(Don't Fear) The Reaper lyrics by Blue Oyster Cult

i am the reaper and u shall all fear me (send me a message and i will tell u how u will die ansd when and if u can bargain for longer) muahahahahahahahahahahaha

COME ON FOLKS IT'S VERY SIMPLE. THE COMPOSER SAID HE WROTE IT ABOUT ETERNAL LOVE!!! NOT SUICIDE. THE 14 YEAR GIRLS IS THE CLOSEST TO BEING RIGHT. MORE LIKE THE BOOK "THE NOTE BOOK"

I think its about a man seducing a woman to kill herself for him. I see manipulation when I read the lyrics and listen to the song. I tend to think its more or less how far someone will go to stop time and stay as they are.

This song has many different meanings,the writer of the song (Buck Dharma) once said it was about iternal everlasting love,some say it is about suicide and deah,but what it really is, is life.
Its what happens in life,you love someone,then death is an obsticle that spilts the lover sup,but they will get through it and live and love though eternity,and that the "Reaper" may take away the life,but not the love

my 14 yr old daughter heard this song on her brother's ipod and has fallen in love with the words. I remember liking the song and just thought it was basically about not fearing death. Though i didnt really know most of the words to it. Well, because she got so into it and plays it in the car all the time now i started paying more attention to the words. Tonite while driving her to her dad's house i asked her if she thought it was about suicide and she thinks its about a guy watching his wife or girlfriend dying of something and being afraid to go. He tells her not to be afraid and that they will be together again one day. So when the "last night of sadness came" the night she dies, she is able to leave pain behind and die easily. When i came home i started looking up the words and read some things about what others think...i kinda like my daughter's interpretation of the song the best.