I think it's about fighting the battle that our ancestors fought, but not really knowing why. They are dead - the lost souls in endless time, and we'll follow their footsteps in this, quite possibly, pointless battle. We're "slaying all the evil down below" because we think it's the best thing, but it's really jsut a "struggle day by day, but never retrieving". The singer seems to be the only one to realize it's pointless and wants to "Take you with me, we will fly across the sea..."
I think it's about fighting the battle that our ancestors fought, but not really knowing why. They are dead - the lost souls in endless time, and we'll follow their footsteps in this, quite possibly, pointless battle. We're "slaying all the evil down below" because we think it's the best thing, but it's really jsut a "struggle day by day, but never retrieving". The singer seems to be the only one to realize it's pointless and wants to "Take you with me, we will fly across the sea..."