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Gates Of Urizen Lyrics
As above, so below
All things come from the one
Now you are the victim
Carried by the wind, rooted in the ground
If you want to learn the secrets
Close your eyes...
The ladder falls away
At the gates of Urizen
Fallen eagles blaze
At the gates of Urizen
Eternal twins are damned
At the gates of Urizen
Separate lives began...
In every woman is a man
From the moon come silver ghosts
Spectres of the blood
From my spirit comes the darkness
From the void, the crimson fortress rises...
At the gates of Urizen
The ladder falls away
At the gates of Urizen
Fallen eagles blaze
At the gates of Urizen
Eternal twins are damned
At the gates of Urizen
Separate lives begin...
At the gates of Urizen
The ladder falls away
At the gates of Urizen
Fallen eagles blaze
At the gates of Urizen
Eternal twins are damned
At the gates of Urizen
Separate lives begin
At the gates...of Urizen...
The gates of Urizen...
The gates of Urizen...
At the gates...
All things come from the one
Now you are the victim
Carried by the wind, rooted in the ground
If you want to learn the secrets
Close your eyes...
At the gates of Urizen
Fallen eagles blaze
At the gates of Urizen
Eternal twins are damned
At the gates of Urizen
Separate lives began...
From the moon come silver ghosts
Spectres of the blood
From my spirit comes the darkness
From the void, the crimson fortress rises...
The ladder falls away
At the gates of Urizen
Fallen eagles blaze
Eternal twins are damned
At the gates of Urizen
Separate lives begin...
The ladder falls away
At the gates of Urizen
Fallen eagles blaze
Eternal twins are damned
At the gates of Urizen
Separate lives begin
The gates of Urizen...
The gates of Urizen...
At the gates...
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Submitted by
bruce On Apr 26, 2002
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This was a favorite for a long time.
Urizen is one of 4 Zoa's created by William Blake. In particular Urizen represented reason and order of primodial man.
The song seems to speculate that cold machine logic is destructive, as everything associated with urizen are damned, buring, seperated, arisen from a evil act or trapped without a means to rise again (the ladder falls away). I'm surprised i'm the first to comment on it....then again, as his 2001 tour shirt so eloquently asks "Who the f@ck is Bruce Dickinson"
The first part of this song is a reflection of the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismagistus. For a comparison look it up.