Temptation's Wings

I think this song is about Phil's struggles with his lifestyle. He knows that he's his own man and tries to make the right decisions but is tempted by the wrong ones (such as heroine) and feels judged by those who don't understand. At the same time, he realizes the freedom that the wrong decisions offer and knows that a more sober lifestyle lacks these freedoms.

these lyrics are all wrong!! look at the other postin i did and those are the right lyrics...someoen should delete these

The speaker seems to have rejected ("I gave my life to reason") the pressure of religious faith's judgments ("I feel the pressure, it lightens / to judge this spirit of mine"), but temptation still lingers. Although it is beautiful (hence the wings), the temptation is still a struggle that he "can't shake," even describing his failure as "feeding my cancer." I'm not too sure of the identify of the temptation -- maybe temptation in general. I can't say heroin since it seems that he's only taken heroin twice (1). He took the second and nearly fatal dose after my first and only Pantera show in Dallas back in 1996.

1. metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm

You are all wrong. This is not about his heroin addiction since he wrote Temptations Wings a long time before he started using. He released a 3 track demo in 1991 . From my aspect I'm guessing that these "Temptation Wings" make him choose the wrong decisions. In the part To hell with I miss you I said I 'd do it alone Ripping apart from you A broken vision to call my own He's obviously saying that his temptation or curiosity take him away from his loved ones and he's convinced that his decision (vision) is the true one. I bury my head with frustration And I look at others and wonder why I'm feeding my cancer A broken vision that stole my sight The more he feeds his curiosity the more curious he gets or tempted. After some time feeding this "cancer" he doesn't even see the right decisions ( broken vision that stole my sight) This may not be Phi's point of view, but this is just my opinion and I can assure you this isn't about heroin.

Sorry for you guys that think Phil was not slamming when Nola was written. I partied with Phil a couple years prior to this album, and I assure you heroin was among the party favors. Phil has stated in an 8/09 interview with Blabbermouth that "I wasn't singing anymore about levels of confidence and power and walking and all these songs of positivity, I was singing about dope. Read more at blabbermouth.net/news/philip-anselmo-opens-up-about-his-heroin-addiction-pantera-s-breakup/" and Nola was about fear and self loathing. Most of Nola is an obvious cry for help. This song is, most definitely, about his struggle with junk.

he made 3 more ablums pantera ablums after this came out

this reads like Phil's struggles to break out of Pantera, to start his own thing. this is really the hint that said he would leave Pantera