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Dark night, there is no light in the realm of the black magic man
Soul's flight into the cold blight of the destroyer's magic land
Poor man whose spirits are stronger
There the ones who will reign, your strugglings are in vain
Blind man, you're sucking your own blood
Soon black magic's dying, you'd better start crying
Blind man, you're sucking your own blood
Soon black magic's dying, you'd better start crying
Burn out your evil desire
The dark angel's kingdom is built out of mire...
Burn out your evil desire
The dark angel's kingdom is built out of mire
Keep out for the kingdom of light
There is no darkness, and there is no night
Soul's flight into the cold blight of the destroyer's magic land
Poor man whose spirits are stronger
There the ones who will reign, your strugglings are in vain
Blind man, you're sucking your own blood
Soon black magic's dying, you'd better start crying
Soon black magic's dying, you'd better start crying
The dark angel's kingdom is built out of mire...
The dark angel's kingdom is built out of mire
Keep out for the kingdom of light
There is no darkness, and there is no night
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You gotta be fucking kidding me! This is probably Scorpions best song, yet no one has commented on it. But Rock You Like A Hurricane gets more comments? What the fuck? Anyways, the song is about the greek mythological character Charon, who takes you across the river of Styx.
Choose the right path In your life , the devil's kingdom Is made out of filth,dirt ,mud.If you don't , the reaper will take you to hell when your life ends.
Where it says, "You're sucking your own blood" the lyrics should say, "You're sucking your own blot". Like if you cut yourself and blot comes out of the wound. Like Dracula drinks a lot of blot. Sometimes he gets carried away and says, "blot, blot, blot!"
I just wanted to add a comment in support of this song and in agreeance with the above. Uli J Roth plays a mean guitar and is far better than R.Y.L.A.H. as if that song needs interpreting.
This song is about Charon, the mythological creature from greek and roman literature (In particular he is known for his appearance in Virgilio’s Eneide), and the feeling of scare and discomfort a dead soul feels when they see him. We know from Dante’s Divina Commedia that he is a very quiet and old man, and intimidating when he talks (He is very reluctant to get Dante to hell since he’s still a living man), and this surely adds to the dark atmosphere described in this song. Anyway, regardless of the lyrics, this is a very beautiful song, the intro solo is very good, both melodic and shred-y, very ahead of its time since its from 1978, when guitarist like Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve vai still had to pick up the instrument.