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Anybody else think the line "Maybe it's all just for the best" is a bit weird in this song? Like they're suggesting his suicide was "for the best". Please tell me I'm just interpreting the line wrong.

But you're implying that those of us that do love the song are forcing ourselves.

Oh. And here I was thinking musical taste was subjective. Good to know that I was wrong :facepalm:

I...umm.......errr.....What?

There was a part of me that thought the song could have been cut down a bit. That was before I was able to wrap my head around the structuring of the song completely. After wrapping my head around the whole thing, I've concluded that any trimming I would do to this song would be very minor and...

Oh the dreamers may die, but the dream lives on.

Dat chorus, tho :bigsurprise:

So, let's elaborate on our overall scores a little bit. To you grade an album by averaging every songs ranking, or do you grade an album based on how it hits you as a whole?

1. Empire of the Clouds: 9.5/10 2. If Eternity Should Fail: 8.5/10 3. The Book of Souls: 8.5/10 4. Shadows of the Valley: 8/10 5. The Red and the Black: 8/10 6. The Great Unknown: 8/10 7. The Man of Sorrows: 8/10 (Wow, a lot of 8's!) 8. Tears of a Clown: 7.5/10 9. Speed of Light: 7.5/10 10. When...

I'm glad that this song is getting more love. Nothing overly groundbreaking about it, just a damn fine Maiden tune.

I freakin love DOD. Might not be in my top 5, but in my top 8 for sure.

Might be one of the top couple of songs Maiden have ever done.

I would argue that it's actually their most innovative song..... Wait for it.... EVER.

I'm really having trouble getting this song out of my head. It's a shame it'll never get on the radio, cuz it could be absolutely huge. I guess a 5 minute radio edit is out of the question? :P

Listened to Empire twice today. Still a masterpiece. Nuff said.

Far better than TFF, where a lot of the verses in some songs were almost sing-talking. Sounds about the same as DOD in my opinion, which isn't a bad thing.

I actually really like this one. I feel it would have worked even better as an "epic", though, with a long instrumental section in the middle. Still a great song. Nice chorus.

I agree, but for the sake of argument....

Aaaaaand now this song is growing on me. Find myself singing the chorus over and over...

I'll combat that argument (not arguing with you, but rather the people who you're talking about :P ) by saying that if Maiden had released this album in the eighties, it would be considered a masterpiece.