From my point of view, the lyrics are about the fucked-up state the world is in. Today, the mainstream human population is solely interested in their own desires, such as greed, sexual desire and contempt of their enemies ("Sacriledge and blasphemy sets the stage today"). The part starting with "One man rules the earth and rides the seven-headed beast" refers to the beast in the Book of Revelation, like Hellbound described, and means that mankind is ruling over the earth with an iron fist, casting everything into disaster with its hatred, and so "the beast" lives through humanity. "Dreams are told of dreams of old, this day will surely come" means the Book of Revelation's prediction of the end of the world through this way the world is living and treating each other. The last part before the final "I faw a new world today..." means that mankind is never satisfied with the constant vengeance and hatred it practices, and like the above said, the netherworld and Sheol (The "abyss" in Hebrew) lives through man.
Finally, I think "I saw a new Earth today, I saw a former pass away" might describe the wipeout of civilisation through a nuclear holocaust or similar.
Incredible song, it's so beautiful yet so dark and evil-sounding. Way to go, Megadeth.
From my point of view, the lyrics are about the fucked-up state the world is in. Today, the mainstream human population is solely interested in their own desires, such as greed, sexual desire and contempt of their enemies ("Sacriledge and blasphemy sets the stage today"). The part starting with "One man rules the earth and rides the seven-headed beast" refers to the beast in the Book of Revelation, like Hellbound described, and means that mankind is ruling over the earth with an iron fist, casting everything into disaster with its hatred, and so "the beast" lives through humanity. "Dreams are told of dreams of old, this day will surely come" means the Book of Revelation's prediction of the end of the world through this way the world is living and treating each other. The last part before the final "I faw a new world today..." means that mankind is never satisfied with the constant vengeance and hatred it practices, and like the above said, the netherworld and Sheol (The "abyss" in Hebrew) lives through man.
Finally, I think "I saw a new Earth today, I saw a former pass away" might describe the wipeout of civilisation through a nuclear holocaust or similar.
Incredible song, it's so beautiful yet so dark and evil-sounding. Way to go, Megadeth.