Blood Brothers Lyrics
What do you think you'd expect you would see?
Just like a mirror reflecting the moves of your life
And in the river reflections of me
And in a movement he beckons to me
And in a moment the memories are all that remain
And all the wounds are reopening again
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
What do you see, do you think we have learned
Not if you're taking a look at the war torn affray
Out in the streets where the babies are burned
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
There are times I'm ashamed of us all
When you're floating on all the emotion you feel
And reflecting the good and the bad
Can you really tell me what life is?
Maybe all the things that you know that are precious to you
Could be swept away by fate's own hand
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
And the chance to make everything right
Keep on making the same old mistakes
Makes untipping the balance so easy
When we're living our lives in the edge
Say a prayer on the book of the dead
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
We're blood brothers
I heard that "Blood Brothers" was, strangely enough, about Steve Harris's father, who died during the "Brave New World" tour.
Personally, I see this song as being for all humanity, that everyone is of the same blood, that we're doing severe damage to ourselves, and to the world in which we live in one great community.
Steve Harris' dad died while he was writing the X-Factor album, thats why the tone of that album is generally darker.
I think we can all learn something from this song, I know I have. I could listen to this song on repeat, never get bored, because i repeat the images in my head.
ok well... personally i think anyone who said its about his father is wrong, and anyone who said its about his fans are slightly right... this song is about a "brotherhood" in this song. Theres are many references to wars in this song and how we as humans never cease to change
we never learn from our pasts and continue to war with our brothers (blood brothers)
but the war Iron maiden is singing about is not a physical war with another country but instead it is a war between our own peoples.
"What do you see, do you think we have learned Not if youre taking a look at the war-torn affray Out in the streets where the babies are burned"
In this part of the song it mentions how we humans have not changed and continue to let our own children and neighbors suffer in our own self-caused civil battles.
Blood brothers in this sense is showing that EVERYONE is a blood brother and yet we still continue to battle each other for land, money, and self gain, and that the singer feels ashamed at times of how stupid people can be and messed up in this fight filled world.
And finally, if we as blood brothers wanna make things right we need to realise what we have been doing, what people in the past have done, and take the opportunity to pray to the past for guidance to the future
All summed up... Everyone is a blood brothe and why are we fighting in the world? we have done thi forever, yet we never seem to learn.
and if you still dont understand (which i do, and im only 16) IRON MAIDEN IS SINGING ABOUT WORLD PEACE
and how it will never come
@benjamin breeg42 Generally I think it is a good comment, but I do not think the second verse is about and disagreement,
@benjamin breeg42 Generally I think it is a good comment, but I do not think the second verse is about and disagreement,
"Just for a second a glimpse of my father I see And in a movement he beckons to me" He sees his father, but he do not have time to stop and talk to him.
"Just for a second a glimpse of my father I see And in a movement he beckons to me" He sees his father, but he do not have time to stop and talk to him.
"And in a moment the memories are all that remain And all the wounds are reopening again" For some reason people does never have time for old people, until it is too late and they are gone.
"And in a moment the memories are all that remain And all the wounds are reopening again" For some reason people does never have time for old people, until it is too late and they are gone.
Bruce said on "Rock in Rio" that it was a dedication song to the fans of heavy metal, so I took it to mean that we metalheads are brothers. And it's true. Dedications like that I always take personally, because no one does that anymore (except for the metal bands).
Yeah, damn those r'n'b and garage people. Notice they only ever seem to sing about themselves, or money, or both. Metal is true music, not just talking.
@UpTheIrons Yes, even though most people hate it... :(
@UpTheIrons Yes, even though most people hate it... :(
Harris wrote it about his dad, pure and simple.
Bruce said in vienna before they played it, that we are all (all humans on earth) are blood brothers so we have to stop with fucking war and i totally agree with him.
If Steve lost his father during the tour, how could a song written BEFORE the tour be about him? he probably just dedicated it to him, because he was mentioned.
My mistake, he must not have died during that tour... it's confusing, but according the IM official website:
"Every time I play the song ‘Blood Brothers’, it makes me shiver, because he hit the nail on the head. (Steve Harris) lost his dad when he was on tour and when things like that happen to you, sometimes you go to deep places - everyone experiences that - but to be able to write it down is another thing. "
- Janick Gers
Maybe he died during a different tour?