The 1988 title track from their concept album about a prophesied healer born into a line of brothers.
The 1988 title track from their concept album about a prophesied healer born into a line of brothers.
This isn't subtle storytelling, it's a heavy metal fable delivered with full conviction.
The lyrics work because they commit to the myth completely, never winking at the audience.
The 1988 title track from their concept album about a prophesied healer born into a line of brothers.
He has the power to heal
This isn't subtle storytelling, it's a heavy metal fable delivered with full conviction. The lyrics work because they commit to the myth completely, never winking at the audience.
The repeated chant 'Seventh son of a seventh son' anchors the whole song, hammering home the prophecy. Lines like 'He has the power to heal' and 'He has the gift of the second sight' spell out his abilities plainly, without much mystery. It's all laid out like an old folk tale set to riffs.
That line cuts straight to the point, defining the character's role without any extra fluff. In a song full of repetition, it's one of the few concrete details about what this seventh son actually does.
The way Bruce Dickinson belts 'So it shall be written, so it shall be done' gives the prophecy weight, like a decree from on high.
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Here they stand, brothers them all
All the sons, divided they'd fall
Here await the birth of the son
The seventh, the heavenly, the chosen one
Here the birth from an unbroken line
Born the healer, the seventh, his time
Unknowingly blessed and as his life unfolds
Slowly unveiling the power he holds
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Then they watch the progress he makes
The Good and Evil which path will he take
Both of them trying to manipulate
The use of his powers, before it's too late
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son
Today is born the seventh one
Born of woman the seventh son
And he in turn of a seventh son
He has the power to heal
He has the gift of the second sight
He is the chosen one
So it shall be written
So it shall be done
The 1988 title track from their concept album about a prophesied healer born into a line of brothers. This isn't subtle storytelling, it's a heavy metal fable delivered with full conviction. The lyrics work because they commit to the myth completely, never winking at the audience.
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