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IRON MAIDEN LYRICS
"Man on the Edge" (1995 Single)
1. Man On The Edge
2. The Edge Of Darkness
3. Judgement Day (non-album track)
4. Blaze Bayley Interview, Part I
1. Man On The Edge
The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles
The car is an oven and baking is wild
Nothing is ever the way it should be
What we deserve we just don't get you see
A briefcase, a lunch and a man on the edge
Each step gets closer to losing his head
Is someone in heaven are they looking down
'Cause nothing is fair just you look around
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
He's sick of waiting of lying like this
There's a hole in the sky for the angels to kiss
Branded a leper because you don't fit
In the land of the free you just live by your wits
Once he built missiles a nation's defence
Now he can't even give birthday presents
Across the city he leaves in his wake
A glimpse of the future a cannibal state
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
(2:24-Solo: Janick Gers)
(2:37-Solo: Dave Murray)
The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles
The car is an oven and baking is wild
Nothing is ever the way it should be
What we deserve we just don't get you see
A briefcase, a lunch and a man on the edge
Each step gets closer to losing his head
Is someone in heaven are they looking down
Nothing is fair just you look around
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
Falling down, falling down, falling down
2. The Edge Of Darkness
I've looked into the heart of darkness, where the blood-red journey ends
When you've faced the heart of darkness, even your soul begins to bend
For a week I have been waiting, still I am only in Saigon
The walls move in a little closer, I feel the jungle call me on
Every minute I get weaker, while in the jungle they grow strong
What I wanted was a mission, and for my sins they gave me one
They brought it up just like room service, 'cause everyone gets what they want
And when that mission was all over, I'd never want another one
I know captain that you've done this work before
We've got a problem you can help us all I'm sure
The colonel's gone rogue and his methods are unsound
You'll take a PBR up river, track him down
There's a conflict in every human heart
And the temptation is to take it all to far
In this war things get so confused
But there are some things which cannot be excused
He's acting like a God - an insane lunatic
Your mission - exterminate with extreme prejudice
The route is dangerous and your progress may be slow
Here is the file and it's all you need to know
(4:18-Solo: Janick Gers)
(4:38-Solo: Dave Murray)
Here I am the knife in my hand
And now I understand why the genius must die
Now I stand alone in the darkness with his blood upon my hands
Where sat the warrior the poet, now lie the fragments of a man
I've looked into the heart of darkness, where the blood-red journey ends
When you've faced the heart of darkness, even your soul begins to bend
I've looked into the heart of darkness...
3. Judgement Day (non-album track)
There are no marks upon a man
That can say he's good or bad
No label and no telltale sign
That can show he's full of lies
By your deeds you will be known,
Time will tell, truth will show
As we exhale every breath
We all got closer to our death
What will you say
What will you say
On judgement day
On judgement day
When you look into their eyes
You don't know what they hide
No label and no tell tale sign
That can show he's full of lies
By your deeds you will be known,
Time will tell, truth will show
As we exhale every breath
We all got closer to our death
What will you say
What will you say
On judgement day
On judgement day
Ignorance is bliss is that the reason we can not read another's mind
If we knew what thoughts were dancing through each other's heads
Would we all be driven mad, would we all be dead
(2:22-Solo: Dave Murray)
(2:39-Solo: Janick Gers)
(2:54-Solo: Dave Murray)
By your deeds you will be known,
Time will tell, truth will show
As we exhale every breath
We all step closer to our death
What will you say
What will you say
On judgement day
On judgement day
On judgement day
On judgement day
4. Blaze Bayley Interview, Part I
Keith Wilfort:
How did you feel when you finally learned that you'd got the job in Maiden?
Blaze:
Relieved... more than anything
Keith Wilfort:
Cause there was a bit for awhile where it was, you know...
Blaze:
Well I had to audition just the same as everybody else, so I was probably.... I just thought... I didn't think really... I thought I had a chance as much as anybody else cause I'm quite a determined person, but I thought "well I'll never get it", you know, cause it's such a dream job, you know, it's something that you think... So I was just relieved more than anything, all the anxiety and worrying thinking "Will I get it? Won't I get it? .... " you know, so it was like "Are you sure? Are you sure?" you know, just to make sure... "It's me? Yeah, you've phoned the right person? Are you sure?" And I just spent about three days getting completely drunk... and staying drunk. So, it was good. It was a relief more than anything and then after awhile I felt really good about it.
Keith Wilfort:
Did you have to sing a lot of songs or was it sort of...?
Blaze:
Umm... I think we got to... It didn't seem like a lot, I remember the audition, it didn't seem like a lot of songs, but in fact I think it was about nine different numbers. And it was quite a cross section of Maiden material with stuff like Hallowed and Number Of The Beast and Clairvoyant and Fear Of The Dark... So it was all quite different stuff that both Paul and Bruce had done. And, I just remember being at the audition and thinking "well, even if I don't get it, at least I got the chance to sing with Maiden", and sing, you know... and so I thought "I've got this far, I don't really care now, I'll just go for it and enjoy the fact that I'm actually singing with Iron Maiden." So it was good from that point of view... it was really good, and we got to the end of it and we were all looking at each other going "Isn't there any more? Is that it?" Cause it just seemed to go like that, you know, it seemed to be a real vibe in the room... something was certainly clicking.
Keith Wilfort:
So, when it came to actually settling in with the band, did it take a while to adjust to it or was it a case of sort of like "We're in there, this is it!"... the vibes, you know?
Blaze:
I think it was... there was a little bit of a limbo period until we actually started working together, because even though I was in the band, we hadn't done anything together, there were no shows planned and the first thing we were gonna do was start writing this record. And I think I was quite nervous at the time. But as soon as I got together with Janick, you know, the ideas... I was thinking, "will this work with Maiden?", you know, and stuff like that... the ideas that I'd got, but it just slotted straight in. And when I started working with Steve it was great as well, cause he started... the way, the style that he writes and the way he constructs his melodies and his songs, he uses a part of my voice that I would never usually use, but it's a part I'm always looking for. So it's quite fulfilling in that respect, because even though I'd spent nine years in Wolfsbane, my previous band, and we'd made five albums, there was certainly something as we'd gone on that I was trying to find more character, and something more individual about my voice that maybe I'd just touched on sometimes. But when we started working together in Maiden, writing the songs and as the arrangements started coming together, it really felt that something was coming out of me, I was pushing myself a lot further, and it was very very satisfying.
Keith Wilfort:
Did it take a lot of rehearsing before you actually started recording?
Blaze:
Oh, weirdest thing I've ever done, because we'd got the songs together and it seemed like Steve and Janick... and they would go "Yeah, we'll do this... Ok yeah that's ready." I said, "Well we've only recorded it on the dictaphone, aren't we gonna do any demos? "Oh no no, we're not doing any demos, we'll just go in, you know, we'll get everybody else to learn the arrangements and we'll just record it." And so we were in the studio, we'd rehearsed up the the first song, "ok yeah, a bit of drum in there... whatcha think goes there... la-de-da-de-da..." And I don't think we'd even got through it once without messing it up. And they all just said "Ok, shall we go for a take then?" And I said, "Don't you think we should get through to the end without stopping?" You know, "Oh no! Just get the tape rolling!" So we all went off and got the tape, and so like everybody's on edge.... but I don't know, in a way I think when you do do demos, alot of the time you can lose the excitement of the song. And I think because the first time that we'd get it right and it really worked, that was the take that we were gonna use, there was certainly a little bit of electricity there, certainly, so it worked really well. I mean, sometimes we'd get it right and it just wouldn't feel... you would think, "well what's that all about?" It's all played perfectly but just lacks that little bit of energy or certain something. And then other times, yeah, it really clicked. So it was good from that point of view.
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