Bruce Dickinson said that this song likens the nuclear bomb to man trying to play God. There are actually a lot of double meanings in the lyrics of this song, such as "Trinity reformed". In Christianity, "Trinity" is a collective term refering to God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost, and it was also the name of the site where the first full scale nuclear weapons test was ever held in 1945.
Genius, as always...
Bruce Dickinson said that this song likens the nuclear bomb to man trying to play God. There are actually a lot of double meanings in the lyrics of this song, such as "Trinity reformed". In Christianity, "Trinity" is a collective term refering to God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost, and it was also the name of the site where the first full scale nuclear weapons test was ever held in 1945. Genius, as always...