Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Listen to me Lamia, listen to what I've got to say
I've got these feelings and they won't go away
I've got these fears inside that bring me to my knees
Oh, help me Lamia or I'm sure I'll die, oh please
I feel unsettled now, I know that I've done wrong
Messed around with mystic things and magic for far too long
I feel I'm being paid with this nightmare inside me
The devil's got a hold on my soul and he just won't let me be
I'm on my knees, oh, help me, please
I'm on my knees, help me please
Oh Lamia, please, try to help me
The devil's got a hold of my soul and he won't let me be
Lamia, I've got this curse, I'm turning to bad
The devil's got a hold of my soul, he's driving me mad
Oh-oh
Oh Lamia, please try to help me
The devil's got a hold of my soul and he won't let me be
Lamia, I've got this curse, I'm turning to bad
The devil's got a hold of my soul, he's driving me mad
Oh-oh
I've got these feelings and they won't go away
I've got these fears inside that bring me to my knees
Oh, help me Lamia or I'm sure I'll die, oh please
I feel unsettled now, I know that I've done wrong
Messed around with mystic things and magic for far too long
I feel I'm being paid with this nightmare inside me
The devil's got a hold on my soul and he just won't let me be
I'm on my knees, oh, help me, please
I'm on my knees, help me please
Oh Lamia, please, try to help me
The devil's got a hold of my soul and he won't let me be
Lamia, I've got this curse, I'm turning to bad
The devil's got a hold of my soul, he's driving me mad
Oh-oh
Oh Lamia, please try to help me
The devil's got a hold of my soul and he won't let me be
Lamia, I've got this curse, I'm turning to bad
The devil's got a hold of my soul, he's driving me mad
Oh-oh
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isn't Lamia a female vampire or something? I really have no idead what the metaphors and similitudes used in this song are, but generally it can be understood as a plea for help from something
Prodigal Son is a parable Jesus said, its in the bible, but i doubt the song lyrics are related to the parable.
the solo in this song is hot
Anyone else notice the musical similarity between this and Ozzy's You Can't Kill Rock 'n Roll? They came out at about the same time too. Hmm.
It is true that one riff is very similar to You Can't Kill Rock N Roll but that is not because iron maiden is a rip or that ozzy is...there are only so many riffs and it doesn't matter if they over lap to make 2 amazing songs.
@Songmeaningsuser sure but this came out 8 months prior. Knew Ozzy was a song credit pirate but never suspected Randy! Sure Sharon and Ozzy had a talk with the lad and convenced him it was ok. Or Ozzy just belted it out himelf on guitar like he did the the entire Bark at the Moon album!
Fuck you songmeaninguser.iron maiden do not steal music.
Welll...what does this song MEAN?
I don't know what it means.Obviously Ddadutta's right about it being a plea for help.It's one of their best songs and also like Still Life one of their most underappreciated.I know Lamia was a figure in Greek mythology.How that relates to him crying out for help I don't exactly know.
as tyranny souls said, it's a 'plea for help', a begging for forgiveness
from what i can tell...
I've messed around with mystic things and magic for too long. I feel I'm being paid with this nightmare inside me, The devil's got a hold on my soul and he just won't let me be.
The speaker was messing around with black magic or something and i think they are going to hell.
i guess the speaker is asking Lamia to help him. From what i remember in greek mythology Lamia was a monster who zeus gave her the power of prophecy to make her stop killing children. what this has to do with the speaker i have no clue.
this may have to do with the Keats poem which would probably make the speaker Lycius...but i dont know.
i have no idea what lamia has to do with anything.
I think it is about the evil people carry in theri souls and the wrong moves they make.Really great song,imaginary,poetic abstract lyrics and travelling music.
A lamia is most often described as a demon. It could be something he summoned, or something he's sitting next to in Hell, or something sent to him to torment him. The Prodigal Son, the title, is based on the parable in the Bible, where a man's son wandered off, squandered his inheritance, and comes back promising to do better. The dad takes him back. The title basically means that the narrator strayed into evil, and he's trying to come back and be a good person.
First of all Paul Di Anno sung it not Bruce Dickenson, And I reckon that person who said that Lamia was a Greek mythological woman dragon is true and also in biblical times children were threatened to behave or if not they would be fed to Lamia who was a type of witch that tortured children so I supposed they´re personifying a misbehaved regretfu prodical son asing for forgiveness.and not be taken by Lamia. Come on your maidens !!!!!