Noted philospher Greg Lake says: "It's about the futility of conflict expressed in the context of soldiers and war. But it's broader than that. The words are about revolution that's gone, that has happened. Where has it got anybody? Nowhere."
So . . . what does the armadillo creature who was born in a volcano have to do with it?
("Who cares" is of course the correct answer! 10/8 moogsplosion!)