Wrathchild Lyrics

Lyric discussion by gchadder3 

Cover art for Wrathchild lyrics by Iron Maiden

That this song follows over directly from an instrumental called "The Ides of March" suggests to me that maybe it is a fictionalized account of the anger of an illegitimate son of Julius Caesar by the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. He was involved with her before Mark Antony was. Obviously it wasn't the "wrathchild" that finally killed Caesar, though, so that aspect of the combination is a little puzzling. Another possibility could be that he's actually trying to hunt down Caesar's killers even though his father "abandoned" him and his mother.

Neutral
Subjective
Interest
Fictionalized Account
Historical Reference
Caesar
Parentage
Vengeance