Discover the story of the song > Run to the Hills – Iron Maiden

The song is about the oppression and violence inflicted upon Native American tribes by white settlers. The protagonist talks about how their tribes were killed, and their game was taken by the settlers. He talks about how they fought back but were eventually overwhelmed by the number of settlers who came. The song then talks about the soldiers who came to hunt and kill and how they enslaved and destroyed the Native Americans. The chorus encourages the Native Americans to run for their lives, to escape the violence of the settlers.