Empire of the Clouds story of the R101 airship, which crashed on its maiden voyage in northern France on 5 October 1930. The song was written entirely by the band's lead vocalist, Bruce Dickinson, who initially intended it to be about "World War I fighter airplanes;" Dickinson abandoned the idea after using the same theme for the song "Death or Glory," also from "The Book of Souls". At the time of recording, Dickinson was reading "a big, sort of encyclopedic crash report" of the R101, entitled "To Ride the Storm", which gave him the idea for the song's eventual subject. Dickinson describes it as
What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way? What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way? What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way? is the fifth EP released by British rock band Nothing But Thieves. It was released on 19 October 2018 through RCA Records. The EP's first single "Forever & Ever More" was released on 27 August 2018 through streaming services and as made available as a download. The second single "Take This Lonely Heart" was released also on 19 October 2018 to coincide with the record's release. "Forever & Ever More" had its live debut at Reading Festival on 24 August