From Here To Eternity

Album: Fear Of The Dark (1992)
Charted: 21
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Songfacts®:

  • This is the last song in the Charlotte Saga, which is a series of Iron Maiden songs featuring the same character ("Charlotte the Harlot" and "22 Acacia Avenue" and "Hooks In You" are the others). In this song, Charlotte meets a man on a motorcycle and she rides with him. The line, "They took a spill at the devil's bend" means they wreck and Charlotte dies. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    John - Dayton, OH

Comments: 1

  • Luke from Manchester, EnglandThe line is "They took a TUMBLE at the Devil's bend"
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