He explains it in two lines at the beginning of a live version from "Live Songs" : "This is a song called The Story of Issac, and it's about those who would, ah, sacrifice one generation on behalf of another."
Later in the lyrics, he admonishes this practice: "You who build these altars now to sacrifice our children, you must not do it anymore..."
He explains it in two lines at the beginning of a live version from "Live Songs" : "This is a song called The Story of Issac, and it's about those who would, ah, sacrifice one generation on behalf of another." Later in the lyrics, he admonishes this practice: "You who build these altars now to sacrifice our children, you must not do it anymore..."