while all the replys above make sense... im still sticking with my original thoughts that its about a young japanese boy in japan during the atom bombs at hiroshima and nagasaki.....
"he's walking like a small child, but watch his eyes you burn away"
-seems small and innocent but he's the enemy
"He's walking like a dead man
If he had lived he would have crucified us all"
- he's innocent and walking, doomed... it had to be done though, as 'if he had lived' he would have just been drafted into the imperial army to fight the US
"Now it burns his hand he's turning to laugh
Smiles as the flame sears his flesh
Melting his face screaming in pain
Peeling the skin from his eyes"
- Le` bomb has strucketh
" he's dust on the ground what have we learned"
- so senseless... this is humanity today
"your backs against the wall
you turn into the light"
- when the bomb hit, it emitted a blinding light
... "like candles watch them burn"
SO in conclusion fellow maiden fans... this is why i think its about the atom bomb in japan- a little boy getting killed by it
good song, great band
udijinson May 15, 2006 Link
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