| Symphony X – Paradise Lost Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is talking about one very specific part of Paradise Lost. This is when Satan first reaches the Garden of Eden, also referred to as Paradise in this song. The chorus is talking about when Satan flies to the stairway between Heaven and Earth, and is looking down at everything on Earth. The song in general is talking about Satan's inner conflict that emerges once he sees Adam and Eve in Paradise. In the poem itself, Satan explains that he could have loved Adam and Eve if he was still an angel, but he must continue with what he is doing to pretty much "get back at God". This is what the lines "Mystified by her beauty Does the hunter pity his prey" mean. If anyone is interested in more, read Book IV of Paradise Lost, it will explain the whole song. Oh, and by the way, the lyrics posted here are really inaccurate. Go to this link, I'm pretty sure these are the correct ones: http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/symphonyx/paradiselost.html#5 |
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| Symphony X – The Sacrifice Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i recently read paradise lost for english class, and i heard about this album. but yeah, the song is talking about the time when eve had eaten the forbidden fruit and adam had not yet. in the poem, eve offers the fruit to adam because she doesn't want to lose him, realizing that she will die and adam will not. the song is in the perspective of adam, and it is him talking about how he would trade eternal life (being pure) for being with eve. it shows his devotion to eve rather than God, and how eve is in turn tempting adam to disobey God. | |
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