"Nights on Fire"

When I listened to New World a couple days ago, I noticed two things about "Nights on Fire," both about the line "See the eagle rise."  First, as if to reflect that "ris[ing]," the line is sung to an ascending melody (A A D E F#).  Second, I think this might be a slight nod to the Alan Parsons Project's "The Eagle Will Rise Again," which contains a similar line (the title line: "The eagle will rise again").  Colin Blunstone sang "The Eagle Will Rise Again" and co-wrote "Nights on Fire."