This song makes me think of the end of the world. How we're all going to end up killing each other through hatred and war (retreat). Imagine two people fighting to the death. One is going to die before the other (this river mustn't take us both). The "river" symbolizes death. "One by one" falls under that same case. "Hand to hand" means that we're all going to go down together, one by one.
This song makes me think of the end of the world. How we're all going to end up killing each other through hatred and war (retreat). Imagine two people fighting to the death. One is going to die before the other (this river mustn't take us both). The "river" symbolizes death. "One by one" falls under that same case. "Hand to hand" means that we're all going to go down together, one by one.