This song is about a hero, who has now grown old, telling his story. The first part is him remenicing to a young person about his heroic journies. He is telling this youth becase he is the only one the hero can forgive.
We find out why in the next section, which deals with the hero talking to one of his companions. In this section, we see that the hero's glorious journies were not so glorious and the hero has many regrets and much guilt over the tough moral decisions that he fears he made wrong.
The last part of the song, as he hero approaches death, he sees what lies beyond. He sees what lies after death, and at the end, declares:
"Life is ammusing; though we are loosing; drowned in tears of awe"
This song is about a hero, who has now grown old, telling his story. The first part is him remenicing to a young person about his heroic journies. He is telling this youth becase he is the only one the hero can forgive.
We find out why in the next section, which deals with the hero talking to one of his companions. In this section, we see that the hero's glorious journies were not so glorious and the hero has many regrets and much guilt over the tough moral decisions that he fears he made wrong.
The last part of the song, as he hero approaches death, he sees what lies beyond. He sees what lies after death, and at the end, declares:
"Life is ammusing; though we are loosing; drowned in tears of awe"