Reply #8: An explaination.

[Runesong]

They were a very underrated heavy metal band back in the 80's.

Their album covers feature a death-defying character named "Eddie". There could be some deep, philisophical meaning behind the predicaments Eddie finds himself in. He is a survivor that transcends all torments and pain. But like me, I think the artist just likes drawing really cool pictures of skulls, and curvy babes with bat wings. :)

The song writers of Iron Maiden are very well read, and base their tunes on classic fantasy and sci-fi, and epic poems such as "Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner"

Listen to a few Iron Maiden tunes. I think you will find many of the lyrics a bit deeper than their album covers. (I admit some of their tunes just kick ass, and have no other redeeming value :)