Album: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)

Charted: 5

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• Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade
  Slept in the dust with his daughter
  Her eyes red with the slaughter of innocence
  And I will pray for her, I will call her name out loud
  I would bleed for her, if I could only see her now
  Living on a razor's edge, balancing on a ledge
  Living on a razor's edge and balancing on a ledge, yeah
  Balancing on a ledge and living on a razor's edge
  Balancing on a ledge, you know, you know
  
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  
  Circle of fire, my baptism of joy, at an end it seems
  The seventh lamb slain, the book of life opens before me
  And I will pray for you, someday I may return
  Don't you cry for me, beyond is where I learn
  
  Living on a razor's edge, balancing on a ledge
  Living on a razor's edge, you know, you know
  
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  
  Living on a razor's edge, balancing on a ledge
  Living on a razor's edge, you know, you know
  
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  The evil that men do lives on and on
  The evil, the evil, the evil that men do
  The evil, the evil, the evil that men do
  Bow down Writer/s: Adrian Frederick Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Stephen Percy Harris
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

• Luke from Manchester, UkThis was released in 1988, Man On The Edge was in 1995.
  They sound similar because of the bassline which Steve Harris uses a lot.
• Caitlin from Colmesneil, TxI hear you Donna. If it hadn't been for Maiden I wouldn't have ever picked up a copy of "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding or "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. And it was really interesting, that the song helped me understand the book and the book helped me understand what they were talking about in the song!
• Rachel from North Jersey, NjMy favorite Maiden song. i love the lyrics, i love the music and I love how Bruce delivers the vocals. I do believe this came before Man on the Edge, yes?
• Joshua from London, EnglandThis song is real good, but bares some similarity to Man on the Edge
• Donna from Ny , NyThey've always been interesting writers and some of their early songs actually made me go read. Not kidding. That's how I got interested in Coleridge. Laugh if you want, but it worked! I never thought of them as a negative band, the way they were publicly portrayed sometimes. Always good playing, adventurous and whole lot of fun.
  
  D.R., FL
• Rae from Sydney, AustraliaHuh? i agree! iron maiden rules...
  the lovely thing is iron maiden helped created the'death' stereotypes... though, i thought a lot of the songs people do know the stories on the song, as it is based on novels/poems/events...
  such as this song is named from Julius Ceasar, and as part of a concept albulm, this is based on the Orson Scott Card Tales of Alvin Maker series...maybe im too much a bookworm :p
• Drew from Butler, NjOne of my favorites. Iron Maiden is one of those bands that is stereotyped and no one ever really knows the great stories and thoughts behind the music.

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