The Nomad

The instrumental part of 'The Nomad' has been borrowed from Beckett's 'Life's Shadow', a song featured on their one and only self-titled 1974 album. Obviously, it has been re-arranged to fit Iron Maiden's style and sound, but the similarity is absolutely unmistakable. Incidentally, 'Life's Shadow' also contains lyrics that Steve Harris used for 'Hallowed Be Thy Name'. Some may consider this plagiarism but no copyright lawsuit was filed so there is likely more to this story than is known to the fans. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.