This song is about the outrage from people in the United Kingdom after the government stated that the crime rate was decreasing, even though independent surveys showed that violent crime was on the rise.

The lyrics describe people being fed up with the corrupt judicial system and the soft punishment against criminals. The age of innocence, where there was far less crime, is slowly fading away.

One of the Dance of Death singles had an alternate version named “Age of Innocence… How Old?” where drummer Nicko McBrain “attempts” to sing the song. The results are as funny as one would expect from giving a microphone to such a wacko.