| Iron Maiden – Gates Of Tomorrow Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think its pretty obvious that this song is about giving up on religion. Iron Maiden members have stated they have nothing against religion, and most are deeply religious, but they still write some amazingly deep and introspective and thoughtful songs about (and against) religion. "Weaving a thread round your heart and your soul Deceiving your eyes and delaying your goal " That part is about how religion tried to bind your life and what you do, and tries to keep your eyes closed to all else in the world and make you believe what they want you to believe, which in many cases dalays your goals, especially the pursuit of knowledge. "Ships in the night when they pass out of sight Deliver their cargo of earthly delights To the women and children, the souls of the dead" I'm still not sure about these lines, but I think it has something to do with how shallow the lives of people's are, always focusing on "Earthly delights", though the ship passing into the night might have a double meaning. And possibly "the souls of the dead" is saying that people who focus on earthly delights have dead souls maybe? Or possibly saying that followers of major religions have dead souls because they believe what the deceit of the religion, and therefore, their faith is going to waste. "I've opened their book and no mercy is shed" This is an obvious reference to the bible or qu'ran, or any holy book, and how eager the religious leaders are to pull you into their religion. Once you show a little interest, they relentlessly try to pull you in even further. "You want forgiveness and you want it cheap I don't give redemption rewards for the meek" Those lines are about how people simply believe that by becoming religious, all the bad things theyve done are forgiven, instead of having to work to make things better. However, becoming religious does nothing to help make up for bad things the person might have done, hence why no redemption is given to the meek. "Suffering evil when you pay the price of fame There isn't a god to save you if you don't save yourself You can't blame a madman if you go insane Give me the strength so I carry on" That part seems to be encouraging a person to not rely on religion to make all things better, and to actually do something themselves to help better the world and themselves. It also plays on how all things in life are attributed to god's will. "You cant blame a madman if you go insane" is about how someone answers questions about themselves and things they do by simply saying "thats how god made me!" "Trapped in the web - but I cut the threads" Shows how belief in religion is binding and constricting, much like a web, but by giving up religion, youre cutting the threads and freeing yourself. "Trapped in the web - no mercy is shed " Again, about how eager religious zealots are to pull other people in. Also, could be about how no exceptions are made for people, all people are equal to the same stipulations in religions. Though that would be contradictory of most common criticisms of religion, and how "everybody but us is going to hell". Also, possibly about how so many seemingly innocent and simple things are condemned by some religions. "Trapped in the web - slaves to the dead" Is about either how religious zealots live their lives based on how they want to live after death, granted there is an afterlife; or about how the founders of today's major religions are all dead, as is the logic behind belief in these religions, and yet people still believe them as if it were told to them by god himself. "Show you the gates of tomorrow" The gates of tomorrow is a metaphor for the act of giving up religion, and living life how you want to live your life. Its about achieving the freedom that comes with no longer living your life by the binding constriction of religions. |
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| 50 Cent – Fat Bitch Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Its sad, how ridiculously shallow and arrogant some people are in this world. But its funny that songs like this are on the same site as songs like Iron Maiden's "The Legacy" and Metallica's "The Unforgiven". But still, how can any decent human listen to this song and be the least bit proud of themselves? |
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| Iron Maiden – Face In The Sand Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I see the song as being about how sad life and society has become. People watch the news to see other people dying and show no remorse or care, and they get excited by war and hope for war for entertainment, and think of themselves as above the war and aren't affected or phased by it in any way, hence why theyre "looking at death from the sky", they feel above the death they see on TV and dont think it could ever happen to them. Its overall about the arrogance of mankind, and how if it continues, we'll all wipe ourselves out. |
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| Iron Maiden – The Legacy Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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First, let me just say, this is my favorite song ever by my favorite band ever. To me, its about any person who does really bad things in their life and lies about it and tells everybody lies to make them all feel better. And then when it comes time to die, they dont reveal it all, but they get so nervous and cant decide whether to reveal it or not, but somebody already knows and is waiting for them to reveal it. Think of it like a guy cheating on their wife, but the whole time he cheats on her, he lies to her about it and hides it from her and lies to her and tells her everythings going great and she has nothing to worry about. Then as they get older, and the man's about to die, the wife has seen past his lies but hasnt told him yet, she's still waiting for him to reveal it. The first part of the song, the accoustic part, before the drums come in, is about the disbelief and grief and horrible feelings felt by the person or people who were lied to. It starts out like a dream, and then by the time the electric guitar crashes out louder than anything else, its like being metaphorically stabbed by the pain of the lies. Then, once its actually been accepted that its happened, the person feels angry, and the second part of the song shows that. The second part goes from when the drums first come in to at the end of the "...you now, will leave" part. The person is angry at the other person for lying and deceiving everyone, and ponders why people cant be better than that. "Left to all our golden sons All to pick up on the peace You could have given all of them A little chance... at least" To me, that shows that because the liar is about to die, its up to the younger generations to do better things in life. "Take the world to a better place Given them all just a little hope Just think what a legacy You know... will leave" I think that line speaks for itself, and "Just think what a legacy, you now... will leave" is my favorite quote. It shows how the liar doesnt care about anyone but himself, and since he's going to be dead, why should he care what people are going to think of him. Then the third part is after the acceptance and anger, and probably after the person's death, the people who were lied to get over it, but still have knowledge that its a sad world filled with horrible people, and all they can do is live with that fact and try to be a good person themselves. It ends with a rather grim note, "But if they do stop to think That man is teetering right on the brink But do you think that they care They benefit from death and pain and despair " shows that even if these horrible people realize what theyre doing, they probably still wont stop, because thats all they have to live for. All around, one of the greatest songs I've ever heard, skillwise on all instruments, as well as singing, and has THE greatest message I've ever gotten from a song. I live by many quotes in that song, particularly "Just think what a legacy, you now, will leave". Really powerful words in this song. |
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