it's posible this song is about milton's "paradise lost" an epic from the mid 1600s that details the fall of satan and of man. much like in paradise lost, we see here not only satan's attitude "better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven" and desire to destory god's creation, but also his pain, and his "lust for light" as seen plainly in books 2 and 4 of paradise lost
it's posible this song is about milton's "paradise lost" an epic from the mid 1600s that details the fall of satan and of man. much like in paradise lost, we see here not only satan's attitude "better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven" and desire to destory god's creation, but also his pain, and his "lust for light" as seen plainly in books 2 and 4 of paradise lost