Clue 1:
The title of this song contains the name of a film. The lead male actor in this film is more famous for playing another character. He has also played in a film which is linked to another Maiden song.
Clue 2:
There are two main characters in the song's lyrics.
Clue 3:
In the lyrics you will find the name of songs by Bon Jovi, Boston and Pink Floyd.
Clue 4:
One of the characters in the lyrics seems to be in (or be about to get into) a sticky situation. Albeit less dramatic, there is an account of a parallel situation in one of Maiden’s more humorous B-sides.
Clue 5:
The song has a number of features one would expect from an archetypical Iron Maiden song.
Clue 6:
Although rather subtly, this song marks a change for the band.
Clue 7:
The storyline in the song involves a concept that Maiden in more detail have dedicated an entire song to on another album.
Clue 8:
The song loosely takes its plot from a 1970s film. The name of this 1970s film is also the name of a 1980s superhit that went to No1 in the US, an Ozzy Osbourne song from the 1990s, and an episode of The Wire from the 2000s.
No, no we can't let them guess anymore: The Clansman, The Fugitive, Running Free, Sign of the Cross, The Duellists, From Here to Eternity, The Angel and the Gambler, Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger, Flight of Icarus, The Man Who Would Be King, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Run to the Hills, 22 Acacia Avenue, The Trooper Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Still Life, New Frontier, The Prisoner, The Prophecy, Infinite Dreams