The Boxer and the Beast — Simon & Garfunkel × Iron Maiden Occult Metal Epic

"Woe to you, oh earth and sea..."

The Boxer and the Beast fuses Simon & Garfunkel's devastating "The Boxer" with Iron Maiden's iconic "The Number of the Beast." Folk storytelling meets occult metal theater. Human endurance meets demonic struggle. The poor boy who carries every scar meets the number that haunts our nightmares.

The beast isn't some external demon. It's every voice that told you to quit. Every blow that laid you down. Every winter that bled you dry. And the fighter still remains.

Track 5 from "Tom & Jerry Meet Eddie" — our tribute series exploring what happens when folk poetry collides with NWOBHM fury.
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🎸 ABOUT THE LESSER MORTALS

Seven musicians from Bangalore, India, carrying five decades of rock DNA in their blood. Two vocalists who trade fire. Three guitarists who speak in harmony. A rhythm section that locks like a vault and swings like a wrecking ball. Democratic songwriting. No frontman hierarchy. Just the song.

We believe in witnesses, not prophets — music that observes rather than preaches, that asks questions rather than delivers answers.
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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 — Revelation spoken intro
1:11 — Verse 1: "I am just a poor boy..."
1:52 — Verse 2: "When I left my home and my family"
2:41 — Bridge: "Laying out my winter clothes"
3:33 — Verse 3: "In the clearing stands a boxer"
4:17 — Final declaration / "666" climax
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🎵 THE HYBRID

Original folk source: "The Boxer" — Simon & Garfunkel (1969)
Metal framework: "The Number of the Beast" — Iron Maiden (1982)
Arrangement: The Lesser Mortals (2025)

This is a tribute recording — a love letter to both artists. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the original artists or their estates.
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💬 THE CONNECTION WE FOUND

Paul Simon wrote "The Boxer" about survival — a poor boy beaten down by life but refusing to stay down. Iron Maiden's masterpiece is about confronting the darkness that haunts us.

We realized they're the same fight. The boxer's demons aren't metaphorical. They're real. Every scar, every doubt, every "lie-la-lie" we tell ourselves to keep going. The beast has a number, but so does every round the fighter survives.

What's your "fighter still remains" moment? We want to hear.
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💬 WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU

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