with no
bridges and no choruses.
It could be said that it is an
atypical Maiden song, with a
guitar solo at the beginning
and featuring Clive Burr’s
drum intro.
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THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST

AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: The Number Of The Beast, YEAR: 1982
Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea

First �me in all history
You are home alone this night This song begins with quoted text from
the Holy Bible, but the reference
Watching horrors with no light of this quote is not en�rely correct.
Only the last sentence corresponds
Have you ever dreamt bad dreams to Revela�ons 13:18, the first one
being found in Revela�ons 12:12.
Full of terror, fear and screams The first sentence corresponds to
Devil’s laugh, lakes of fire the descrip�on of Satan’s evic�on
Demons dancing in the pyre from Heaven a�er a ba�le with the
archangel Gabriel and his legions (the
legend states that Satan used to be
Just a nightmare, you’ll be fine also an archangel).
In the morning, Sun will shine
Late night shows are not for you
Go to bed and that’s the truth

This song is inspired in part by
the movie Omen II. Basically,
it is about a dream, not about
Devil worship. Producer
Mar�n Birch had an idea to
get a blood-curdling scream
like the one on the song
‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ by
The Who.
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RUN TO THE HILLS

In the land of Manitou, American Indian Wars is the

Si�ng Bull and Winnetou name used to describe the mul�ple
Screams from ba�les of past �mes conflicts between American se�lers
or the federal government and the
The wind sings their bloody rhymes na�ve peoples of North America from
the �me of earliest colonial se�lement
Years ago there were the fights un�l approximately 1890. Generals
George Armstrong Custer (1839
For freedom and human rights - 1876) and Philip Sheridan (1831-
Guns against small tomahawks 1888) are some of the most known
Bald eagles against Black Hawks persons from that wars. Sheridan was
known as a fierce enemy of the Indians,
and his approach to the Indians was
What we learned from history encapsulated in the saying ‘The
People just want to be free only good Indian is a dead Indian’.
Don’t need war, don’t need to fight
Serenity in the night

This song is wri�en from both
sides of the picture. The first
part is from the side of the
Indians and the second part is
from the side of the American
soldiers. Steve Harris wanted
to get the feeling of galloping
horses with the music. The
‘galloping’ bass became an Iron
Maiden trademark later on.
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INVADERS
Mighty Vikings on their ships

Fierce ba�les, secret scripts Vikings were Scandinavian warriors,
Sailors, traders, warriors who raided and traded from their
Scandinavian homelands across
Invaders in ruthless wars wide areas of northern and central
Europe, as well as European Russia,
They sailed boldly with Drakkars during the late 8th to late 11th
centuries. Facilitated by advanced
Followed sea birds, waves and stars seafaring skills, and characterised
Found a whole new con�nent by the longship, Viking ac�vi�es
With the help of firmament extended into the Mediterranean
li�oral, North Africa, the Middle East,
Central Asia, the North Atlan�c islands
Killers, robbers, racketeers and as far as the north-eastern
Explora�ve pioneers coast of North America (long before
Columbus).
From the land of ice and snow
With a dragon on the bow

Invaders, from The Number
Of The Beast album feels like
a great rock ‘n’ roll opener,
but the band never played it
live. This song is an extension
of another Maiden song
called Invasion, which was on
the B-side of the ‘Women in
Uniform’ single.
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HALLOWED BE THY NAME

Here I am in my cold cell

Listening for my final bell A gallows is a frame,
Gazing out behind the bars typically wooden, used for execu�on
by hanging, or as a means of torture
Last sight of the sky and stars before execu�on, as was used when
being hanged, drawn and quartered.
5 a.m. before the dawn The gallows took its form from the
Roman Furca when Constan�ne the
I’ll be hanged on dreary lawn Great abolished crucifixion. During
Help me, I can’t understand the era of public execu�on in
Am I dreaming, will this end London, England, a prominent gallows
stood at Tyburn, on what is now Marble
Arch. Later execu�ons occurred
Is this happening to me outside Newgate Gaol, where the
Will I finally be free Old Bailey now stands.
Or need I just sit and cry
‘Cause today I’ll simply die

Songs with bell intros are
some of the most iconic
songs in metal history. For
example, Black Sabbath’s
‘Black Sabbath’, AC/DC’s ‘Hells
Bells’, Judas Priest’s ‘A Touch
Of Evil’, Metallica’s ‘For Whom
The Bells Tolls’. Maiden’s
‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’ also
proves this claim.
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TOTAL ECLIPSE
AUTHOR: C. Burr, S. Harris, ALBUM: The Number Of The Beast, YEAR: 1982
Danger, danger, read my lips

Be prepared for Sun’s eclipse
Prophecy is nearly done An eclipse is an astronomical event
Shadow’s over dying Sun that occurs when an astronomical
object is temporarily obscured,
either by passing into the shadow of
That’s because we’ve been so rude another body or by having another
And with mother Earth so crude body pass between it and the viewer.
The term eclipse is most o�en used
With all plants and animals to describe either a solar eclipse,
All rivers and waterfalls when the Moon’s shadow crosses the
Earth’s surface, or a lunar eclipse, when
the Moon moves into the Earth’s
Stop, don’t be so cruel and blind shadow. It can also refer to such
Save our planet, save mankind events beyond the Earth-Moon
Like a decent human beings system.
Live green, no shady dealings

The band had doubts
deciding whether this song or
‘Gangland’ should be included
on ‘The Number Of The Beast’
album. They chose ‘Gangland’,
thus relega�ng ‘Total Eclipse’
to B-side status, but later
regre�ed that decision.
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THE TROOPER
AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: Piece Of Mind, YEAR: 1983
War is painful, war is cruel

War is pointless, it’s a rule
There’s an always stubborn side The Crimean War (1853 - 1856) was
a conflict in which Russia lost to
That’s why many people died an alliance of France, Britain, the
O�oman Empire, and Sardinia. The
The Charge of the Light Brigade Crimean War was one of the first
‘modern’ wars because it saw the
Most fu�le ba�le ever led first use of major technologies. As the
Light cavalry versus guns legend of the ‘Charge of the Light
And all canons of Russians Brigade’ demonstrates, the war is an
iconic symbol of logis�cal, medical and
tac�cal failures and mismanagement.
Act of soldier bravery The reac�on in Britain was a
And officer stupidity demand for professionaliza�on.
War is painful, war is cruel
War is pointless, it’s a rule

This song was covered by
many ar�sts, but the most
interes�ng version might
be the cover by Lemmy
Kilmister (Motörhead)
featuring Chuck Wright (Alice
Cooper, Quiet Riot), Phil
Campbell (Motörhead), Rocky
George (Fishbone, Suicidal
Tendencies) and Chris Slade
(AC/DC) on instruments.
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FLIGHT OF ICARUS
AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, A. Smith, ALBUM: Piece Of Mind, YEAR: 1983
On the highest cliffs of Crete

Two ready for a brave feat In Greek mythology, Icarus is the
Father wise, unruly son son of the master cra�sman Daedalus.
Between the sea and bright Sun Icarus and his father a�empt to
escape from Crete by means of
wings that his father constructed from
Wings for freedom have been built feathers and wax. Icarus’ father
For escape from imposed guilt warns him of complacency and then
of hubris, asking that he fly neither
But before big jump is done too low nor too high, because the
Father warns unruly son sea’s dampness would clog or the
sun’s heat would melt his wings. Icarus
ignored instruc�ons not to fly too
He ignored his �ps to flee close to the sun, and the mel�ng
Falling in the stormy sea wax caused him to fall into the sea
What we learned from tragic flight where he drowned.
In all �mes parents are right

Bruce Dickinson reached the
highest note in his career at
the end of this song. A solid
sustained and fully voiced C#5
and then a G#5 with a trill to
A5, followed by a very wild
and wide vibrato on a Bb5/B5!
He also reached a B5 note in
‘Gangland’.
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QUEST FOR FIRE

AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: Piece Of Mind, YEAR: 1983
Thousand decades back in past

When wilderness was s�ll vast
‘The Quest for Fire’ is a 1911
Having fire meant a force Belgian novel by “J.-H. Rosny”, the
But where was the fire’s source? pseudonym of two brothers; the
author was likely the elder of the two,
Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856 -
Shield from every hungry beast 1940). It was made into a feature film
A source of light and of heat of the same name in 1981. This storry
Fire’s a power, fire’s a gi� tells of the struggle of a prehistoric
tribe to regain the fire that had been
With no fire we’re all miffed lost. The story highlights that Man’s
intelligence and cra� allowed him to
I’ll keep fire for my tribe face the most difficult situa�ons
successfully. This is a nice example
You can’t give me any bribe of Mankind’s progress.
If you steal it, you’ll be caught
With no fire I’m distraught

Many Iron Maiden fans
even today can’t accept the
fact that Steve Harris wrote
verses about dinosaurs that
were walking the Earth at the
same �me as humans. That’s
why this catchy Maiden song
became one of most disliked
ones in the band’s en�re
discography.
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SUN AND STEEL

AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, S. Harris, ALBUM: Piece Of Mind, YEAR: 1983
He’s a mighty samurai

In no duel can he die Miyamoto Musashi (1584
Master of all swordsmanship - 1645), known as Shinmen Takezō,
Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his
Pilgrim of his swordsman’s trip Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, was
a Japanese swordsman and rōnin.
To him, swordsmanship was art Musashi became renowned
through stories of his excellent
Was an ar�st, sharp and smart swordsmanship in numerous duels,
Book of five rings that he wrote from a very young age. He was the
His descendants helped a lot founder of the ‘Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū
or Niten-ryū’ style of swordsmanship
and the author of ‘The Book of Five
Writer, painter, traveller Rings’, a book on strategy, tac�cs,
Warrior spectacular and philosophy that is s�ll
studied today.
Miyamoto Musashi
The armed man of mystery

This song, about the
legendary Japanese
samurai Miyamoto Musashi
(1584?-1645), one of the
greatest samurais ever,
was born thanks to Bruce
Dickinson’s passion for
swordfigh�ng. Miyamoto
wrote the ‘Book Of Five Rings’
which details the art of sword
combat.
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POWERSLAVE
AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, ALBUM: Powerslave, YEAR: 1984
Pyramids and Horus’ eye

Egyp�an mythology is the collec�on
The old Pharaoh who’ll soon die of myths from ancient Egypt, which
Glowing eyes of temple cats describe the ac�ons of the Egyp�an
Even gods once need to rest gods as a means of understanding
the world. The beliefs that these myths
express are an important part of
Here comes risen Osiris ancient Egyp�an religion. Myths
Making rulers fall on knees appear in Egyp�an wri�ngs and art;
short stories, religious material such
His strength ge�ng near its end as hymns, ritual and funerary texts
Under the power of death and temple decora�on. Egyp�an
myths are primarily metaphorical,
transla�ng the essence and behavior
If you try to find his grave of dei�es into terms that humans
He would not be Powerslave can understand.
He will strike you from the dark
Mummy curse will become stark

Iron Maiden played
‘Powerslave’ at Madison
Square Garden, New York
City, on June 15, 2008. When
the sound went out for a few
minutes, they started playing
football on stage. Intriguingly,
the ‘power off ’ moment was
right during chorus and the
word ‘powerslave’.
41
ACES HIGH
AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: Powerslave, YEAR: 1984
Any�me you watch the sky

Someone, somewhere, somehow flies The Ba�le of Britain is the name
‘Cause today our sky is free given to the Second World War air
campaign waged by the German
In the name of victory Air Force (Lu�waffe) against the
United Kingdom during the summer
1940, World War 2 and autumn of 1940. The name
is derived from a famous speech
Sky was grey and not so blue delivered by Prime Minister Winston
Messerschmi�s against Spi�ires Churchill (1874 - 1965) in the
Screams and blood with smoke and fire House of Commons. The Ba�le of
Britain was the first major campaign to
be fought en�rely by air forces, and
If you’re figh�ng for your land was also the largest and most
You will fight un�l the end sustained aerial bombing campaign
to that date.
If you’re weaker, just don’t flinch
Heart is strongest, you’ll s�ll win

In a special animated version
of the ‘Aces High’ video
(originally published on the
‘Visions Of The Beast’ DVD),
at the end you can see Lars
Ulrich (Metallica), dropping
down dressed as a Nazi pilot
using a parachute. You can
find this video on YouTube,
published by EMI Music.
43
THE DUELLISTS
It’s me or you, it’s a fact

I won’t admit any pact Rideley Sco� ’s film ‘The Duellists’ is
Other op�ons were explored based on Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)
short story ‘The Duel’ based on
Just come here and take your sword real duels that two French Hussar
officers Dupont and Fournier-Sarlovèze
I will fight un�l the death fought in the Napoleonic era. In
The Encyclopedia of the Sword, Nick
Fight un�l my own last breath Evangelista wrote: ‘They fought
Arch enemies all our life their first duel in 1794 from which
Fight with me and take your knife Fournier demanded a rematch. This
rematch resulted in at least another 30
duels over the next 19 years in which
If you die or if I die the two officers fought mounted,
I (you) will sit and wonder why on foot, with swords, rapiers and
sabres.’
Life will truly lose its charm
If either one has bought the farm

One of two songs about
fencing featured on the
‘Powerslave’ album, this one
inspired by the 1978 Ridley
Sco� film ‘The Duellists’.
When you read the film’s
tagline, ‘Fencing is a science.
Loving is a passion. Dueling is
an obsession’, you can see the
similarity with the chorus of
this song.
45
RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

Somewhere on the southern sea

Was a scary tragedy
In search for good winds across ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’
is the longest major poem by the
Sailors followed albatross English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(1772 - 1834), wri�en in 1797-98
One had killed the big white bird and published in 1798 in the
first edi�on of Lyrical Ballads. Along
Angry sailors did him gird with other poems in Lyrical Ballads,
Soon enough they changed their minds it was a signal shi� to modern
Their good luck was then denied poetry and the beginning of Bri�sh
Roman�c literature. This poem relates
the experiences of a sailor who has
Angry spirit of dead bird returned from a long sea voyage,
Found that ship, had them pursued full of tragic happenings.
Terrible is it’s revenge
Can’t be stopped nor can be changed

Un�l 2015 ‘Rime Of The
Ancient Mariner’ has been
the longest Iron Maiden song
(13:42), based on the famous
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(1772-1834) poem. There are
only two Iron Maiden songs
(un�l 2015) that are longer
than 10 minutes - ‘Sign Of The
Cross’ (11:17) and ‘When The
Wild Wind Blows’ (10:37).
47
TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, A. Smith, ALBUM: Powerslave, YEAR: 1984
Doomsday clock, a dire machine The Doomsday Clock is a univer-

Projec�on of human being sally-recognized symbolic clock face,
represen�ng a countdown to possible
Scary mirror of Cold war poli�cal related global catastrophe.
In the distance hear the roar It has been maintained since 1947
by the members of the Science and
Security Board of the Bulle�n of the
Just two minutes from our end Atomic Scien�sts, who are in turn
Tell me, can you understand advised by the Governing Board and
Who’ll start first and say goodbye the Board of Sponsors, including 18
Nobel Laureates. The closer they set
It’s no ma�er, we’ll all die the Clock to midnight, the closer the
scien�sts believe the world is to the
Can we stop this tragedy global disaster. On January 2014,
officially announced se�ng was -
Shake a hand, change history five minutes to midnight.
Is it hard just to be friends
Tell me, can you understand

This song was actually
performed near midnight just
once in Maiden history. It was
at the band’s show in Split,
Croa�a, on August 10th, 2008,
during the ‘Somewhere Back
In Time Tour’. Bruce was late
due to a defec�ve aircra�, so
the en�re show started much
later than scheduled.
49
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND

AUTHOR: A. Smith, ALBUM: Somewhere In Time, YEAR: 1986
Arc�c ice and winter strong

Expedi�on hard and long
Adrian Smith remembered a story
We were eager, we were brave about old sailor who was found
Whiteness soon became our grave dead, perfectly preserved in the ice
of the Pole. He was a member of an
expedi�on that had disappeared
Hundred years a�er that day a�er an iceberg had struck their ship.
New explorers on the way A�er a hundred years his body is
found preserved by other people
Tried to find our skeletons
exploring there. In his lyrics, he
Frozen remains, broken bones probbably paid a tribute to all brave
explorers like Robert Falcon Sco�,
CVO (1868 - 1912), William S.
They found us preserved in ice
Bruce (1867 - 1921) and Sir Ranulph
We’ve been frozen in a trice Fiennes (1944).
We’re s�ll there for all to see
Preserved in eternity

In ‘Stranger In A Strange
Land’ song, you can find the
line ‘No brave new world, no
brave new World’. 24 years
later, their 12th album was
�tled ‘Brave New World’, and
chorus of the �tle song was ‘
A brave new world, in a brave
new world’.
51
THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER

AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: Somewhere In Time, YEAR: 1986
Hey, my name is Colin Smith

And my story is no myth
Actually my life was sad ‘The Loneliness of the Long Distance
Runner’ is a short story by Alan
Prisoner and with no dad Sillitoe (1928 - 2010). The work
focuses on Smith, a poor No�ngham
The governor offered me teenager from a dismal home in
a working class area, who has bleak
If I run I can be free prospects in life and few interests
Run the marathon and win beyond pe�y crime. The boy turns
He will then forget my sins to long-distance running as a method
of both an emo�onal and a physical
escape from his situa�on. End of this
In the race I realized short story about hypocrisy is
I’ve been always cri�cized amazing.
Now, I’ll show them what will be
When they grasp I’m always free

This song was performed live
only once and never again.
It was at the opening show
of the ‘Somewhere On Tour’
in Belgrade, on September
10th, 1986. There is an
audio bootleg of this show in
circula�on.
53
ALEXANDER THE GREAT

AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: Somewhere In Time, YEAR: 1986
In a part of ancient Greece Alexander the Great (356 - 323 BC)

European, way south east was a king of the Greek kingdom of
Son of Philip Macedon Macedon. He succeeded his father,
Philip II, to the throne. By the age
At nineteen he took the throne of thirty he had created one of the
largest empires of the ancient world,
Alexander, glory’s name stretching from Greece to Egypt
and into present-day Pakistan. He was
A�er him nothing was same undefeated in ba�le and is considered
Sapient king and warrior one of history’s most successful
Perfect tac�cs, perfect lore commanders. He died in Babylon in
323 BC, the city he planned to establish
as his capital. He became legendary
From small Macedonia as a classical hero. Military
All the way to India academies throughout the world
s�ll teach his tac�cs.
He le� his mark, a huge trace
Important for human race

Among the songs that were
never played live, this might
just be one that most Maiden
fans want to hear live. The
nearest thing to this was
when Bruce Dickinson sang
the chorus ‘a cappella’ with
fans in Athens, during the ‘A
Ma�er Of Touring’ on March
11th, 2007.
55
MOONCHILD
AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, A. Smith, ALBUM: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, YEAR: 1988
Incanta�ons of the Beast

Or demon wri�ngs at least
Seen in art through all these years Moonchild is a novel wri�en by the
Bri�sh occul�st Aleister Crowley
Do not mean worship of fears (1875 - 1947) in 1917. Its plot
involves a magical war between a group
Devil’s home is somewhere else of white magicians, led by Simon Iff,
and a group of black magicians over
On the house with doomsday bells an unborn child. It was first published
Mandrake screaming, angels mourn by Mandrake Press in 1929 and its
Someone cursed soon will be born recent edi�on is published by Weiser.
In this work, numerous acquaintances
of Crowley appear as thinly disguised
Fallen angel? Seventh Son? fic�onal characters.
He’s a Moonchild, bornless one
Good and evil, who will win
Death and original sin

You can hear evil laughter
at the end of ‘Moonchild’
and at least once on almost
every Maiden album, in songs
such as ‘Killers’, ‘Gangland’,
‘Die With Your Boots On’,
‘Powerslave’, ‘Caught
Somewhere in Time’, ‘Bring
Your Daughter… To The
Slaughter’, ‘From Here To
Eternity’, etc.
57
CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS

AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, S. Harris, A. Smith, ALBUM: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, YEAR: 1988
Am I young to see the truth

A crystal ball is a crystal
Do I need some stronger tools
or glass ball believed by some
I have visions, or I’m mad people to aid in the performance of
End is nigh and I am sad clairvoyance. It is some�mes known
as a shew (show) stone. A body of
water, either in a container or on the
Tried to ask the wise old seer ground, used for this purpose, is
Is the end so really near called a scrying pool. The art or process
of ‘seeing’ is known as ‘scrying’,
He told me, “Oh, dear sire,
whereby images are claimed to
It awaits you, lake of fire” be seen in crystals, or other media
such as water, and are interpreted as
meaningful informa�on, used to
I refused the things he saw
make decisions in one’s life (i.e.
Old man’s eyes began to glow love, finances, business, etc.).
Evil grin and madman’s gaze
Sent me to eternal blaze

This song became a big
surprise hit, reaching Number
3 in the UK charts. The video
features a Monty Python
member, Graham Chapman,
playing an art teacher who
gives a young student trouble
for drawing Eddie during a
class. This was also the last
project that Chapman worked
on before his death in 1989.
59
THE PROPHECY
AUTHOR: S. Harris, D. Murray, ALBUM: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, YEAR: 1988
It’s so hard to know all that Des�ny or fate is a predetermined

course of events. It may be conceived
I have visions of our death as a predetermined future, whether in
And I want to help, to warn general or of an individual. It is a concept
To our dear Lord I have sworn based on the belief that there is a fixed
natural order to the cosmos. Tradi�onal
usage defines fate as a power or
Why people don’t want to hear agency that predetermines and
That our end is very near orders the course of events. Fate defines
events as ordered or ‘inevitable’ and
They laugh at me, think I’m mad unavoidable. Des�ny is used with
Say “bad mushrooms you’ve been fed” regard to the finality of events as
they have worked themselves out; and
to that same sense of ‘des�na�on’,
Finally the end has come projected into the future to become
They look at me like at scum the flow of events as they will
Now they blame me for their fate work themselves out.
I warned them, now it’s too late

There aren’t many proper
outros in the whole Iron
Maiden discography. The
beau�ful acous�c outro on
‘The Prophecy’ is one of
them. ‘Only The Good Die
Young’, also from the ‘Seventh
Son Of A Seventh Son’ album,
is the second one.
61
RUN SILENT RUN DEEP

AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, S. Harris, ALBUM: No Prayer For The Dying, YEAR: 1990
From the silence of the deep

Li�le iron dot can beep
No�ced by my periscope Allied submarines were used
extensively during the Pacific War
You can say goodbye to hope and were a key contributor to the
defeat of the Empire of Japan. During
Life with fishes, sharks and whales the war, submarines of the United
States Navy were responsible for 55%
Incredible soldiers’ tales of Japan’s merchant marine losses;
With torpedoes I will dive other Allied navies added to the
Only deep down I’m alive toll. The majority of the submarines
involved were from the U.S. Navy, with
the Bri�sh Royal Navy and the Royal
So, my friend, as you can see Netherlands Navy contribu�ng
My home is under the sea smaller numbers of boats.
I can die, or I can win
Only in a submarine

Bruce Dickinson wrote the
lyrics of this song for the
‘Somewhere In Time’ album.
Somehow, they never made
it to the album, but Bruce
kept the lyrics and showed
them later to Steve Harris,
a�er he heard some of his
newer music ideas during
the ‘No Prayer For The Dying’
sessions.
63
TAILGUNNER
AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, S. Harris, ALBUM: No Prayer For The Dying, YEAR: 1990
Story from the World War Two

A tail gunner or rear gunner is a
When air combat was so true crewman on a military aircra� who
No computers, so�ware smart func�ons as a gunner defending
Only triggers and brave hearts against enemy fighter a�acks from
the rear, or ‘tail’, of the plane. The tail
gunner operates a flexible machine
Tailgunners in rainy nights gun emplacement on either the top
Played their game with cruel searchlights or tail end of the aircra� with a generally
unobstructed view toward the rear
Who fired first and who shot who of the aircra�. While the term tail
Who will die, you have no clue gunner is usually associated with a
crewman inside a gun turret, tail gun
armaments may also be operated
World today has changed a lot by remote control from another
All you need’s a single shot part of the aircra�.
Noble warfare is a lie
Just one bomb and say goodbye

‘It was real death in the
skies back then. But there
aren’t any tail-gunners on
planes anymore, it’s all
done by computers using
missiles. At least it used to
be man-on-man, but now it’s
machine-on-machine. Who
uses bullets anymore?’ -
Bruce Dickinson
65
MOTHER RUSSIA
AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: No Prayer For The Dying, YEAR: 1990
Mother Russia hear your child

World today is cruel and wild
Who is wrong and who is right Mother Russia is a na�onal
personifica�on of Russia, appearing
Who wants peace, who wants to fight in patrio�c posters, statues etc. The
usage of the term ‘mother’ in reference
Land of winter, snow and ice to a na�on or culture symbolizes
the ‘spirit of collec�vity’. In the Soviet
With its friends is kind and nice period, the term Rodina-Mat was
But united they will stand preferred, as represen�ng the
With one mission, to defend mul�-ethnic Soviet Union. S�ll, there
is a clear similarity between the pre-1917
Mother Russia and the Soviet figure,
From Bal�c to Bering sea especially as depicted during and
With glorious history in the a�ermath of the Eastern
Front of World War II.
Proud country, an endless place
Star City to Outer Space

This song is a tribute to Russia
and the Russian people,
wri�en in the early nine�es.
Although it was wri�en by
Steve Harris with only good
inten�ons, many Russian fans
don’t like this song, as they
consider it to be patronizing.
67
FEAR OF THE DARK

AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: Fear Of The Dark, YEAR: 1992
If you like to walk alone The fear of the dark is a common

You will hear a muffled moan fear or phobia among children and,
Please don’t try to find the source to a varying degree, of adults. It is
usually not fear of darkness itself, but
Run away, don’t stray your course fear of possible, or imagined dangers
concealed by darkness. Some degree of
Thousand bright eyes from the trees that phobia is natural, especially as
a phase of child development. Most
Looking at your trembling knees observers report that fear of the dark
Shaking legs and sweaty hands seldom appears before the age of 2
Want to scream, but there’s no friends years. When fear of the dark reaches
a degree that is severe enough to be
considered pathological, it is some�mes
Only moon’s behind the clouds called achluophobia, nyctophobia,
Dead men, bodies in their shrouds scotophobia, or lygophobia.
Run away to find the light

Or you’ll be eaten by this night

‘Fear Of The Dark’ instantly
became an iconic moment at
Iron Maiden shows. During
some of the ‘Eddie Rips Up...’
Tour in 2005, the fans used
to chant ‘Fear Of The Dark’,
although the song wasn’t part
of the setlist. The song has
since been part of every tour.
69
AFRAID TO SHOOT STRANGERS

I’m an ar�st with guitar

I don’t want to go to war
‘The Gulf War’ (1990 - 1991),
I don’t want to shot and kill codenamed ‘Opera�on Desert
I’m afraid, I need a pill Shield’, for opera�ons leading to
the buildup of troops and defense
of Saudi Arabia and ‘Opera�on
Don’t force me to kill today Desert Storm’ was a war waged by
For my vic�ms I will pray coali�on forces from 34 na�ons led
by the United States against Iraq
Be a hero if I die
in response to Iraq’s invasion and
But do heroes ever cry? annexa�on of Kuwait. The war was
marked by the introduc�on of live
news broadcasts from the front
I know, it’s loyalty
lines of the ba�le, principally by the
Much more than morality U.S. network CNN.
But yes, I can understand
Home is what I must defend

This song was wri�en about
the people that fought in the
Gulf War (1990-1991). There
is an official video of this
song, which features Blaze
Bayley on live vocals, then the
new Iron Maiden singer, who
replaced Bruce Dickinson a�er
1993.
71
THE FUGITIVE
I’m accused for serious crime The Fugi�ve is an American drama

On the run and have no �me series created by Roy Huggins (1914
- 2002) aired on ABC from 1963 to
Must be hidden in friend’s suite 1967. David Janssen stars as Richard
Real killer s�ll on the street Kimble, a physician who is falsely
convicted of his wife’s murder and
given the death penalty. En route
Now I must be smart and sly to death row, Kimble’s train derails
I need to catch the bad guy over a switch, allowing him to escape
Jus�ce’s slow but just trust me and begin a cross-country search
for the real killer, a ‘one-armed man’
I’ll find him and I’ll be free (played by Bill Raisch). At the same
�me, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the
Need the �me, now s�ll I can’t authori�es, most notably dogged
by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard
But I’ll prove I’m innocent (Barry Morse).
Don’t want to be on the run
For something I’d never done

‘The Fugi�ve’ is based on the
original television series of
the same name (1963–1967),
which was made into a 1993
movie starring Harrison
Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
Interes�ngly, ‘Fear Of The Dark’
was published in mid-1992,
and the movie, released in
August 1993 became one of
the biggest hits at the �me.
73
MAN ON THE EDGE

AUTHOR: B. Bayley, J. Gers, ALBUM: The X Factor, YEAR: 1995
I’m an ordinary man Falling Down is a 1993 crime

Job, wife, children, with no plan drama directed by Joel Schumacher
and wri�en by Ebbe Roe Smith. The
Have no free �me, just hard work film stars Michael Douglas in the lead
Mostly treated like a jerk role of William Foster, a divorcé and
unemployed former defense engineer.
The film centers on Foster as he
One warm summer a�ernoon goes on a violent rampage across
On my way I met a goon the city of Los Angeles, trying to reach
Tired of my en�re life the house of his estranged ex-wife
in �me for his daughter’s birthday
Took a baseball bat and knife party. The �tle of the film, referring to
Foster’s mental collapse, is taken from
On my terms came back to town the nursery rhyme “London Bridge
Is Falling Down”, which is a recurring
I’m just falling, falling down mo�f throughout the film.
Strings are pulled, no going back
It’s daylight, but I see black

This song is the first Iron
Maiden single with Blaze
Bayley on vocals. ‘Man On The
Edge’ is the only Iron Maiden
song with two official video of
studio version. One of them
was filmed At Masada, Israel,
when they played three shows
in Israel during 1995.
75
BLOOD ON THE WORLD’S HANDS

AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: The X Factor, YEAR: 1995
War is not just on TV The Yugoslav Wars were ethnic

War today is you and me conflicts fought from 1991 to 1999
War is all our ignorance on the territory of former Yugoslavia.
The wars mostly resulted in peace
And all our indifference accords, involving full interna�onal
recogni�on of new states, but with
While you’re reading this kids’ book massive economic damage.
According to the 1994 United Na�ons
Be aware and take a look report, the Serb side did not aim to
Many miles from your so� bed restore Yugoslavia, but to create
People dying, love is dead a ‘Greater Serbia’ from parts of
Croa�a and Bosnia. According to the
Interna�onal Center for Transi�onal
If you s�ll are numb and blind Jus�ce, the Yugoslav Wars resulted
Like ‘most all of human kind in the deaths of 140,000 people.
No ma�er if you ignore

War can touch even your door

This song talks about the cruel
and bloody war in Bosnia
(1992-1995). Interes�ngly,
Bruce Dickinson (as a solo
ar�st at the �me) played two
shows in Sarajevo while the
city was s�ll under siege, in
December 1994. His song
‘Iner�a’ talks about his
experience of the war.
77
THE EDGE OF DARKNESS

AUTHOR: S. Harris, B. Bayley, J. Gers, ALBUM: The X Factor, YEAR: 1995.
It is very hard to live

‘Specially if you believe Pos�rauma�c stress disorder (PTSD)
That the trauma in your head may develop a�er a person is exposed
to one or more trauma�c events,
Will never reach its end such as warfare, serious injury, or
threats of imminent death that result in
You’ve done something inhuman feelings of intense fear, horror, and
powerlessness. The diagnosis may be
Had the orders, you’re just a man given when a group of symptoms, such
You survived, nightmares did start as disturbing recurring flashbacks,
Life’s sha�ered, a billion parts avoidance or numbing of memories
of the event, and hyperarousal,
con�nue for more than a month a�er
I’m trying to understand the occurrence of trauma�c event.
You’re just following commands War veterans are commonly at risk
for PTSD.
If I can help anyhow
I’ll be there, code ‘shortest straw’

This song begins with a
beau�ful dark bass solo by
Steve Harris. Never before or
a�er was there a Maiden song
with a bass solo as the intro,
if we don’t count songs like
‘Innocent Exile’, ‘Wrathchild’,
or ‘The Clairvoyant’, which
only feature a bass riff intro.
The song is based on the 1979
movie ‘Apocalypse Now’.
79
FUTUREAL
AUTHOR: B. Bayley, S. Harris, ALBUM: Virtual XI, YEAR: 1998
All my real life is lame Video Game Addic�on is an excessive

I prefer computer games or compulsive use of computer games
Life eternal I can get or video games, which interferes with
a person’s everyday life. Online
Connected to the Internet game addic�on has a nega�ve image
and is becoming a public concern.
I can choose my name and age Video game addic�on may present
as compulsive game-playing; social
I can live on my webpage isola�on; mood swings; diminished
I don’t need no food and drink imagina�on; and hyper-focus
Heal me, just click the link on in-game achievements, to the
exclusion of other events in life. ‘Internet
gaming disorder’ now is officialy
It’s my new reality acknowledged as a disorder added
Finally I can be free by Americal Psychiatrist Associa�n
(APA).
I le� my home, now I’m proud
My new living place – a cloud

Inside the ‘Futureal’ single,
there was a poster featuring
Derek Riggs’ illustra�on for
the song. Instead of using it
for the cover, Maiden decided
to use a screenshot from
the ‘Ed Hunter’ computer
game. A�er seeing the poster,
many fans disliked the band’s
decision about the cover.
81
WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

AUTHOR: B. Bayley, S. Harris, D. Murray, ALBUM: Virtual XI, YEAR: 1998
Somewhere deep in unknown space Even this song about the collision of
worlds, such as pershaps an asteroid
There’s a comet in its grace or comet colliding with the Earth is
Its des�ny, right from birth published is same year as two big
Is collision with the Earth 1998’s blockbusters ‘Deep Impact’
and ‘Armageddon’, Iron Maiden album
‘Virtual XI’ is published few months
There’s no place to run and hide before. So… give a chance to Edgar
Lastly when two worlds collide Allan Poe’s (1809 - 1849) story ‘The
Conversa�on of Eiros And Charmion’.
Soon or later it will come Poe, wri�ng this story 1839, was
With the flame and final thrum capitalizing on the excitement in
the 1830’s caused by Bap�st peracher
William Miller’s, predic�ons of the
Are we ready and prepared? end of the world. He predicted in
What if not? Well, I am scared 1831 that the world would end in
And so I’m (to calm my fright) 1843.
Checking bright stars every night

This song talks about the
collision of worlds, such as
perhaps an asteroid or comet
colliding with the Earth. The
famous poet and writer Edgar
Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) wrote
a story about collision in their
named ‘The Conversa�on of
Eiros and Charmion’ (1839).
83
THE CLANSMAN
AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: Virtual XI, YEAR: 1998
Now or never, need to choose ‘Braveheart’ is a 1995 epic historical

I can only win or lose drama war film directed and starring
by Mel Gibson. Gibson portrays
No one can take my dear land William Wallace, a 13th-century
I will fight for and defend Sco�sh warrior who led the Scots in
the First War of Sco�sh Independence
against King Edward I of England.
Just defending what is mine The story is based on Blind Harry’s
Protec�ng the land divine (1440 - 1492) epic poem ‘The Actes and
A proud member of my clan Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant
Campioun Schir William Wallace’. It
Freedom is my wish and plan has been described as one of the most
historically inaccurate modern films.
I am not afraid of death The film was nominated for ten
and won five Academy Awards in
When I take my final breath 1995.
Freedom will be my last word
Gi� to children of new world

‘The Clansman’ is instant
Maiden classic. ‘It’s got a
Cel�c flavor to the music
which is why I wrote the lyrics
about the Sco�sh clans. They
were inspired also by the
Braveheart and Rob Roy films.’
- Steve Harris
85
THE WICKER MAN

AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, S.Harris A. Smith, ALBUM: Brave New World, YEAR: 2000
Sacrifice in burning hell A wicker man was a large wicker statue

There’s no magic, there’re no spells purportedly used by the ancient Druids
(priests of Cel�c paganism) for sacrifice
Just old pagan rituals by burning it in effigy. Archaeological
Normal and habitual evidence from the Bri�sh Isles seems
to indicate that human sacrifice may
have been prac�ced, over �mes long
If you want to see that flame pre-da�ng any contact with Rome. In
You need to be one of them modern �mes, wicker men are used for
If you’re coming from outside various events. Effigies of this kind
have also been used as elements in
Flame will touch you from inside performance art, as display features at
rock music fes�vals, as thema�c material
Be pa�ent, your �me will come in songs, and as the focal point of a
cult Bri�sh horror/mystery film, ‘The
They’ll bring you with sound of drums Wicker Man’.
Accept your fate, just be cool
Life is some�mes very cruel

There are two versions of
‘The Wicker Man’ studio
recordings. The regular album
version and a version with
the chorus changed, only
released for radio sta�ons and
nowhere else. This version
can be found on the Internet.
87
BLOOD BROTHERS
AUTHOR: S. Harris, ALBUM: Brave New World, YEAR: 2000
You are much more than a friend

This no one can understand
Together through the thorns and mud Blood brother can refer to one of
two things: a male related by birth,
Our connec�on is our blood or two or more men not related by
birth, who have sworn loyalty to each
I would give my life for you other. This is in modern �mes
usually done in a ceremony, known
For me, you’ve always come through as a blood oath, where having each
Everything I have is yours person make a small cut, usually
We’re blood brothers, it’s our force on a finger, hand or the forearm, and
then the two cuts are pressed together
and bound, the idea being that each
Listen, brother, if I die person’s blood now flows in the
I’ll s�ll be there, please don’t cry other par�cipant’s veins.
My blood will flow through your veins
It’s stronger than iron chains

‘Blood Brother’ are great
song from ‘Brave New World’
album. ‘It’s about Steve’s
rela�onship with his father
who died; it’s a very personal
song so this song is about
Steve and his father being
blood brothers, like, forever
the lines go.’ - Bruce Dickinson
89
THE NOMAD
AUTHOR: S. Harris, D. Murray, ALBUM: Brave New World, YEAR: 2000
Steppe or tundra, ice or sand A nomad is a member of a

community of people who live from
Borderless is nomad’s land one place to another. Among the
New horizons are their roofs various ways Nomads relate to their
And their beds are high on hoofs environment, one can dis�nguish the
hunter-gatherer, the pastoral nomad
owning livestock, or the ‘modern’,
Their shadow from the se�ng sun peripate�c nomad. Nomadic
You can’t follow or outrun hun�ng and gathering, following
seasonally available wild plants and
On horizon they’ll expire game, is by far the oldest human
On the cloud of dust and fire subsistence method. Nomadism is
a lifestyle adapted to infer�le regions
such as steppe, tundra, or ice and
No one’s seen a nomad’s grave sand, where mobility is the most
He’s a free man, never slave efficient strategy for exploi�ng
In the desert, a ghost ship scarce resources.
Nomad goes on his last trip

If you listen to the slow,
atmospheric, middle part of
‘The Nomad’, and then to the
second part of Becke� ’s song
‘Life’s Shadow’, released in
1974, you can hear a strong
similarity. The first part of
same song contains very
similar to Maiden’s ‘Hallowed
Be Thy Name’.
91
RAINMAKER
AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, S. Harris, D. Murray, ALBUM: Dance Of Death, YEAR: 2003
In the garden of my life

Rainmaking is a weather
My fountain is clear and ripe modifica�on technique that invokes
There’s no place for you and me rain. Among the most well known
It’s my life, if you agree examples of weather modifica�on
techniques are North American rain
dances, historically performed by many
When drought destroys harmony Na�ve American tribes, par�cularly
Turns my life to agony in the Southwestern United States.
Some of these weather modifica�on
Only I and on my own techniques are s�ll implemented
Can help myself, all alone today. Caloian, Dodola and Perperuna
/ Paparuda, among other terms, refer
to a family of Slavic and Romanian
I can start my rain again rainmaking rituals, some of which
Everything is in my brain survived into the 20th century.
Garden of my life can rise
All my life can just be nice

‘Rainmaker’ is the second
single from the band’s 13th
album, ‘Dance Of Death’,
wri�en by guitarist Dave
Murray. He is the author or
co-author of four Maiden
singles; ‘Sanctuary’, ‘Twilight
Zone’, ‘Rainmaker’ and
‘Reincarna�on of Benjamin
Breeg’.
93
DANCE OF DEATH
AUTHOR: J. Gers, S. Harris, ALBUM: Dance Of Death, YEAR: 2003
Rituals and Voodoo dolls Dance of Death, also variously called

Empty bodies with no souls Danse Macabre (French), Danza
Macabra (Italian), Dansul Morţii
Life’s a crazy masquerade (Romanian), Danza de la Muerte
Dance as you wish, price was paid (Spanish), Dansa de la Mort (Catalan),
Dança Macabra (Portuguese language),
Totentanz (German), Dodendans
Do you really want to die (Dutch), Surmatants (Estonian), is an
But when death comes, you will cry ar�s�c genre of late-medieval allegory
Asking for the final chance on the universality of death: no
ma�er one’s sta�on in life, the Dance
Find reasons for the last dance of Death unites all; a pope, emperor, king,
child, and labourer. They were produced
Unharmed you will walk on coal to remind people of the fragility of
their lives and how vain were the
Just to find your own lost soul glories of earthly life.
Dance, my brother, it’s your turn
On your last dance you will burn

‘There are more things in
heaven and earth than are
dreamt of in your philosophy’.
These words were used as the
live intro to this song. You can
find them in Shakespeare’s
masterpiece Hamlet - Act 1,
scene 5, 159–167-8. (Hamlet
to Hora�o)
95
WILDEST DREAMS
AUTHOR: S. Harris, A. Smith, ALBUM: Dance Of Death, YEAR: 2003
Am I happy? Yes I am Op�mism is a mental a�tude or

world view that interprets situa�ons
Life is good, it’s not a scam and events as being best (op�mized),
Now I’m full of energy meaning that in some way for factors
Come, let’s create memories that may not be fully comprehended,
the present moment is in an op�mum
state. The concept is typically
A�er heavy clouds and rain extended to include the a�tude of
Want to leave black days and pain hope for future condi�ons unfolding
as op�mal as well. leads to a state
Wait for me, I’m on my way of mind that believes everything
To some new, much brighter days is as it should be, and that the future
will be as well. Being op�mis�c, in the
typical sense of the word, ul�mately
Come on friend, just follow me means one expects the best
Spread your wings ‘cause you are free possible outcome from any given
Life is good, it’s not a scam situa�on.
Am I happy? Yes I am

In the early days of Iron
Maiden, the band used to
play some songs on tours long
before they were released
on albums (for example,
‘Wrathchild’). In recent years,
there is only one example. It
is ‘Wildest Dreams’ which was
played on the ‘Give Me Ed,
‘Till I’m Dead’ Tour in 2003.
97
MONTSÉGUR
AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, J. Gers, S. Harris, ALBUM: Dance Of Death, YEAR: 2003
Montségur, in Southern France

Tale about intolerance The Château de Montségur is a
former fortress near Montségur, a
Cathars and their strange beliefs commune in the Ariège department
A castle on a high reef in southwestern France. Its ruins are
the site of a razed stronghold of the
Cathars. Montségur is o�en named
French Crusaders with pretext as a candidate for the Holy Grail
Of heresy killed Perfects castle and indeed, there are linguis�c
They will not renounce their faith similari�es in the Grail romance
‘Parzival’ wri�en by Wolfram
Knowing that this means fast death von Eschenbach (1170 - 1220). The
grail castle is called Monsalvat, similar
They rather chose death in fire to Montségur and with the same
meaning: ‘safe mountain, secure
Final judgement is much higher mountain’.
Where is gone the Holy Grail
It’s part of another tale

This is a much underrated
Maiden song, never
performed live. Bruce
Dickinson was on holiday in
Southern France, and was so
fascinated by the tale of the
town of Montségur that he
wrote a song about it. See
the details in the ‘Eddie’s fact
corner’ sec�on.
99
PASCHENDALE
AUTHOR: S. Harris, A. Smith, ALBUM: Dance Of Death, YEAR: 2003
In the fields of heavy mud

Painful screams and creeks of blood The Ba�le of Passchendaele (or Third
Ba�le of Ypres or ‘Passchendaele’)
This is horror, living hell
was a campaign of the First World
The grey mud of Paschendale War, fought by the Bri�sh and their
allies against the German Empire. The
ba�le took place on the Western
Senseless campaign, senseless deaths
Front, between July and November
Act of world war architects 1917, for control of the ridges south
Half a million and more souls and east of the Belgian city of Ypres
in West Flanders, as part of a strategy
Are their lives worth less then goals
decided by the Allies at conferences in
November 1916 and May 1917. The
In the whirl of rain and fire campaign ended in November
when the Canadian Corps captured
Bodies hang on barbed wire
Passchendaele.
This is horror, living hell
The grey mud of Paschendale

The ‘Anthem for Doomed
Youth’ is a well-known
poem wri�en by Wilfred
Owen (1893 - 1918) that
talks about the horrors of
war. In live performances
of ‘Paschendale’, Bruce
Dickinson used to introduce
the song with a passage from
Owen’s poem.
101
BRIGHTER THAN A THOUSAND SUNS

AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, S. Harris, A. Smith, ALBUM: A Ma�er Of Life And Death, YEAR: 2006
Vic�ms of atomic bombs

As of 2014, only two nuclear
In most cases don’t have tombs weapons have been used in the course
There remains only their dust of warfare, both �mes by the United
Land destroyed and overcast States near the end of World War II.
On 6 August 1945, a uranium gun-type
fission bomb code-named ‘Li�le Boy’
Brighter than a thousand suns was detonated over the Japanese
Louder than a billion guns city of Hiroshima. Three days later, on
9 August, a plutonium implosion-type
Radia�on, horror, fire fission bomb code-named ‘Fat Man’
Fast death is their last desire was exploded over the Japanese city of
Nagasaki. These two bombings resulted in
the deaths of approximately 200,000
We can stop that, it’s insane civilians and military personnel
We don’t need no acid rain from acute injuries sustained from
World can be a be�er place the explosions.
Bright like every star in space

Some other Maiden songs
about war, such as ‘Two
Minutes To Midnight’ and
‘Tailgunner’, were wri�en
with a certain dose of irony
and mockery. However, the
lyrics to ‘Brighter Than A
Thousand Suns’ are more
serious, sharper and worrying.
103
THE LONGEST DAY

AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, S. Harris, A. Smith, ALBUM: A Ma�er Of Life And Death, YEAR: 2006
Great Ba�le of Normandy The Normandy landings

The longest day called ‘Day D’ (codenamed Opera�on Neptune)
June 6th 1944 were the landing opera�ons on 6 June
1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied
Fully raged the bloody war invasion of Normandy in Opera�on
Overlord during World War II. The
Utah, Gold, Omaha, Sword largest seaborne invasion in history,
the opera�on began the invasion of
And Juno in ‘Overlord’ German-occupied Western Europe,
50 miles of blood-red sea led to the restora�on of the French
In the name of victory Republic, and contributed to an Allied
victory in the war. The Longest Day is a
book by Cornelius Ryan (1920 - 1974)
Ten thousand plus, need to fall published in 1959, telling the story
To break strong Atlan�c Wall of D-Day, later adapted for film.
There’s the thousand unknown graves
Somewhere deep under the waves

Another Maiden War epic;
this one telling the tale of
one of the best known ba�les
in history, the landings in
Normandy, France, on June
6th, 1944. As it is wri�en that
‘the cliffs erupt in flames’,
the song probably describes
the ac�on at Gold Beach. See
more details in the ‘Eddie’s
fact corner’ sec�on.
105
THE PILGRIM
AUTHOR: J. Gers, S. Harris, ALBUM: A Ma�er Of Life And Death, YEAR: 2006
Famous transatlan�c trip The Mayflower was the ship that

With Mayflower, Bri�sh ship transported mostly English Puritans
and Separa�sts, collec�vely known
Sixty six days on high seas today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth
With dead bodies and disease England to the New World. This
voyage has become an iconic story in the
earliest annals of American history
Goodbye England, mother old with its tragic story of death and of
Leaving for a Brave New World survival in the harshest New World winter
Full of hopes we’re travelling brave environment. The culmina�on of the
voyage in the signing of the ‘Mayflower
Even if it be our grave Compact’ is one of the greatest moments
in the story of America, providing the
We will build by our own hand basis of the na�on’s present form
of democra�c self-government and
Brighter future in new land fundamental freedoms.
Land of freedom, be�er place
Now known as United States

This song is originally based
on the story of the Mayflower,
according to Steve Harris
himself. Some fans will say
that this song is also related
to the crusades. The line ‘holy
ba�les take their toll’ and its
oriental sound may be the
evidence to it.
107
SATELITE 15 - THE FINAL FRONTIER

AUTHOR: S. Harris, A. Smith, ALBUM: The Final Fron�er, YEAR: 2010
Take me high above the stars

Show me Jupiter and Mars Outer space, or simply space, is the
Show me black holes, Milky Way void that exists between celes�al
bodies, including the Earth. Humans
En�re Space, just every day began the physical explora�on of
space during the 20th century with
In a galac�c starship the advent of high-al�tude balloon
flights, followed by manned rocket
We’ll go on the longest trip launches. Outer space represents
To explore some secret place a challenging environment for
Far away, so deep in Space human explora�on because of the
dual hazards of vacuum and radia�on.
Microgravity also has a nega�ve effect
Will I ever see my Earth on human physiology that causes
My home planet, place of birth? both muscle atrophy and bone loss.
Is it �me to say goodbye
To our Sun and deep blue sky?

‘Satellite 15’ is the most
unusual Maiden intro on
their albums. Steve Harris
men�oned in an interview
that Adrian Smith had come
up with the demo of the track,
and that it simply ended up as
such on the album, without
any later refinement in the
studio. That is why the drums
sound so ar�ficial.
109
EL DORADO
AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, S. Harris, A. Smith, ALBUM: The Final Fron�er, YEAR: 2010
In the a�c, in the dark El Dorado, originally El Hombre

Dorado or El Rey Dorado, is the term
Found a map in a wood ark
used by Europeans to describe a tribal
Yellow paper, pale and old chief of the Muisca na�ve people of
Keeping secrets of false gold Colombia, South America, who as an
ini�a�on rite, covered himself with gold
dust and dove into Lake Guatavita.
Colombian forests green Later, it became the name of a
Towns forgo�en, never seen legendary ‘Lost City of Gold’, that fascinated
explorers since the days of the Spanish
Golden cups and diamond bowls
conquistadors and was supposedly
Won’t be touched by greedy souls located on Lake Parime in the highlands
of Guyana, South America. Imagined as
a place, El Dorado went from a city
Tried to ask a man, wise and old
to a kingdom and an empire of this
Will I ever find that gold legendary golden king.
He replied me, yes, you’ll find
But then you will become blind

Iron Maiden temporary
stopped releasing physical
singles with their previous
album ‘A Ma�er Of Life
And Death’. ‘El Dorado’ had
been released as a free
downloadable file on the
official website on June
8th, 2010, a day before the
band embarked on the ‘Final
Fron�er World Tour’.
111
THE ALCHEMIST
AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, J. Gers, S. Harris, ALBUM: The Final Fron�er, YEAR: 2010
In the class of History

Teacher men�oned alchemy Alchemy is an influen�al
Now I want to know lots more philosophical tradi�on whose
prac��oners have, from an�quity,
I’ll take some books and explore claimed it to be the precursor
to profound powers. The defining
It is not just chemistry objec�ves of alchemy are varied
but historically have typically included
It is much more mystery one or more of the following goals: the
Ancient knowledge, ancient cra� crea�on of the fabled philosopher’s
Secret formulas and dra�s stone; the ability to transform base
metals into the noble metals (gold or
silver); and development of an elixir
I don’t want to become old of life, which would confer youth
I want to produce pure gold and longevity.
Ancient science will subsist
Want to be an alchemist

This song is the only really fast
song on ‘The Final Fron�er’
album. Janick Gers showed
here that he really loves
wri�ng fast songs. He had
already proved himself by
wri�ng fast ‘opener’ songs
such as ‘Man On The Edge’
from the ‘X Factor’ album.
113
ISLE OF AVALON
AUTHOR: S. Harris, A. Smith, ALBUM: The Final Fron�er, YEAR: 2010
Misty island Avalon

In my dreams just call me on
King Arthur in search for cure Avalon is a legendary island featured
in the Arthurian legend. It first
With his sword Excalibur appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s
1136 pseudohistorical account Historia
Fascinated with his life Regum Britanniae (‘The History
of the Kings of Britain’) as the place
Full of ba�les, swords and knives where King Arthur’s sword Excalibur
Tried to ask him in my dream was forged and later where Arthur
Can I ever be like him was taken to recover from his wounds
a�er the Ba�le of Camlann. Avalon was
associated from an early date with
When you feel that end is near mys�cal prac�ces and people such
Just relax and show no fear as Morgan le Fay.
I will wait for you, he said
On the island of the dead

If you listen to ‘Isle Of Avalon’,
you can recognize several epic
pieces from some classic Iron
Maiden songs. You do not
need to be an expert to hear a
riff from ‘No More Lies’, or to
compare the song’s intro with
the second part of ‘Seventh
Son Of A Seventh Son’.
115
COMING HOME
AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, S. Harris, A. Smith, ALBUM: The Final Fron�er, YEAR: 2010
I’m the pilot of a plane The White Cliffs of Dover are cliffs
which form part of the English coastline
Metal singer with the mane facing the Strait of Dover and France. The
Air Raid Siren is my name cliffs have great symbolic value in Britain
Come with me and play my game because they face towards Con�nental
Europe across the narrowest part of
the English Channel, where invasions
Airports, highways, stadiums have historically threatened and
Shiny hotels, shiny rooms against which the cliffs form a symbolic
guard. Because crossing at Dover was
Crazy fans and crazy cars the primary route to the con�nent
Yeah, it seems we live like stars before the advent of air travel, the
white line of cliffs also formed the first
or last sight of England for travelers.
But night a�er our last show Albion is a name for Britain possibly
When I raise my plane above derived from the color of the
None of us now want to roam cliffs.
Come on guys we’re coming home

‘Coming Home’ is a song in
which Bruce Dickinson shared
his feelings about flying Ed
Force One back to the UK
during the ‘Somewhere Back
In Time’ Tour. (Albion is a
poe�c name for England,
possibly due to the white cliffs
of Dover.)
117
TEARS OF A CLOWN
AUTHOR: A. Smith, S. Harris, ALBUM: The Book Of Souls, YEAR: 2015
You feel sadness, you feel pain

But you need to entertain The phrase ‘tears of a clown’ was made
To keep a smile on a stranger’s face famous by the 1967 Smokey Robinson
You hide your feelings without a trace & The Miracles song of the same �tle.
Smokey Robinson sung of a character,
who “smiling in the crowd I try, but in
It’s not easy, for all these years a lonely room I cry.” He compared
To keep your smile and hide your tears himself a character in the Italian opera
‘Pagliacci’, a clown called Canio, who
When they kill the bright stage lights was making the audience laugh,
Sorrow comes with endless nights but was weeping behind his makeup
because his wife betrayed him. Tragic
death of comedian and actor Robin
Help me, hear my silent scream Williams revived this phrase.
Feel my pressure, building steam
It’s hard to best your inner foes
Tomorrow comes, tomorrow goes

This song was inspired by the
depression and tragic death
of comedian and actor Robin
Williams. Bruce Dickinson
said: „When I sang it, you
know, Steve’s words and tune,
I went, ‘What’s this about?
Steve said, ‘It’s about Robin
Williams and that floored
me.”
119
EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS

AUTHOR: B. Dickinson, ALBUM: The Book Of Souls, YEAR: 2015
To ride the storm, to ride the sky

They dreamed their dreams, they learned
‘Empire of the Clouds’ tells the story of
to fly the R101 airship (with 223 m in length,
A giant airship, the biggest one it was the world’s largest flying cra�),
They thought was ready, and all was done which crashed on its maiden voyage in
northern France on 5 October 1930,
killing 48 of the 54 people on board.
No trial flight, no checkup long R101 was one of a pair of Bri�sh rigid
But she’s a giant, what can go wrong? airships completed in 1929 as part of
Her maiden flight was sadly last a Bri�sh government programme
to develop civil airships capable of
Her bright future is now her past
service on long-distance routes within
the Bri�sh Empire. The crash of R101
The death of dreamers is not the end effec�vely ended Bri�sh airship
This new dreamers will understand development.
We reached the Moon and we’ll reach
Mars
They died to bring us to the stars

‘Empire of the Clouds’ (18.01)
is Iron Maiden’s longest song
to date. It is a very unusual
Maiden song with quiet
piano intro. Nicko McBrain
experimented with a variety
of percussive instruments,
including a bowed gong, to
recreate the airship’s crash.
121
ABOUT AUTHOR
Stjepan Juras was born on the 15th of February

1976. At the age of just seven, he got introduced
to the music of Iron Maiden. Thanks to the
fantas�c illustra�ons of their covers he began to
discover their music and iconography without
even understanding the English language in
that young age.
While growing up, led by the uniqueness of their
musical expression, he begun to understand
their lyrics more and more, which intriguied him
deeply, so he kept on spreading his knowledge
about the band by studying numerous books,
encyclopedias and movies, not to men�on that
he also started to pay much more a�en�on to
history classes at school..
Along with his school and academic educa�on
Iron Maiden begun some kind of parralel and
addi�onal source of educa�on. It became an
addi�onal data source and a source of general
enlightment and culture. He liked what he
learned and it le� an intensive impression on
him. This book proves that the most.
122
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book wouldn’t have seen the light of day, hadn’t it been for the immense and complete support
from the members of both the Croa�an Iron Maiden fan club and the Iron Maiden online club. I have
created this book thanks in part to their advices, ques�ons, sugges�ons and guidelines and I hope the
final product will please them all.
Thanks to my parents and my brother for their understanding, Ranko Čop for adap�ng and proof-reading.
Thanks to Vlado Vulić for all of this years of colabora�on; his work will be featured in all of my future books
from Iron Maiden member series. I also owe my gra�tude to my girlfriend Violeta Šunić for her unbeliveable
crea�ve contribu�on in book design, layout job and packing. Thank you to Mia Zara, Ingrid Beloša, Vlaho
Bogoje, Boban Savović, Toni Bulić, Vedran Margan, Sanda Krstulović, Robert Š�vičić, Fani Plosnić, Nika Ostoić,
Éva Katona, Tina Bralić and one special thank you goes to Luka Valković for his unbelievable artworks in this
book.
Also, a big thank you to Derek Riggs for his vision and contribu�on in crea�ng the iconic monster of
metal, Eddie and all the other ar�sts who helped contribute to the Iron Maiden catalog over the years
for without them this book wouldn’t be possible.
Finally, a big thank you to every member of Iron Maiden, past and present, and every person who ever
worked for the band. Keep doing the greatest job in the world. We, the fans, will always support you!
Special thank you goes to Maverick, Bæleron and all contributors on www.ironmaidencommentary.com.
This great webiste is source of many great informa�on about Iron Maiden music, lyrics and Maiden info
in general.
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War is painful, war is cruel

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On the highest cliﬀs of Crete

In all �mes parents are right

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QUEST FOR FIRE

Thousand decades back in past

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SUN AND STEEL

He’s a mighty samurai

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Pyramids and Horus’ eye

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Any�me you watch the sky

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It’s me or you, it’s a fact

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RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

Somewhere on the southern sea

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