Avantasia - "The Toy Master"

Don't you be afraid, come and step inside, take a look around

Rating: 7/10

The song: A very classic melodic metal song, starting with a melodic intro and then jumping right into a heavy guitar riff and then slowing back down for the first verse.
The album: The Scarecrow, released in 2008, is the first album of "The Wicked Trilogy", a trilogy of concept albums which follows the tragic story of a lonesome creature, emotionally isolated from his environment and suffering from a distorted sensory perception.
Interpretation: This song is extremely unique, explicitly to me it is about an insane dictator who is talking to someone. He refers to his people as "Toys", himself as the "Master of the toys", and the country as his "Toy factory". However there is another very interesting interpretation that I really like which is that the song is a metaphor for capitalism and materialism. The "kids" are people being lured into to wasting their money on useless "toys" from the "toy factory", a company