'the Angel And The Gambler'
[!--QuoteBegin-Perun+Nov 8 2005, 08:06 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Perun @ Nov 8 2005, 08:06 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]This passage from the Commentary reminded me of what gor said earlier in this thread- that the phrase "Don't you think..." is repeated 66 times.
Now, I am certainly reading very much into it, but maybe, just maybe, the angel is in fact revealing himself to be the devil here. This is particularly interesting in regards to the Sufi story that is pointed out to earlier in the Commentary.
While the angel does indeed attempt to turn away the gambler from his trade, he never actually reveals himself as a heavenly character. He is just called an "angel" by the gambler once in the song.
The angel is so obsessed with saving a soul that is both "not worth saving" and simply lost. The angel repeats to tell the gambler that he is his saviour, and possibly turns completely insane in these regards, or unconsciously and unwillingly reveals that he is not the heavenly envoy he pretends to be.
On the other hand, maybe I just need an angel myself [!--emo&
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Ah, but maybe the angel (or devil) is in fact double-bluffing, so if we think he's trying to save the gambler, he is in fact feeding his addiction, or perhaps by claiming to not be the gambler's saviour, he is trying to confuse the gambler into giving up [!--emo&
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When i first heard this song, I didn't think it was too bad. If they took out the majority of the choruses (chori?) it would be a fairly decent composition. Keyboards don't get too annoying, but the whole reliance on the build up to relieve the monotony at the end doesn't work-the build up is fairly weak, compared to other songs by Maiden that use build ups (even Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger, on the same album). I'll give it 2.5 stars, it had potential, but was squandered by the desire for a lengthy track.