Samarithan Lyrics

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Cover art for Samarithan lyrics by Candlemass

Personally my favorite Candlemass song of all time.

A man meets a beggar dressed in rags, and offers the beggar a place to stay and eat in his own home. The beggar tells him that he can't return what he did for him, but that "Heaven will remember and repay." Fifty years pass, and the main character is on his death bed, when three angels appear. They make him an angel for helping the beggar, and he goes to Heaven.