 Dio said the lyrics are about a Christ figure on another planet who sacrifices himself to redeem his people.When the people learn that he intends to leave them to save people on other planets, they selfishly ask him to stay.The music video for "Holy Diver", directed and edited by Arthur Ellis, features Dio as a hairy barbarian adventuring through a desolate church (the then recently burnt-out St Mark's Church, Silvertown in east London, which is now a music venue).