This is one of my favorite songs of all time, as are several other Maiden songs!
This song really helped me through a hard part of my life, which is still going on, sort of.
Quite recently my girlfriend broke up with me, not for anything I did wrong, or so she says, but because she's still in love with her old boyfriend and thinks she got into a new relationship too soon. She said that she wants to break up so that she can focus on school and the upcoming exams and be under less emotional and mental stress. I unhappily obliged as I didn't want to make things harder on her and I also wanted to focus on school. One day, near the end of the year, I was sitting in a Geography lesson, a double lesson in fact, bored out of my skull. I decided to listen to some music to make the tedious lecture about wave cut notches and hydraulic action that we've all had carved into our minds before a little less torturous, so I got out my phone, plugged in my earphones, and listened to some Maiden. It was on the shuffle setting so i wasn't quite sure what songs would come on in what order. It must have been about 15 minutes until the end of the lesson when this song came on, at first I was only half paying attention because of the fascinating talk about receding coastlines, but I noticed that the song was speaking to me.
"Maybe i'll be back some other day
To live again just who can say
In what shape or form that I might be
Just another chance for me"
She said to me when we broke up that maybe we could get back together after the exams, after she'd cleared her head.
Maybe after exams I could be back
To live again
As a friend or more than that
To have another chance
"Time is up it couldn't last
But there's more things I'd like to do
I'm coming back to try again
Someday maybe I'll wait till then
No more lies"
Those words made me think about the time we spent together and how it didn't last very long and how I had a lot of stuff planed for us, and that after everything's taken care of, I could come back to try to be with her again. And that all I had to do was wait.
The rest of the song made me think more about the future.
"The clock is fast, the hour is near
Eventful past is ever clear
My life is set, my time is here
I think I'm coming home"
This song gave me hope and reassurance when I was at my lowest and most depressed, it really helped me gather up the pieces of my life to focus on school and studying, well, apart from that geography lesson. Me and her have started talking again and after the exams are over, i hope to rekindle our relationship to make it stronger than ever before. Well, that's what this song meant to me, which is a hell-of-a-lot. I owe this song, and Iron Maiden, my life. It helped me pull myself to my feet and get my life and priorities sorted out. Thank you Maiden, for everything.
Christ, just remembered that years ago I wrote a soppy review on a song meaning website, came to check it out and forgot how soppy and lame it was. I was 15 at the time, really shows how much we think we know about life at a young age, and how our perception can change over just a few years.
Christ, just remembered that years ago I wrote a soppy review on a song meaning website, came to check it out and forgot how soppy and lame it was. I was 15 at the time, really shows how much we think we know about life at a young age, and how our perception can change over just a few years.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time, as are several other Maiden songs! This song really helped me through a hard part of my life, which is still going on, sort of.
Quite recently my girlfriend broke up with me, not for anything I did wrong, or so she says, but because she's still in love with her old boyfriend and thinks she got into a new relationship too soon. She said that she wants to break up so that she can focus on school and the upcoming exams and be under less emotional and mental stress. I unhappily obliged as I didn't want to make things harder on her and I also wanted to focus on school. One day, near the end of the year, I was sitting in a Geography lesson, a double lesson in fact, bored out of my skull. I decided to listen to some music to make the tedious lecture about wave cut notches and hydraulic action that we've all had carved into our minds before a little less torturous, so I got out my phone, plugged in my earphones, and listened to some Maiden. It was on the shuffle setting so i wasn't quite sure what songs would come on in what order. It must have been about 15 minutes until the end of the lesson when this song came on, at first I was only half paying attention because of the fascinating talk about receding coastlines, but I noticed that the song was speaking to me.
"Maybe i'll be back some other day To live again just who can say In what shape or form that I might be Just another chance for me"
She said to me when we broke up that maybe we could get back together after the exams, after she'd cleared her head. Maybe after exams I could be back To live again As a friend or more than that To have another chance
"Time is up it couldn't last But there's more things I'd like to do I'm coming back to try again Someday maybe I'll wait till then No more lies"
Those words made me think about the time we spent together and how it didn't last very long and how I had a lot of stuff planed for us, and that after everything's taken care of, I could come back to try to be with her again. And that all I had to do was wait. The rest of the song made me think more about the future.
"The clock is fast, the hour is near Eventful past is ever clear My life is set, my time is here I think I'm coming home"
This song gave me hope and reassurance when I was at my lowest and most depressed, it really helped me gather up the pieces of my life to focus on school and studying, well, apart from that geography lesson. Me and her have started talking again and after the exams are over, i hope to rekindle our relationship to make it stronger than ever before. Well, that's what this song meant to me, which is a hell-of-a-lot. I owe this song, and Iron Maiden, my life. It helped me pull myself to my feet and get my life and priorities sorted out. Thank you Maiden, for everything.
Christ, just remembered that years ago I wrote a soppy review on a song meaning website, came to check it out and forgot how soppy and lame it was. I was 15 at the time, really shows how much we think we know about life at a young age, and how our perception can change over just a few years.
Christ, just remembered that years ago I wrote a soppy review on a song meaning website, came to check it out and forgot how soppy and lame it was. I was 15 at the time, really shows how much we think we know about life at a young age, and how our perception can change over just a few years.
Every now and then I remember this, can't believe it's been 10 years.
Every now and then I remember this, can't believe it's been 10 years.
What I wrote makes me cringe, but I still like the song.
What I wrote makes me cringe, but I still like the song.
(Never got back together with that girl, we still have a chat once a year on our birthdays though)
(Never got back together with that girl, we still have a chat once a year on our birthdays though)