Eternal es el tema que cierra Scream for Me Sarajevo (Music from the Motion Picture), el álbum de 2018 que acompaña al documental sobre el concierto que Dickinson dio en Sarajevo en 1994, en plena guerra de Bosnia. La canción no es nueva: se grabó originalmente como demo durante las sesiones de Tyranny of Souls (2005) y solo llegó a incluirse en la edición japonesa de aquel disco, lo que la convirtió durante años en una rareza casi de coleccionista para los fans.
Al recuperarla para el documental, Eternal cobra un sentido distinto: como cierre de un disco dedicado a aquel concierto en una ciudad sitiada, la letra sobre héroes caídos y recuerdos que persisten encaja como un homenaje directo a las víctimas del conflicto. Musicalmente es una balada de tintes épicos, muy alejada del Iron Maiden de Dickinson, más cercana a su faceta solista más introspectiva junto a Roy Z.
Vídeo (con imágenes de la guerra de Bosnia y del documental):
Letra:
At the edge of space the world is curved
Like a halo
See a blackbird flying now, see it now... through my window
And so the rocket man came down to land
From the unknown
On the ground he never found the truth...
Turned his eyes...
To the skies...
We were eternal back in those days
But now we are memories
They hide us away
But we were the only ones
Never forget, those fallen heroes
Never again...
At the edge of space the world is curved
Like a halo
See a blackbird flying now,
See it now... through my window
And so the rocket man came down to land
From the unknown
On the ground he never found the truth...
Turned his eyes...
To the skies...
We were eternal back in those days
But now we are memories
They hide us away
We were the only ones
Never forget, those fallen heroes
Never again...
We are at peace now...
In the deep blue...
In the deep blue...
In the deep blue...
We were eternal back in those days
But now we are memories
They hide us away
Now I'm the only one
Never forget, those fallen heroes
Never again...
Never again...
We were eternal...
Never again...
We were eternal...
Never again...
We were eternal...
Never again...
Never again...
Never again...
