| Iron Maiden – Infinite Dreams Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I have an intuition that this song represents a man who is plagued by visions from God, concerning the fate of humanity. As this album is a cohesively designed (concept album), the man eventually goes to a sordid town (the one from "Can I Play with Madness") to forewarn its people, acting as a prophet. In my interpretation, the latter part of this song depicts the thoughts of this soon-to-be prophet, as he resists his calling, playing off his visions as mere recurrent dreams. Eventually, he realizes there is too much there to be coincidence, but still has difficulty accepting his fate. At the end, he becomes scared, not wanting, though slowly accepting, his destiny. However, at this point, he is still disquieted by the fate of the world, wishing for a more utopian reality, where humans could try again and again until they get it right. |
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