Významná heavymetalová skupina založená S. Harrisem (ročník 1957, předtím ve sk. Influence, Gypsy´s Kiss a Smiler) v r. 1976 v Londýně. Původně ovlivněni především Deep Purple. Rance a Sullivan jsou brzy nahrazeni Murrayem (nar. 1955) a...

Píseň: The Edge of Darkness

Interpret:
Iron Maiden
Album:
Man On The Edge (Singl)
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 wating
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


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