[00:00.000] 作曲 : Steve Harris [00:05.810]"My son ask for thyself another [00:10.910]Kingdom, for that which I leave [00:12.240]is too small for thee." [01:56.160]Near to the east [01:57.490]In a part of ancient Greece [02:00.200]In an ancient land [02:01.620]Called Macedonia [02:04.810]Was born a son [02:06.140]To Philip of Macedon [02:08.550]The legend his name [02:10.360]Was Alexander [02:13.400]At the age of nineteen [02:14.530]He became the Macedon King [02:17.340]And he swore to free [02:18.920]All of Asia Minor [02:21.700]By the Aegian Sea [02:23.290]In 334 B.C. [02:25.780]He utterly beat [02:27.330]The armies of Persia [02:30.100]Alexander the Great [02:34.200]His name struck fear into hearts of men [02:38.480]Alexander the Great [02:42.560]Became a legend 'mongst mortal men [03:03.410]King Darius the third [03:05.090]Defeated fled Persia [03:07.840]The Scythians fell [03:09.230]By the river Jaxartes [03:11.620]Then Egypt fell [03:13.310]To the Macedon King as well [03:15.860]And he founded the city [03:17.540]Called Alexandria [03:20.330]By the Tigris river [03:21.730]He met King Darius again [03:21.730]And crushed him again [03:24.180]In the battle of Arbela [03:27.850]Entering Babylon [03:28.940]And Susa, treasures he found [03:32.870]Took Persepolis [03:34.760]The capital of Persia [03:37.310]Alexander the Great [03:41.100]His name struck fear into hearts of men [03:45.660]Alexander the Great [03:49.620]Became a God amongst mortal men [03:53.940](Solo 1 Adrian Smith) [06:32.700](Solo 2 Dave Murray) [07:13.290]A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke [07:16.570]And Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot' [07:17.530]And legend said that who untied the knot [07:19.510]He would become the master of Asia [07:21.390]Hellenism he spread far and wide [07:23.450]The Macedonian learned mind [07:25.530]Their culture was a western way of life [07:27.100]He paved the way for Christianity [07:29.500]Marching on, marching on [07:37.910]The battle weary marching side by side [07:40.010]Alexander's army line by line [07:42.140]They wouldn't follow him to India [07:44.060]Tired of the combat, pain and the glory [07:46.370]Alexander the Great [07:50.290]His name struck fear into hearts of men [07:54.690]Alexander the Great [07:58.900]He died of fever in Babylon