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Was many years ago that I left home and came this wayI was a young man full of hopes and dreamsBut now it seems to me that all is lost and nothing gainedSometimes things ain't what they seemNo brave new world, no brave new worldNo brave new world, no brave new world
Night and day I scan horizon, sea and skyMy spirit wanders endlesslyUntil the day will dawn and friends from home discover whyHear me calling, rescue meSet me free, set me freeLost in this place and leave no trace
One hundred years have goneAnd men again they came that wayTo find the answer to the mysteryThey found his body lying where it fell on that dayPreserved in time for all to seeNo brave new world, no brave new worldLost in this place, and leave no trace
What became of the man that startedAll are gone and their souls departedLeft me here in this place so all alone
Stranger in a strange landLand of ice and snowTrapped inside this prisonLost and far from home
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 a similar experience of discovering a frozen body.
Eddie's appearance on the single cover is an homage to the Clint Eastwood character "Man with No Name", although it can also be seen as a mixture of Rick Deckard from Blade Runner and the "Man with No Name". This version of Eddie would later be used in the Camp Chaos music video for "Run to the Hills".
- In the top-right corner of the cover (slightly right of Eddie's lit match), the time on the clock appears as "11:58". This is a reference to an earlier Iron Maiden single, "2 Minutes to Midnight".
- Several cards can be seen falling from the table. One (orange background, next to red-coloured card) contains a picture of the Grim Reaper, like that on "The Trooper" cover.
- Just under one of the stacks of cards, on the edge of the table, Derek Riggs' signature can be seen.
