Lord Of Light

Album: A Matter Of Life And Death (2006)
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  • There are secrets that you keep
    There are secrets that you keep
    There are secrets that you tell to me alone
    I can't reach things I can't see
    You don't see this strange world
    Quite the same as me
    Don't deny me what I am
    Nothing hidden, still you fail to see the truth
    These are things you can't reveal

    These are things you can't reveal

    We are part of some strange plan
    Why the slaughter of the brotherhood of man
    Infernal sacrifice of hell
    Fire breathing, lead the way
    Mounds of bodies as they all burn into one
    Revenge is living in the past
    Time to look into a new millennium

    Spiral path leads through the maze
    Down into the fiery underworld below
    Fire breathing lead the way
    Lucifer was just an angel led astray

    Free your soul and let it fly
    Give your life to the Lord of Light
    Keep your secrets and rain on me
    All I see are mysteries

    Free your soul and let it fly
    Give your life to the Lord of Light
    Keep your secrets and rain on me
    All I see are mysteries

    We are not worthy in your black and blazing eyes
    We gather demons in the mirror every day
    The bridge of darkness casts a shadow on us all
    And all our sins to you we give this day
    Others wait their turn, their lives were meant to last
    Use yours wisely as the light is fading fast
    Free your soul and let it fly
    Mine was caught, I couldn't try
    Time returns again to punish all of us

    We are cast out by our bloody father's hand
    We are strangers in this lonely promised land
    We are the shadows of the one unholy ghost
    In our nightmare world, the only one we trust

    Free your soul and let it fly
    Give your life to the Lord of Light
    Keep your secrets and rain on me
    All I see are mysteries

    Free your soul and let it fly
    Give your life to the Lord of Light
    Keep your secrets and rain on me
    All I see are mysteries Writer/s: Adrian Frederick Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Stephen Percy Harris
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Caitlin from Colmesneil, TxI think this song can also kind of tie in with the rest of the album war theme in a way too, because if you put it in a political connotation, this actually could kind of talk about how during conflicts, world leaders expect you to give your life to causes that are oftened rooted in corruption or evil. They want you to "sell your soul to the devil" so to speak. I'm a pacifist, so I don't believe in war, but if the album's concept was supposed to have been inspired by the Cold War, this interpretation would be pretty fitting of that, especially with some of the things that we now know went on in the Soviet Union before it broke up. Maybe I'm just reading into it a tad too much though. Ah, well. May not be my favorite Maiden tune, but a decent song nonetheless.
  • Overkill from Ann Arber, MiI think this song is from the point of view of a fallen angel, hence the sympathy towards Lucifer and anger at God.

    This song is excellent like the rest of the album!
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