Here's the story in my mind: during the Viking explorations, the Vikings approached an island in a frigid area. The lyrics mention "Moon Falls" so perhaps near Lake Ontario (there are legends of Vikings exploring the Great Lakes). The island was inhabited with protector spirits that were willing to do what was necessary to purge the island of the invaders: set the ship afire, drown them, destroy their food source (fish), etc.
And this song is from the adoring perspective of one of the "worker" spirits that normally lived in the depths of the lake, who was called out to the surface by the Great Spirit that was orchestrating all of this to drive away the Vikings.
Someday the band is going to explain this and it will probably be nothing like what I envision, but I like my story anway.
Here's the story in my mind: during the Viking explorations, the Vikings approached an island in a frigid area. The lyrics mention "Moon Falls" so perhaps near Lake Ontario (there are legends of Vikings exploring the Great Lakes). The island was inhabited with protector spirits that were willing to do what was necessary to purge the island of the invaders: set the ship afire, drown them, destroy their food source (fish), etc.
And this song is from the adoring perspective of one of the "worker" spirits that normally lived in the depths of the lake, who was called out to the surface by the Great Spirit that was orchestrating all of this to drive away the Vikings.
Someday the band is going to explain this and it will probably be nothing like what I envision, but I like my story anway.