Edited sentence: References to Tolkien works and the Irish national anthem aside, the time period in which the song was written, the Cold War, must also be regarded as a factor in the song's content considering much of the imagery present in the lyrics.The ominous title of the song itself, as well as such lines as, "the pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath" and "the tyrant's face is red" are imagery pulled straight from the propaganda of the early 70s Cold War period