The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
You can see him riding on the wind
You can see him with his wings of fire
Like the speed of light he rules the winter sky
When its freezing cold he will come back
Like a fireball he's gonna be there
No one can take away his strong will to be free
You want this, you wanna be just as free
In the starlight, black, red and white
Doomlord
In the forest you might hear him scream
Feel his anger, fear his fury
Blood-painted chest with a metal spine
You want this, you wanna be just as free
In the starlight, black, red and white
Doomlord
"Domherren har för vana att uppsöka fågelbord vintertid, vilket gjort att den är en av de mest kända fågelarterna I Sverige.
Hanen kan bli mycket upprörd om man härmar hans flöjtande vissling vid reviret.
Han spänner då ut det röda bröstet,
Svänger huvudet med den svarta kalotten fram och tillbaka och kan också från sin utsiktsplats gång på gång flyga över den härmande för en mer noggrann inspektion.
Vanligtvis är domherren en stannfågel, men en del flyttar I oktober till Danmark och Mellaneuropa och återkommer I mars.
Vissa år flyttar ett stort antal ut you're landet;
År 1961 noterades vid Falsterbo fågelstation en verklig massflytt,
Då hela 10000 Domherrar under en dag begav sig till Danmark!"
Cast in iron, this soul of mine, my metal spine...
Doomlord
You can see him with his wings of fire
Like the speed of light he rules the winter sky
When its freezing cold he will come back
Like a fireball he's gonna be there
No one can take away his strong will to be free
You want this, you wanna be just as free
In the starlight, black, red and white
Doomlord
In the forest you might hear him scream
Feel his anger, fear his fury
Blood-painted chest with a metal spine
You want this, you wanna be just as free
In the starlight, black, red and white
Doomlord
"Domherren har för vana att uppsöka fågelbord vintertid, vilket gjort att den är en av de mest kända fågelarterna I Sverige.
Hanen kan bli mycket upprörd om man härmar hans flöjtande vissling vid reviret.
Han spänner då ut det röda bröstet,
Svänger huvudet med den svarta kalotten fram och tillbaka och kan också från sin utsiktsplats gång på gång flyga över den härmande för en mer noggrann inspektion.
Vanligtvis är domherren en stannfågel, men en del flyttar I oktober till Danmark och Mellaneuropa och återkommer I mars.
Vissa år flyttar ett stort antal ut you're landet;
År 1961 noterades vid Falsterbo fågelstation en verklig massflytt,
Då hela 10000 Domherrar under en dag begav sig till Danmark!"
Cast in iron, this soul of mine, my metal spine...
Doomlord
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Actually Ive seen quite a few "Doom-lords" around my college campus.. pretty brilliant little creatures really..<br /> <br /> Its in swedish not german, also has nothing to do with nazis.<br /> <br /> Honestly Its about a bird believe it or not.. Listen closely you can hear birds chirping throughout it...<br /> <br /> The bullfinch is the bird its talking about, In swedish its called the "Dom-herre" which means Doom-lord. Black are the feathers of its wings, Red is its chest and White are its tail feathers. Its a very well known bird in Sweden and flies to Denmark in the winter. Hence "In the freezing cold he will return."<br /> <br /> The speech is done by a Swedish comedian who is talking about The spectacle of watching some 10,000 or so bullfinches all leaving at the same time for the winter in 1961.