What does Run to the Hills mean?

Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills Meaning

Tagged: War [suggest]
Album cover for Run to the Hills album cover

Song Released: 1982


Run to the Hills Lyrics

White man came across the sea
He brought us pain and misery
He killed our tribes, he killed our creed
He took our game for his own needs
We fought him hard we fought him well
Out on the plains we gave him hell
But many came too much for...

  1. dewy74
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    Jun 10th 2008 !⃝

    Actually y'all are both right because it is about killing the Indians in the western conquest but how did they get to North America DUH!! by the sea so shut up

  2. anonymous
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    Mar 15th 2008 !⃝

    This is about the Europeans coming to America and exploiting the aboriginals there and then exterminating them...

  3. anonymous
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    Feb 14th 2008 !⃝

    That is almost exactly what he said. It also says "White man came, ACROSS THE SEAS".

  4. anonymous
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    Jan 12th 2008 !⃝

    No silly this song is about the massacre of the Indian; during the West Conquest.

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
  5. anonymous
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    Dec 8th 2007 !⃝

    This song is about the white man coming across the seas from europe to america in the 1500s. White man came Across the seas is the first lyric. The rest of the song is about how the white man killed the indians.

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