Lyric discussion by Daxunyrr 

Cover art for Lionheart lyrics by Blind Guardian

As shown on the "A Twist In THe Myth" page of Wikipedia:

"Lionheart" is about Roland the Gunslinger tracing Jake Chambers through a man-made labyrinth in the city of Lud and then into the sewers in order to rescue the boy from Gasher and his leader, the Tick-Tock Man. It uses metaphor of Ulysses and travel to Hades.

From what book series these Roland the Gunslinger, and Jake Chambers characters are I have no idea.

Roland the Gunslinger and Jake Chambers are from the "The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King. This song is refers to the third book I believe (I've only read through "The Gunslinger" and "The Drawing of the Three"). The third book is titled "The Waste Lands". Demons & Wizards (of which the lead singer of Blind Guardian also sings lead) has an album about The Dark Tower series entitled "Touched by the Crimson King". Two of my faves: "The Gunslinger" and "Touched by the Crimson King". I'm not surprised that few people have heard of...

my boyfriend and i went to the beach for our vaction this past august. he and i were sitting on the beach sharing my iPod, listening to blind guardian. He drowned a few minutes later.. i havent turned my iPod on since then because i was scared to know what the last song he ever heard was. i'm goign to se blind guardian tomorrow though, and i wanted to know it if i heard them perform his last song. lionheart was his last song..