Travis The Dragon
AFTERGLOW!!!
The lyrics to Starblind make absolutely no sense to me.
You should read LC's writeup on the commentary, it's a pretty great explanation IMO.
Could be.To me, it sounds like the drifting astronaut from Final Frontier is losing his mind and having a 2001 Space Odyssey-type trip, leading him to lose all faith and religious belief. I think the lyrics to this song are amongst the best Maiden have ever done, the imagery is wonderful and fits the driving, layered music perfectly.
Starblind are the Maiden lyrics that stand out most to me. Very artfully written.
"I don't hold with bad religion,
Understand what's underneath it
Now I come to think of it
I just don't hold at all you know it
You say you are a holy man
But what is it you do
From where I stand is nothing
But a hallow man I see" - That's eight lines saying what could probably be said in four.
I'm pretty sure it's actually "hollow man", ie lacking the substance to back up his claims. This song makes me think of Sansum in the "Warlord Chronicles" by Bernard Cornwell - he's very big on spouting hellfire and damnation and insisting that God loves him more than everyone else but basically he's a bastard. I don't know if anyone else here has read these.From where I stand is nothing
But a hallow man I see"
I'm pretty sure it's actually "hollow man", ie lacking the substance to back up his claims.
And even harder to fit 'impossible' into that line.
Well possibly but I think we can allow them a bit of poetic licence (especially as the rest of the song is basically about an attempt to comprehend infinity ...)"Infinity, I just can't comprehend"
A bit like the overuse of the phrases "this life" and "this world". I can't think of any examples of Maiden doing it but a lot of bands throw those two phrases around.^Exactly. And I don't like 'just' and 'just can't' being splattered around in songs, it smacks of a lack of imagination, like when I tried to write songs as a kid.