RUN TO THE HILLS by Iron Maiden
- About the European arrival to the « New World, » told from the perspective of both the oppressed Cree and the invading Anglo-Saxon soldiers. The first verse (« White man came across the sea, he brought us pain and misery ») is from the point of view of the Natives. The second verse (« Chasing the redskins back to their holes, fighting them at their own game ») is from the white man’s eyes, and the last verse (« Selling them whiskey and taking their gold, enslaving the young and destroying the old ») is an impartial third-person narration.
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With lyrics:
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