Spiffy got it in 1!
The song isn't really so much a "mighty sword will kill the dragon as it attacks the castle of death!" kinda thing, it's really a tragic love story if anything...
But yeah, that was written before it became popular to base every goddamn fuckin' song you write on the same tired fantasy themes and I suspect that any fantasy inspired song we do from now on will be a little more cryptic (EG: Netherlife, which is about Lord Soth)...
The song isn't really so much a "mighty sword will kill the dragon as it attacks the castle of death!" kinda thing, it's really a tragic love story if anything...
But yeah, that was written before it became popular to base every goddamn fuckin' song you write on the same tired fantasy themes and I suspect that any fantasy inspired song we do from now on will be a little more cryptic (EG: Netherlife, which is about Lord Soth)...