Originally appeared as the 3rd song on The X Factor (it was the first single from the album).
The 1993 film Falling Down inspires this rocker about a man having a day of fury.
The freeway is jammed
And it's backed up for miles
The car is an oven and baking is wild
Nothing is ever the way it should be
What we deserve we just don't get you see
A briefcase, a lunch and a man on the edge
Each step gets closer to losing his head
Is someone in heaven? Are they looking down?
Cause nothing is fair just you look around
[Chorus]
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
He's sick of waiting of lying like this
There's a hole in the sky for the angels to kiss
Branded a leper because you don't fit
In the land of the free
You can live by your wits
Once he built missiles a nations defence
Now he can't even give birthday presents
Across the city he leaves in his wake
A glimpse of the future a cannibal state
[Chorus]
Man On The Edge was written by Blaze Bayley & Janick Gers.
Man On The Edge was produced by Steve Harris & Nigel Green.
Blaze Bayley released Man On The Edge on Mon Sep 25 1995.