The albatross around the neck is a Samuel Taylor Collerage reference to "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (the same poem Iron Maiden based their song on). The albatross was a good omen for sailors, but the mariner wore it around his neck to represent his curse... In this song i think it is someone deciding that they are "cursed" or have bad luck, and he's deciding that he's not going to let it govern his life anymore.
The albatross around the neck is a Samuel Taylor Collerage reference to "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (the same poem Iron Maiden based their song on). The albatross was a good omen for sailors, but the mariner wore it around his neck to represent his curse... In this song i think it is someone deciding that they are "cursed" or have bad luck, and he's deciding that he's not going to let it govern his life anymore.