Well people are free to interpret as they want, but to me this song is pretty obvious the story from the 1968 movie (or maybe the book) - The reference to the cable car pretty much makes it clear. The movie is highly recommended if you happen to like old war/spy movies + it really makes the lyrics more appreciable.
The movie "Where Eagles dare" is WWII spy-movie about a group of allied commandos operating under British intelligence in the winter of 1943-1944. Their mission involves parachuting into the snowy Alps behind enemy lines and infiltrate the otherwise unreachable caste know as “The Caste of the Eagles”. A complicated mission like this never goes completely as planned and the soldiers soon finds that the challenge has gone from extremely difficult to virtual impossible.
The name “where eagles dare” is both a reference to the inaccessibility of the caste (only by cable car) and the almost suicidal courage needed to go on with the mission. This is reflected in the lyrics where the line “No one should fly where eagles dare “changes into “they chose to fly where eagles dare”.
Well people are free to interpret as they want, but to me this song is pretty obvious the story from the 1968 movie (or maybe the book) - The reference to the cable car pretty much makes it clear. The movie is highly recommended if you happen to like old war/spy movies + it really makes the lyrics more appreciable.
The movie "Where Eagles dare" is WWII spy-movie about a group of allied commandos operating under British intelligence in the winter of 1943-1944. Their mission involves parachuting into the snowy Alps behind enemy lines and infiltrate the otherwise unreachable caste know as “The Caste of the Eagles”. A complicated mission like this never goes completely as planned and the soldiers soon finds that the challenge has gone from extremely difficult to virtual impossible.
The name “where eagles dare” is both a reference to the inaccessibility of the caste (only by cable car) and the almost suicidal courage needed to go on with the mission. This is reflected in the lyrics where the line “No one should fly where eagles dare “changes into “they chose to fly where eagles dare”.