Lyric discussion by Eddiethehead666 

Cover art for Moonchild lyrics by Iron Maiden

Obvious references to the birth of Alvin Maker, the seventh son of a seventh son from the orson scott card novel. "Don't you dare to save your son Kill him now and save the young ones Be the mother of a birth strangled babe Be the devils own, Lucifer's my name" The mother is pregnant with the child and one of her sons has to sacrifice himself to save her and the baby "The twins they are exhausted, seven is this night" Older twin brothers of the seventh son helped to save the family. "One more dies one more lives One baby cries one mother grieves" after the baby is born the oldest son, Vigor, dies soon after, the mother grieves over the death of her son.