I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
The saints are crippled
On this sinners' night
Lost are the lambs with no guiding light
The walls come down like thunder
The rocks about to roll
It's the Arockalypse
Now bare your soul
All we need is lightning
With power and might
Striking down the prophets of false
As the moon is rising
Give us the sign
Now let us rise up in awe
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
Demons and angels all in one have arrived
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
In God's creation, supernatural high
The true believers
Thou shall be saved
Brothers and sisters, keep strong in the faith
On the day of Rockoning
It's who dares, wins
You will see the jokers soon'll be the new kings
All we need is lightning
With power and might
Striking down the prophets of false
As the moon is rising
Give us the sign
Now let us rise up in awe
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
Demons and angels all in one have arrived
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
In God's creation, supernatural high
Ooh
Wings on my back, I got horns on my head
My fangs are sharp and my eyes are red
Not quite an angel or the one that fell
Now choose to join us or go straight to Hell
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock, yeah
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
Demons and angels all in one have arrived
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
In God's creation, supernatural high
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
The saints are crippled
On this sinners' night
Lost are the lambs with no guiding light
The walls come down like thunder
The rocks about to roll
It's the Arockalypse
Now bare your soul
All we need is lightning
With power and might
Striking down the prophets of false
As the moon is rising
Give us the sign
Now let us rise up in awe
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
Demons and angels all in one have arrived
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
In God's creation, supernatural high
The true believers
Thou shall be saved
Brothers and sisters, keep strong in the faith
On the day of Rockoning
It's who dares, wins
You will see the jokers soon'll be the new kings
All we need is lightning
With power and might
Striking down the prophets of false
As the moon is rising
Give us the sign
Now let us rise up in awe
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
Demons and angels all in one have arrived
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
In God's creation, supernatural high
Ooh
Wings on my back, I got horns on my head
My fangs are sharp and my eyes are red
Not quite an angel or the one that fell
Now choose to join us or go straight to Hell
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock, yeah
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
Demons and angels all in one have arrived
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
In God's creation, supernatural high
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
Rock 'n roll angels bring thyn hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
Hard rock hallelujah
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Great song, good choice to win the Eurovision Song Contest.
I'm from the UK and although our choice (Daz Sampson) was alright, rap music is never going to win a contest for SINGING. There's many other and better artists out in the UK, why we chose him over the others I'll never know. Maybe they were high on something?