A Tyranny of Souls Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Bard40 

Cover art for A Tyranny of Souls lyrics by Bruce Dickinson

This song is all about Macbeth as the above comments mention, as well as "No ocean could wash my sins away" throughout the play Macbeth says that even the sea cannot wash the blood from his hands. Macbeth is also referred to as a tyrant many times in the play. "Who rips the child out from the womb?" No one who was born of woman could kill Macbeth, meaning if the mother should die in child birth, or if there was a c section they would not be born of woman.