I don't get where people get a pro-atheist or anti-God message from this song at all. I suppose people are just seeing what they want to see in the song.
With that said, it is very, very clear that the man in the song is a spiritual and/or religious person and not only carries this with him until his death, but embraces it during his final moments and tells others to do the same.
Throughout the song, we see that the man, who is innocent, is quickly coming to terms with his misfortune, only to eventually realize that he really had nothing to be worrying about. The last several lines are actually after he has died, I think (hence the past tense). He telling us that "Life down there (on Earth, a lower state of being) is just a strange illusion, and isn't worth throwing a huge fuss about.
I think the final line tells us that... when we know our time is up, when we are face to face with God (whatever he may be), most of us realize this.
@TheDesertFox I'm guessing from this line: Somebody cries from a cell "God be with you"
If there's a God then why has he let me go?
@TheDesertFox I'm guessing from this line: Somebody cries from a cell "God be with you"
If there's a God then why has he let me go?
if anything, this song would be anti-death penalty at best.
if anything, this song would be anti-death penalty at best.
this line here: When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then you'll begin to understand
Life down here is just a strange illusion.
this line here: When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then you'll begin to understand
Life down here is just a strange illusion.
seems to be that he realizes that life just doesn't matter, but hey, we ultimately see what we want to see in these things. We'll never know unless Iron Maiden has said anything on the...
seems to be that he realizes that life just doesn't matter, but hey, we ultimately see what we want to see in these things. We'll never know unless Iron Maiden has said anything on the song.
@TheDesertFox the lines where he says ' of a world that has gone very wrong for me ', dictates he is guilty but as time passes he finds peace within. Faith. Death is our greatest fear for we do not understand it only that it's final and forever from what we know as a human. What we dont understand we fear. The bible has opened my mind but naturally there's still fear and moreso when it's premature.
@TheDesertFox the lines where he says ' of a world that has gone very wrong for me ', dictates he is guilty but as time passes he finds peace within. Faith. Death is our greatest fear for we do not understand it only that it's final and forever from what we know as a human. What we dont understand we fear. The bible has opened my mind but naturally there's still fear and moreso when it's premature.
I don't get where people get a pro-atheist or anti-God message from this song at all. I suppose people are just seeing what they want to see in the song.
With that said, it is very, very clear that the man in the song is a spiritual and/or religious person and not only carries this with him until his death, but embraces it during his final moments and tells others to do the same.
Throughout the song, we see that the man, who is innocent, is quickly coming to terms with his misfortune, only to eventually realize that he really had nothing to be worrying about. The last several lines are actually after he has died, I think (hence the past tense). He telling us that "Life down there (on Earth, a lower state of being) is just a strange illusion, and isn't worth throwing a huge fuss about.
I think the final line tells us that... when we know our time is up, when we are face to face with God (whatever he may be), most of us realize this.
@TheDesertFox I'm guessing from this line: Somebody cries from a cell "God be with you" If there's a God then why has he let me go?
@TheDesertFox I'm guessing from this line: Somebody cries from a cell "God be with you" If there's a God then why has he let me go?
if anything, this song would be anti-death penalty at best.
if anything, this song would be anti-death penalty at best.
this line here: When you know that your time is close at hand Maybe then you'll begin to understand Life down here is just a strange illusion.
this line here: When you know that your time is close at hand Maybe then you'll begin to understand Life down here is just a strange illusion.
seems to be that he realizes that life just doesn't matter, but hey, we ultimately see what we want to see in these things. We'll never know unless Iron Maiden has said anything on the...
seems to be that he realizes that life just doesn't matter, but hey, we ultimately see what we want to see in these things. We'll never know unless Iron Maiden has said anything on the song.
@TheDesertFox the lines where he says ' of a world that has gone very wrong for me ', dictates he is guilty but as time passes he finds peace within. Faith. Death is our greatest fear for we do not understand it only that it's final and forever from what we know as a human. What we dont understand we fear. The bible has opened my mind but naturally there's still fear and moreso when it's premature.
@TheDesertFox the lines where he says ' of a world that has gone very wrong for me ', dictates he is guilty but as time passes he finds peace within. Faith. Death is our greatest fear for we do not understand it only that it's final and forever from what we know as a human. What we dont understand we fear. The bible has opened my mind but naturally there's still fear and moreso when it's premature.