I heard an interview with Dave where he said this song is about him reclaiming his place in metal royalty. He said that just before he wrote it someone was telling him how in the 80's he was the king of writing huge metal riffs, but in the 90's he kind of abandoned his title. Thus: "The flag that I once planted as a King I abandoned
And now I reclaim this banner by God, my sword, and my name". He did go more into it but that's all I can remember at the moment.
I heard an interview with Dave where he said this song is about him reclaiming his place in metal royalty. He said that just before he wrote it someone was telling him how in the 80's he was the king of writing huge metal riffs, but in the 90's he kind of abandoned his title. Thus: "The flag that I once planted as a King I abandoned And now I reclaim this banner by God, my sword, and my name". He did go more into it but that's all I can remember at the moment.