Stranger In A Strange Land

"Stranger in a Strange Land" is the second single by Iron Maiden from their 1986 album Somewhere in Time. The song is unrelated to Robert A. Heinlein's novel by the same name. The lyrics are about an Arctic explorer who dies and is frozen in the ice. After a hundred years his body is found preserved by other people exploring there. Adrian Smith was inspired to write about this song after talking to an explorer who had had a similar experience of discovering a frozen body. The guitar solo in "Stranger in a Strange Land" is played by Adrian Smith. The song is one of only three Iron Maiden songs to fade out, the other being "The Prophecy" from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and "Women in Uniform", a single included on some pressings of Killers. The lyrics "no brave new world" were also present in Iron Maiden's 2000 studio release, Brave New World.

[Verse 1] Was many years ago that I left Home and came this way I was a young man, full of hopes and dreams But now it seems to me That all is lost and nothing gained Sometimes things ain't what they seem No brave new world, no brave new world No brave new world, no brave new world [Verse 2] Night and day I scan horizon, sea and sky My spirit wanders endlessly Until the day will dawn and friends From home discover why Hear me calling, rescue me Set me free, set me free Lost in this place, and leave no trace [Chorus] Stranger in a strange land Land of ice and snow Trapped into this prison, yea Lost and far from home [Verse 3] One hundred years have gone And men again they came that way To find the answer to the mystery They found his body lying Where it fell on that day Preserved in time for all to see No brave new world, no brave new world Lost in this place, and leave no trace [Pre-Chorus] What became of the man that started All are gone and their souls departed Left me here in this place, so all alone [Chorus] Stranger in a strange land Land of ice and snow Trapped inside this prison Lost and far from home [Instrumental Break] [Guitar Solo] [Pre-Chorus] What became of the man that started All are gone and their souls departed Left me here in this place, so all alone [Chorus] Stranger in a strange land Land of ice and snow Trapped inside this prison Lost and far from home Stranger in a strange land Land of ice and snow Trapped inside this prison Lost and far from home [Outro] Stranger in a strange land Land of ice and snow Trapped inside this prison...