Everyone knows the experience of getting obsessed with a new song in your library. It seems really catchy, and you just can't seem to get it out of your head. Then, a week later, you lose that feeling. You may listen to it again, here and there, but it just isn't the same as when you first got it.
Of course, there's the songs that are different. This is one. If you like metal, from ANY time period, this song is a prayer or anthem. It isn't that kind of song that you like for a week and never listen to again. This is the type of song that you still get chills from, even 20 years after you first heard it. The lyrics, the music, everything.
The lyrics are really yours to interpret, but i think it tells the story from a convicted man's perspective- one in which he knows he is going to die, and there is nothing he can do. No cliche heavy metal lyrics about war or murder or other rather cheesy macho concepts. He is able to find comfort in faith, or religion, or God or however you want to phrase it- but the universally applicable message is there- that anyone can find comfort in something, even in the most dire of circumstances. And with the powerful, churning, crisp guitar backing up Dickinson, Iron Maiden produces a classic metal song that still hasn't been forgotten.
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Everyone knows the experience of getting obsessed with a new song in your library. It seems really catchy, and you just can't seem to get it out of your head. Then, a week later, you lose that feeling. You may listen to it again, here and there, but it just isn't the same as when you first got it.
Of course, there's the songs that are different. This is one. If you like metal, from ANY time period, this song is a prayer or anthem. It isn't that kind of song that you like for a week and never listen to again. This is the type of song that you still get chills from, even 20 years after you first heard it. The lyrics, the music, everything.
The lyrics are really yours to interpret, but i think it tells the story from a convicted man's perspective- one in which he knows he is going to die, and there is nothing he can do. No cliche heavy metal lyrics about war or murder or other rather cheesy macho concepts. He is able to find comfort in faith, or religion, or God or however you want to phrase it- but the universally applicable message is there- that anyone can find comfort in something, even in the most dire of circumstances. And with the powerful, churning, crisp guitar backing up Dickinson, Iron Maiden produces a classic metal song that still hasn't been forgotten.
@HardRocker666 what suggests he's innocent? "And though the end is near I'm not sorry" suggests otherwise.
@HardRocker666 what suggests he's innocent? "And though the end is near I'm not sorry" suggests otherwise.