St. Matthew Chp. 1-12

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
After this manner therefore pray ye: our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
(6:7-9)

I was reading the bible, and thought this last phrase sounded sort of familiar, until the answer popped into my head; Iron Maiden.

I think it would be interesting, to compare a piece of the bible, with the lyrics of some song.

So, generally, the piece above is suggesting how to pray, yet only for the necessary. We can pray for more, though we can’t get that more, since God knows what is it that we need; so he won’t grant anything to us, that isn’t really necessary.

The song talks about someone, that is in jail—or a cell—for some reason. So this mainly represents shame and remorse, loneliness and sadness, disappointment in one’s self, as he is describing the cell as ‘cold’.

But then, later on the speaker mentions God: Somebody cries from a cell "God be with you". If there's a God then why does he let me go? He is asking himself, why would there be a God if I am about to die (since my interpretation is that they are leading him towards death)? He believes that God would have been able to help him free himself, but he didn’t. So as an immediate conclusion: God doesn’t exist. Perhaps, he does, but he just didn’t want to.

Then, at the end of the song, it is repeated various times...Hallowed be they name.

Perhaps the repetition helps mark its importance. So I started looking for ways in which this phrase could link with the song. I believe the speaker doesn’t want to go wherever he is being taken—which is, I believe, death—but he is sure that he can’t do anything about it…that God must have wanted it that wa.

In the Bible they are saying that God I holly, since he knows what we need, and he will only gives us that. Holly, since, not only do people ask only God for things, but he is the one who can actually make them happen, if he wants.

What both have in common, is that, no matter if we want it or deserve it or not, we shall do and accept whatever God does and says, because, he is 'hallowed' and has special abilities, therefore we ask him and it is he who decides. No complains. He, only, knows what is right for us, and it is not significant, whether we disagree.

Lyrics from www.lyricsfreak.com/i/iron+maiden/hallowed+be+thy+name_20067959.html