Lyric discussion by XaRlie 

Cover art for Thorn lyrics by Blind Guardian

Actually, this is not about Túrin, nor Maeglin. In my opinion its about Eöl the dark elf. Eöl was executed by throwing him off the cliff and on the bottom there were thorns.

"Will I betray myself To rise"

This is when he was given a choise of staying and living in Gondolin or dying. He chose to die and take his son Maeglin with him, but Maeglin didn't die.

Thats just my opinion, Maeglin sounds like a good choise too though.