Kill Devil Hill
westwards the tide
I always thought the prancing line was hated because of how... er... flamboyant the line is.
Worst Single Lyric/Line
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Maid of Iron
Prowler
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Kill Devil Hill
westwards the tide
Of course not! It just sounds out of place for a song like Dance of Death. It would sound fine on Wasted Years.
Maid of Iron
Prowler
I just find it unpleasantly cheesy. I think it's something to do with the work cosmic...conjures up visions of Brian Cox, perhaps 
I like what the line's saying, and to me the whole song is comfortably cheesy, just for me cosmic sand is taking it too far
I like what the line's saying, and to me the whole song is comfortably cheesy, just for me cosmic sand is taking it too far
Ariana
Black-and-white leopard
Bruce says that he was aware the subject matter of Coming Home was prone to cheesiness and he tried hard to avoid it. I think he has done well - the lyrics are powerful without really being cheesy.
This topic has made me think very hard but so far I can't think of a Maiden lyric that annoys me. I'm slightly bothered with a line in Road to Hell, though. The line where Bruce sings:
"...cause we are the junkies who never can win" sounds wrong to me because of the word order. I understand that the right way wouldn't fit the melody, but I still don't like it.
This topic has made me think very hard but so far I can't think of a Maiden lyric that annoys me. I'm slightly bothered with a line in Road to Hell, though. The line where Bruce sings:
"...cause we are the junkies who never can win" sounds wrong to me because of the word order. I understand that the right way wouldn't fit the melody, but I still don't like it.
national acrobat
Ancient Mariner
That's one that bothers me too. I can usually ignore the grammatical blips as just poetic licence, but "thy shall be done" really makes no sense.
425
Starblind
It's interesting to note that "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done" is a line in the Lord's Prayer, one of the central prayers in Christianity. I found it interesting just now looking that up because I had remembered it "thy shall be done," like the line in ATSS (I'm not a Christian, so it's not a high priority of mine to have the Lord's Prayer memorized). So maybe Steve got the line mixed up and never bothered to look it up. Just an interesting little tidbit, I thought.
I'm sure that everyone knows this already, but "Hallowed be thy name" is also from the Lord's Prayer.
I'm sure that everyone knows this already, but "Hallowed be thy name" is also from the Lord's Prayer.
OK, for future reference:
Our father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done.
On earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts
As we have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
And the power,
And the glory,
Forever.
You don't go to very many funerals, do you?
Our father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done.
On earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts
As we have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
And the power,
And the glory,
Forever.
You don't go to very many funerals, do you?
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
@mtmccox: you can check here how it might be done in your country/language/religion in your country:
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otčenáš
In the Netherlands we have quite some variations because of all the different churches.
That particular line is always represented though.
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otčenáš
In the Netherlands we have quite some variations because of all the different churches.
That particular line is always represented though.
LongDistanceRunner666
Prowler
I think "And the wolves, they howled into THE NIGHT!" is worse.
Maidenvana
Invader
As good as it is musically, I find that most of Virtual XI's lyrics lack quality, imagination, and any real in-depth meaning... especially by Maiden's standards.
"As the ominous light draws near there's a lone dog howls in the park"
-Doesn't even make sense to me!
"Do you really wanna be just another one statistic or feel,
That you really should aspire - That you really do deserve more?
Do you ever really feel that you have so much potential inside?
What you really have to give could be realized so much more"
-I mean, really!?
Not to mention it's boringly repetitive in about 5 of the songs.
"As the ominous light draws near there's a lone dog howls in the park"
-Doesn't even make sense to me!
"Do you really wanna be just another one statistic or feel,
That you really should aspire - That you really do deserve more?
Do you ever really feel that you have so much potential inside?
What you really have to give could be realized so much more"
-I mean, really!?
Not to mention it's boringly repetitive in about 5 of the songs.
Crimson Idol
Caveman
OK, for future reference:
Our father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done.
On earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts
As we have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
And the power,
And the glory,
Forever.
You don't go to very many funerals, do you?
I went to a Church of England primary school (although am not religious, it's just cos it was the closest primary school
) and so we had to say it every day, although the version we had was slightly different and according to wiki the catholic version.The only differences with the one you posted above are debts/debtors becomes trespasses/trespass against us, and the last line is "Forever and Ever, amen".