I might be about the Iraq war. It took me a while to figure it out because Maiden wrote it from an independent standpoint and I'm used to hearing the American bias.
You say you are a holy man, but what is it you do
From where I stand is nothing but a hollow man I see
...is sort of what gave it away because us and the Taliban are both doing what we think is right, but from outside the conflict (in the UK) it seems like we're just "fighting in a bloody, hopeless war."
I might be about the Iraq war. It took me a while to figure it out because Maiden wrote it from an independent standpoint and I'm used to hearing the American bias.
You say you are a holy man, but what is it you do From where I stand is nothing but a hollow man I see
...is sort of what gave it away because us and the Taliban are both doing what we think is right, but from outside the conflict (in the UK) it seems like we're just "fighting in a bloody, hopeless war."