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"Let me take you on an awkward LYRICAL journey" would be more apt verbiage, methinks.
Although the lyrics improve markedly as the track progresses, the half spoken introductory monologue harkens back to many a Harris coined
"first person" soliloquy - bizarre, so many of his inventions (even the tortured ones) seem to be so amenable...
Compare the above with say, Pachendale;
"Let me tell you about his years"
Or Dance Of Death;
"Let me tell you a story to chill the bones"
"Let me tell you about my dreams"
Honestly, you didn't think it necessary to ask our permission the previous fifteen-hundred times you've shared your nocturnal reveries with us! Where's the assertiveness of your youth gone, man?
Anyhow, the opening stanzas came as something of an icy shower after the warm, and colourful Somewhere In Time-esque instrumental.
Concerning the main body of the track, yes, it's the standard tale of self-exoneration and amelioration that we've all become well aquainted with over the years, set against the backdrop of an otherworldly reality - again, a vista drawn on perhaps once too often.
"Demons are trapped all inside of my head"
If Steve commits words that are even remotely concurrent to those above to paper again, I may have to shoot him. Stop. Please. Stop.
"I'm able to see things - things I don't wanna see"
Perhaps I've had one Earl Grey too many this evening, but every time I hear this lyric, I hear an echo of some airheaded floozy from Generic Teen Grossout Movie IX;
"I tooootttaaalllly didn't want to see that."
In closing, I wish to make it plain that despite these shortcomings, the rudiments of a powerful, and sagacious subject matter are touched upon - namely, the aspirations of an unrighteous and amoral man to become a better person in his next life. Unfortunately, this uplifting message is benumbed by the nebulous imagery, and tired vocabulary.
As far as I'm concerned, with this composition, the final nail has been driven home in regards to Steve Harris' lyrical dexterity - but then again, I consider Bruce to be the only passable lyricist in Iron Maiden.
Although the lyrics improve markedly as the track progresses, the half spoken introductory monologue harkens back to many a Harris coined
"first person" soliloquy - bizarre, so many of his inventions (even the tortured ones) seem to be so amenable...
Compare the above with say, Pachendale;
"Let me tell you about his years"
Or Dance Of Death;
"Let me tell you a story to chill the bones"
"Let me tell you about my dreams"
Honestly, you didn't think it necessary to ask our permission the previous fifteen-hundred times you've shared your nocturnal reveries with us! Where's the assertiveness of your youth gone, man?
Anyhow, the opening stanzas came as something of an icy shower after the warm, and colourful Somewhere In Time-esque instrumental.
Concerning the main body of the track, yes, it's the standard tale of self-exoneration and amelioration that we've all become well aquainted with over the years, set against the backdrop of an otherworldly reality - again, a vista drawn on perhaps once too often.
"Demons are trapped all inside of my head"
If Steve commits words that are even remotely concurrent to those above to paper again, I may have to shoot him. Stop. Please. Stop.
"I'm able to see things - things I don't wanna see"
Perhaps I've had one Earl Grey too many this evening, but every time I hear this lyric, I hear an echo of some airheaded floozy from Generic Teen Grossout Movie IX;
"I tooootttaaalllly didn't want to see that."
In closing, I wish to make it plain that despite these shortcomings, the rudiments of a powerful, and sagacious subject matter are touched upon - namely, the aspirations of an unrighteous and amoral man to become a better person in his next life. Unfortunately, this uplifting message is benumbed by the nebulous imagery, and tired vocabulary.
As far as I'm concerned, with this composition, the final nail has been driven home in regards to Steve Harris' lyrical dexterity - but then again, I consider Bruce to be the only passable lyricist in Iron Maiden.
