Remember Tomorrow and what it is about

Paul Di'Anno stated in an interview that the lyrics of this song were inspired by his grandfather.

That was about my grandfather. I lost him in 1980, when I was on tour. He was a diabetic. They cut off his toe and his heel, then he lost his leg from the knee down, and he just sort of gave up. But the lyrics don’t relate to it, to be honest with you – just the words “remember tomorrow.” Because that is what he always used to say – that was his little catch phrase. “You never know what is going to happen, remember tomorrow, it might be a better day.” So I just kept it in, and that was it.
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Paul is regarded as a bit of a liar, and, on this statement, he missed the timeline or he's making it up, 'cos the band recorded this song in 1979, so, although the title is a catchphrase from his grandpa, in 1980, the song was already set and sealed. These lyrics are what surrealism is for paintings; maybe it's a bunch of phrases that just came out on a poetic epiphany or there's a hidden meaning, unveiled, as in 'the all seeing eye flickers above us', might reference to some kind of ritual, where more than one people participates.

The beginnings of Iron Maiden are pretty obscure, to this day.
 
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The band restarted recording the album on February/1980 (they started in 1979, with Doug Sampson, on drums), so Paul wasn't lying. :D
 
Dick Brucinson said:
Anybody knows what the lyrics are about? I don't get it. Was asking this to myself ever since.
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For ages people have said that the song is about Paul's grandpa which IS NOT TRUE. It is only the title of the song that was inspired by a thing that Paul's grandpa said.

The song is about letting everything go.

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In 1980 Paul gave his first version of the "explanation", stating that the song is about giving up everything. Just that, which really explains nothing. At this point the fans will accept what he says but will fail to make any connections.
Some decades later he attached his grandfather story in the "giving up" explanation. I remember watching a video interview with him from 2002, and it's the earliest declaration about his grandfather I know of.
Yea, Paul says that only the title refers to his grandfather, not the lyrics, but I have my reasons to believe not even the title comes from his grandfather.
 
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