I think the "river dragon" is a spirit believed to live in the water (sort of a river god I guess). It came, and it took the people away.
I think the main idea of the song (through the lines "the three will fall" is this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_gorges_dam
The three gorges dam is the largest hydroelectric dam in the world and there is a lot of controversy going on about it (thats what the book i linked to above is about). Nevermore seems to think the river dragon just warned them in 1975, and that it will eventually bring down the 3 gorges dam.
I cant figure out what the last line "the seventh crown" is referring to though... I'll keep looking.
cryptica is pretty close... in fact, heres a book about it with the same title: http://www.irn.org/programs/threeg/dragon.html
Its about the Yangtze river in china. Two dams broke in 1975 and it killed thousands of people.
Heres an article on the dams (for those interested): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimantan_Dam
I think the "river dragon" is a spirit believed to live in the water (sort of a river god I guess). It came, and it took the people away.
I think the main idea of the song (through the lines "the three will fall" is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_gorges_dam The three gorges dam is the largest hydroelectric dam in the world and there is a lot of controversy going on about it (thats what the book i linked to above is about). Nevermore seems to think the river dragon just warned them in 1975, and that it will eventually bring down the 3 gorges dam.
I cant figure out what the last line "the seventh crown" is referring to though... I'll keep looking.