So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth
When the land was swamp and caves were home
In an age when prize possession was fire
To search for landscapes men would roam
Then the tribes they came to steal their fire
And the wolves they howled into the night
As they fought a vicious angry battle
To save the power of warmth and light
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched all through the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man
And they thought that when the embers died away
That the flame of life had burnt and died
Didn't know the sparks that made the fire
Were made by rubbing stick and stone
So they ploughed through the forest and swamps of danger
And they fought the cannibal tribes and beasts
In the search to find another fire
To regain the power of light and heat
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched across the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched across the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched across the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man
When the land was swamp and caves were home
In an age when prize possession was fire
To search for landscapes men would roam
Then the tribes they came to steal their fire
And the wolves they howled into the night
As they fought a vicious angry battle
To save the power of warmth and light
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched all through the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man
And they thought that when the embers died away
That the flame of life had burnt and died
Didn't know the sparks that made the fire
Were made by rubbing stick and stone
So they ploughed through the forest and swamps of danger
And they fought the cannibal tribes and beasts
In the search to find another fire
To regain the power of light and heat
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched across the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched across the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man
Drawn by quest for fire
They searched across the land
Drawn by quest for fire
Discovery of man
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it has got to be the dumbest song maiden ever played. oh well cant win em all.
Okay, I love Iron Maiden, they're one of my favourite bands ever, but this song really sucks. Its not the music, its the lyrics. I mean ...
"Didn't know the sparks that made the fire Were made by rubbing stick and stone."
No song should ever feature these lyrics. Where the poetry, where's the dramatic lines? It's just so immature.
Anyway, the rest of Piece Of Mind is kick ass and has to be one of Maiden's Greatest albums.
"It's just so immature"<br /> <br /> -- Cleaveland Steamer<br /> <br /> <br /> If you know what a cleavland steamer is you will see the irony
U ARE A JOKE BUDDY!!!!!!! THIS SONG ROX!
i love iron maiden, don't get me wrong, but this song really does suck, i'm sorry guys, hate me all you want.
LOL i will watch it! is the song about the movie?
yeah I'm pretty sure it has something to do about the movie
This song reminds me of the moneky scene in '2001, A Space Odyssey' by Stanley Kubrick. I guess it's just the idea of the first invention to be made. The monkeys in the movie found use of a stick and in this song fire seems to be the first thing that they discovered.
Why do you guys hate the song so much? =[
It's easily the best on Piece of Mind along with "The Trooper" and "Sun and Steel".
Why do you guys hate the song so much? =[
It's easily the best on Piece of Mind, along with "The Trooper" and "Sun and Steel".
I agree with Crujebsul a bit on this one, it's a very good song. Solid riffs, good screams by Bruce, and a pretty nice solo.