The Pilgrimage Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Kingofstilport 

Cover art for The Pilgrimage lyrics by Saxon

This song is about the classic Pilgrimige, in both the old and new sense. A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life. Pilgrimages frequently involve a journey or search for moral or spiritual significance, typically, a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith, although sometimes it can be a metaphorical journey into someone's own beliefs. A pilgrimage in modern times can be to anything of importance for a person; A gravesite of a loved one, into the mountains, a foreign place or land, etc.

Many religions attach spiritual importance to particular places: The place of birth or death of founders or saints, a place of one's "calling" or spiritual awakening, their connection (visual or verbal) with the divine, to locations where miracles were performed or witnessed, a location where a deity is said to live or be "housed", or any site that is seen to have special spiritual powers.

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