This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Out of winter came a warhorse of steel
I've never killed a woman before
I know how it feels
I know you'd have gone insane
If you saw what I saw
But now I've got to look for
Sanctuary from the law
I met up with a stranger last night
To keep me alive
He spends all his money on gambling
And guns to survive
I know you'd have gone insane
If you saw what I saw
But now I've got to look for
Sanctuary from the law, oh
So give me sanctuary from the law
And I'll be alright
Just give me sanctuary from the law
And love me tonight, tonight
I know you'd have gone insane
If you saw what I saw
But now I've got to look for
Sanctuary from the law
Well I can laugh at the wind (ha ha ha)
I can howl in the rain (ow)
Down in the canyon
Or out on the plains
I know you'd have gone insane
If you saw what I saw
But now I've got to look for
Sanctuary from the law
So give me sanctuary from the law
And I'll be alright
So give me sanctuary from the law
And love me tonight, tonight
Love me tonight
I've never killed a woman before
I know how it feels
I know you'd have gone insane
If you saw what I saw
But now I've got to look for
Sanctuary from the law
I met up with a stranger last night
To keep me alive
He spends all his money on gambling
And guns to survive
I know you'd have gone insane
If you saw what I saw
But now I've got to look for
Sanctuary from the law, oh
So give me sanctuary from the law
And I'll be alright
Just give me sanctuary from the law
And love me tonight, tonight
I know you'd have gone insane
If you saw what I saw
But now I've got to look for
Sanctuary from the law
Well I can laugh at the wind (ha ha ha)
I can howl in the rain (ow)
Down in the canyon
Or out on the plains
I know you'd have gone insane
If you saw what I saw
But now I've got to look for
Sanctuary from the law
So give me sanctuary from the law
And I'll be alright
So give me sanctuary from the law
And love me tonight, tonight
Love me tonight
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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I when I listened to this song I got the impression that it was about desperados in the wild west. Hence 'sanctuary from the law' and ' I met up with a 'slinger' (Something that made me think a Roland Deschain from stephen kings Dark Tower series). Wasn't sanctuary when you hid in a church and the police couldnt arrest you? Awsome song !
Classic song
about a fugitive who needs sanctuary.
on the cover of the the sanctuary single there is a picture of eddie standing over mageret thacther after stabbing her cause she was tearing down iron madien posters, they tried to ban this for obvios reasons!
they did not suceed in banning it but as an apology to maggie iron maidens next single "women in uniform" featured eddie walking down a street with two ladys and mageret thachter just around a corner with a machine gun about to get even with eddie.
Actually, there were no attempts to ban this by anybody. I'll let Derek Riggs explain:<br /> <br /> "The 'flak'... was invented by the band's management. They 'banned' it and they put the black square over her face and then they showed it to the press and cried 'censorship,' but there really wasn't any. The flak was all imaginary and self-generated for publicity. It's an old trick and it nearly always sells records... go and ask all the rappers who swear on their records all the time, if it depressed the record sales they would soon stop doing it."<br />
I like everything about this song.
This was before Iron Maiden's now distinctive sound, but I still love it.