This song was just written about the Pharoe when he was about to die.

I'm pretty sure it's just about duelists...dueling.

It's basically about the Cold War and the how close we came to nuclear war.

The air in a certain pretzel jar is colder than the air outside so the only logical explaination is pretzels are evil.

It is about the Japanese samurai Miyamoto Musashi.

I'm not positive this is true but I think it's about the scene in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings where Frodo and Sam travel through the Dead Marshes.

It's about facing an apocalyptic future and the phrase "die with your boots on" means that if you're going to die go down doing something instead of just letting it happen.

The first verse is an English hymnal that Bruce learned in school. The second verse begins with the "babe in a black abyss" being a human in a hopeless world. The hanged man was a symbol of luck. "The venom tears my spine" relates to belief that during orgasm there is a snake called Kundalini that lives at the base of your spine and it releases venom through your spine and up into your brain to promote union with god. I'm not really sure what the last verse is about.

Considered by most Iron Maiden fans to be the greatest song ever recorded, Hallowed be Thy Name goes through the mind of a man who is about to be taken to the gallows pole.

Which group of Indians the song is about isn't specified, but it's about Americans kicking the Indians out of their land and is told from both sides perspectives.