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The title of the piece refers to his eponymous short story (1929) Alistair Crowley, which has undoubtedly been an influence of its history album. In it, two groups of magicians compete for control forces of a superhuman being they are trying to create, of Moonchild, who, like the Seventh Son...

Although it is in the middle of the album, semantically, the song is the second part of the story. The verses describe the birth of the Seventh Son. His six brothers are all present. They know the powers of the newborn and anxiously await his birth and evolution, longing for the side that, in...

The lyrics seem to be the words of a young man born from the unwanted pregnancy of a prostitute, who has set as her goal of his life finding his father. Although not inspired by the life of a band member, the feeling of marginalization and of the rage they exuded was perfectly in tune with her...

According to him, the inspiration for them Harris extracted lyrics from a newspaper article "The Sun" which was about the death of a famous person "Psychic", by the British Doris Stokes (1920 - 1987). The lyrics of this song were the spark of which gave Harris the idea for an album lyrics of the...

Now that the wind calls my name And my star has faded now hardly a glimpse up in the empty space And the wise one-eyed great father in the sky stills my flame For the ones who stood me near And you few who were me dear I ask of thee to have no doubts and no fears For when the great clouds...

The lyrics for this song were written by Di’Anno and according to himself, concern his grandfather, although their meaning is unclear. The same has also stated that the title phrase is an opinion which often used by his grandfather to emphasize its importance optimism, planning and insight. It...

The lyrics are like an invitation to someone another person, trying to persuade him to come to him "Strange world" which he describes. As for his lyrics "Remember Tomorrow", it has been argued that the lyrics of the song are reminiscent the thoughts of someone who smokes opiate or cannabis...

The lyrics of this song seem to be the words of one schizophrenia describing one of his "voices in his head", which urges him to commit suicide. In fact, Dickinson had prefaced it piece live, saying: “This is a song […] about a gentleman who goes up top and comes back down… has another go… ”(«...

The word "purgatory" comes from the Latin verb "purgare" which means "purify". According to the Catholic Church, Purgatory is called a state or a place in which some souls are temporarily punished before entering Paradise, because they had not had time to be punished alive for sins for which...

According to Harris, the lyrics of the song are inspired by the 1963 film of the same name, which, semantically, is the second part of the movie "Village Of The Damned" ("Village of the Cursed") (originally filmed in 1960 and returned in 1995). Both movies based on the novel "The Midwich...

In this song, the main one character, the prisoner, tries to react to the power of those who him they watch and patronize life his and shake their control from on him. The phrase “to run rings around someone ”which is found in the lyrics is an English idiom which means overcome / defeat / show...

According to Harris, the lyrics constitute the narrative of someone who describes something he initially considered a nightmare, realizing in the end that what he experienced it was not a nightmare but a reality. The inspiration for his lyrics song drew her from a nightmare that had seen (has...

According to him, Dickinson tried to condense the teachings of various religions and philosophies in the lyrics, inspired by his philosophical vision occultist Edward Alexander “Aleister” Crowley (1875 - 1947). As a strong influence, Dickinson also mentions the ancient Egyptian “Prayer to Osiris...

This song is the Maiden's first reference to the ancient Greek culture. Lyrically, it is influenced by the myth of Daedalus and Icarus, although the meaning of the verses deviates significantly from him. According to legend, Daedalus, a famous craftsman, was a prisoner of Minos, king of Crete...

According to Dickinson, their lyrics were inspired by cultivated climate of nuclear holocaust in its context Cold War between the USSR and USA in the early 1980s. The phrase of the title is an English idiom that has its roots in the late 17th century, which referred to death by hanging. Later...

The lyrics for the song were written by Dickinson obviously having inspired by his involvement with fencing (later engaged and at the championship level, winning the seventh place in the ranking of M. Britain). They tell the story of a young man's attempt to excel in art of fencing to get...

According to Dickinson, his lyrics song are influenced by the movie of the same name Ridley Scott (1978), which in turn is based on his novel "The Duel" (1908) Englishman of Polish descent Joseph Conrad (Jósef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) (1857- 1924). The plot unfolds in 19th century France and...

It is their longest song Maiden. Lyrically, it is based on the poem of the same name (1798, but completed in 1817) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834). Through his poem, Coleridge sketches and summarizes Christian teaching (moral, divine judgment, repentance and divine forgiveness)...

Dickinson has stated that the inspiration for the theme of his lyrics came because he thought that in the lyrics of "Revelations", though contained references to ancient Egypt, the subject was not developed at all of the afterlife, which is the basis of the ancient Egyptian culture. Also, in the...

According to Dickinson, the enigmatic lyrics of the song deny the existence of the afterlife Divine Judgment of the soul, arguing that there are many post-mortem states of the soul between Paradise and Hell, in which Lucifer resides, o Lord, that is, of Light. The lyrics seem to be a dialogue...