Saints In Hell Lyrics
And fought them in vain
So he turned his back on them
And left them in pain
Now here come the saints
With their banners held high
Each one of them martyrs
Quite willing to die
Wake the dead, they've come for the bell
Razor your spears
It's been our possession
For 8,000 years
Fetch the scream eagles
Unleash the wild cats
Set loose the king cobras
And blood sucking bats
Wake the dead, they've come for the bell
In hell
We are saints
In hell
We're going down
Into the fire
We're going down
Into the fire
As carnage took toll for the bell
For a time is was like second hell
Saints in Hell The battle is over, the saints are alive
How can we all thank you, we felt so despised
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Effin love this song. The intro is killer.
They are singing about New Orleans. In the 77-78 season, they went 3 and 11.
Either they're talking about Paradise loss, or about fighting in a war in general.
Agree!
Agree!
The track title pretty much gives the meaning away. It sounds very Black Sabbath influenced which I like a lot.
If it should be interpreted as saints in actual hell, then, given the next song, it is about the so-called members of the church who destroyed many a people for manifest destiny (the first name it and claim it, word of faith heresy).
However, this is about saints dying the death of martyrs. Ever read Foxe's book of Martyrs? I haven't read the whole thing, but it's rough. Hellish experiences are often for the saints. For the first disciples of Christ, because we all have to inevitably cope with the fact of the empty tomb and who folded the napkin. They had to die painful, hellish deaths for the cause of the truth of the risen Christ.
For a time is was like second hell, But The battle is over, the saints are alive (forever) How can we all thank you, we felt so despised But we won through Christ who is our life
So many Priest songs come to mind where Christian themes are pretty apparent. Like the Exciter, for instance. Rob was raised christian I suspect and the proverb is true, "raise a child in the way they should go and when they are old they shall not depart from it."
(Even though he may be the High Priest of heavy metal with extensive drug and partying experiences)
This song is about the best men of God (saints) sent to a place of agony and hell to rid it of such. They are saints, "quite willing to die", facing evil, the saints are of God, "banners (of God) held high" they show no fear. were sent here to take out the evil "each one of them martyrs (of God)". "Quite willing to die" because no fear of death, they are going to heaven. This song is about the rapture and God sending his warriors to give sinners a taste of their own "medicine", and to take out the seemingly unparishable evil existing on earth. "Wake the dead, the saints are in hell" means people will die, God wants his men to rid a place of evil, and it will be messy.
I'm not sure what this song is based on besides Christian hell and saints. What is the bell they refer to? Is it something to do with "For Whom the Bell Tolls"?. I've read of the idea called the "Harrowing of Hell"(or "Descent of Christ into Hell") where Jesus is supposed to have gone into hell for the 3 days in between his death and resurrection, which is part of some Christian writings not included in the New Testament. But I think the song is probably based around it's ironic title. The irony of saints being in hell.