...i'm sorry, but this song's real meaning has nothing to do with progressive rock... to me this song describes the soon-coming violent end of the devil's rebellion against God, or at least this is what this song fits very precisely and exactly. The devil's army of fallen angels is "a thousand strong" army, actually millions, but this is figurative speech. "The call" is God's call to the devil to wake up and finally face the final battle where the devil and his gand will be annihilated. The devil is indeed obsessed with "right and wrong", but of course, only according to his own deceptive thinking, and he had managed to persuade one-third of perfect angels to turn against their loving Creator even before this planet was made... consequently they were given 6 thousand years on this planet to prove their point, that they are "indeed" good and right, and that God is "so wrong", but the end result of their rebellion is obvious -- it consists of this planet's total and complete misery-upon-misery of every description... YOU may be feeling okay at the moment, and that is goodand great, but please realize that non-stop and every single second some horrible event is taking place in the different parts of this planet: right now, at this very second, someone's neck is being cut... someone is being beheaded... someone is being beaten severely... someone's head or body is being pierced by bullets... someone is dying of starvation... someone is being raped violently... someone is being strangled... someone just got stabbed... someone is drowning right now... someone is boarding a doomed aircraft, a ship, a bus, etc. ... someone is being torn by a wild beast, or being bitten by a deadly snake... someone is hopelessly lost in the wilderness and is slowly being killed by the elements... and the list goes on and on and on... and the Maker of this Universe sees it all... and He will in no way allow this to continue forever, and this is why the devil is in a self-created "cul-de-sac", or the dead-end. In fact, i think that Tony got inspired by God to write this song, even if he did not know this exact meaning himself... on the other hand, Tony appears to be a decent human being, and probably a Christian, and he probably has read the Bible... I heard that he is still with the same girl he married in his youth, which is very Biblical and admirable, let alone his absolute and undisputed musical genius... So, where was i?... "Region of the night" means the forces/army of the prince of darkness (the devil)... and they for sure know that their time is near, and this is why the devil is like a roaring lion (as the Bible describes him), going everywhere with his demons, looking whom he can devour, because he knows his time is very short... And the devil definitely so wanted to rule this world forever, as he had promised to those angels who stupidly followed him in his rebellion against the Most High God Almighty (I'm absolutely on God's side of this battle... whose side are you on?) And the devil will be cut off forever, burned and destroyed, together with his followers, and the only physical evidence that will remain forever is a long trail of smoke going through the universe, as the Bible says, in memorial of this rebellion, and of the necessary eternal sacrifice of the only begotten Son of God, Jesus, that He made for you and me, and all who will accept Him, and live forever with Him on the newly created Earth, in the sinless universe... Please read the Bible, and keep His 10 Commandments, including the Sabbath (Saturday actually). Now back to the song, God is indeed the devil's foe, He is Alpowerful, Invisible when He wants to be, and the exclamation "long live the king!" is actually a well-desrved mockery of the arch-villain, whose guts i personally hate with a passion. ..."And all those dreams of old will be stories left untold..." is describing satan the devil's ambitions which ultimately would not materialize... and indeed not even one of them shall escape God's wrath - "no, not even one." Praise God for the coming destruction of the devil and his gang!... So, there you have it... and thank you for reading. God bless you.
I upvoted your comment because of your reminding everyone of the suffering constantly going on in the world, out of our direct line of sight. I am myself an atheist, so, of course, I don't agree with everything you put there, but I think your section about how much suffering there is in the world, which is out of our own line of sight, was a powerful message, and something which everyone with any empathy ought to keep in mind, to make them more inclined to help those who need it.
I upvoted your comment because of your reminding everyone of the suffering constantly going on in the world, out of our direct line of sight. I am myself an atheist, so, of course, I don't agree with everything you put there, but I think your section about how much suffering there is in the world, which is out of our own line of sight, was a powerful message, and something which everyone with any empathy ought to keep in mind, to make them more inclined to help those who need it.
...i'm sorry, but this song's real meaning has nothing to do with progressive rock... to me this song describes the soon-coming violent end of the devil's rebellion against God, or at least this is what this song fits very precisely and exactly. The devil's army of fallen angels is "a thousand strong" army, actually millions, but this is figurative speech. "The call" is God's call to the devil to wake up and finally face the final battle where the devil and his gand will be annihilated. The devil is indeed obsessed with "right and wrong", but of course, only according to his own deceptive thinking, and he had managed to persuade one-third of perfect angels to turn against their loving Creator even before this planet was made... consequently they were given 6 thousand years on this planet to prove their point, that they are "indeed" good and right, and that God is "so wrong", but the end result of their rebellion is obvious -- it consists of this planet's total and complete misery-upon-misery of every description... YOU may be feeling okay at the moment, and that is goodand great, but please realize that non-stop and every single second some horrible event is taking place in the different parts of this planet: right now, at this very second, someone's neck is being cut... someone is being beheaded... someone is being beaten severely... someone's head or body is being pierced by bullets... someone is dying of starvation... someone is being raped violently... someone is being strangled... someone just got stabbed... someone is drowning right now... someone is boarding a doomed aircraft, a ship, a bus, etc. ... someone is being torn by a wild beast, or being bitten by a deadly snake... someone is hopelessly lost in the wilderness and is slowly being killed by the elements... and the list goes on and on and on... and the Maker of this Universe sees it all... and He will in no way allow this to continue forever, and this is why the devil is in a self-created "cul-de-sac", or the dead-end. In fact, i think that Tony got inspired by God to write this song, even if he did not know this exact meaning himself... on the other hand, Tony appears to be a decent human being, and probably a Christian, and he probably has read the Bible... I heard that he is still with the same girl he married in his youth, which is very Biblical and admirable, let alone his absolute and undisputed musical genius... So, where was i?... "Region of the night" means the forces/army of the prince of darkness (the devil)... and they for sure know that their time is near, and this is why the devil is like a roaring lion (as the Bible describes him), going everywhere with his demons, looking whom he can devour, because he knows his time is very short... And the devil definitely so wanted to rule this world forever, as he had promised to those angels who stupidly followed him in his rebellion against the Most High God Almighty (I'm absolutely on God's side of this battle... whose side are you on?) And the devil will be cut off forever, burned and destroyed, together with his followers, and the only physical evidence that will remain forever is a long trail of smoke going through the universe, as the Bible says, in memorial of this rebellion, and of the necessary eternal sacrifice of the only begotten Son of God, Jesus, that He made for you and me, and all who will accept Him, and live forever with Him on the newly created Earth, in the sinless universe... Please read the Bible, and keep His 10 Commandments, including the Sabbath (Saturday actually). Now back to the song, God is indeed the devil's foe, He is Alpowerful, Invisible when He wants to be, and the exclamation "long live the king!" is actually a well-desrved mockery of the arch-villain, whose guts i personally hate with a passion. ..."And all those dreams of old will be stories left untold..." is describing satan the devil's ambitions which ultimately would not materialize... and indeed not even one of them shall escape God's wrath - "no, not even one." Praise God for the coming destruction of the devil and his gang!... So, there you have it... and thank you for reading. God bless you.
wow,thanks for the insight. I honestly never thought this one was so intense, but I see your point.
wow,thanks for the insight. I honestly never thought this one was so intense, but I see your point.
I upvoted your comment because of your reminding everyone of the suffering constantly going on in the world, out of our direct line of sight. I am myself an atheist, so, of course, I don't agree with everything you put there, but I think your section about how much suffering there is in the world, which is out of our own line of sight, was a powerful message, and something which everyone with any empathy ought to keep in mind, to make them more inclined to help those who need it.
I upvoted your comment because of your reminding everyone of the suffering constantly going on in the world, out of our direct line of sight. I am myself an atheist, so, of course, I don't agree with everything you put there, but I think your section about how much suffering there is in the world, which is out of our own line of sight, was a powerful message, and something which everyone with any empathy ought to keep in mind, to make them more inclined to help those who need it.