This song is talking about one very specific part of Paradise Lost. This is when Satan first reaches the Garden of Eden, also referred to as Paradise in this song. The chorus is talking about when Satan flies to the stairway between Heaven and Earth, and is looking down at everything on Earth. The song in general is talking about Satan's inner conflict that emerges once he sees Adam and Eve in Paradise. In the poem itself, Satan explains that he could have loved Adam and Eve if he was still an angel, but he must continue with what he is doing to pretty much "get back at God". This is what the lines
"Mystified by her beauty
Does the hunter pity his prey"
mean. If anyone is interested in more, read Book IV of Paradise Lost, it will explain the whole song. Oh, and by the way, the lyrics posted here are really inaccurate. Go to this link, I'm pretty sure these are the correct ones: http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/symphonyx/paradiselost.html#5
This song is talking about one very specific part of Paradise Lost. This is when Satan first reaches the Garden of Eden, also referred to as Paradise in this song. The chorus is talking about when Satan flies to the stairway between Heaven and Earth, and is looking down at everything on Earth. The song in general is talking about Satan's inner conflict that emerges once he sees Adam and Eve in Paradise. In the poem itself, Satan explains that he could have loved Adam and Eve if he was still an angel, but he must continue with what he is doing to pretty much "get back at God". This is what the lines "Mystified by her beauty Does the hunter pity his prey" mean. If anyone is interested in more, read Book IV of Paradise Lost, it will explain the whole song. Oh, and by the way, the lyrics posted here are really inaccurate. Go to this link, I'm pretty sure these are the correct ones: http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/symphonyx/paradiselost.html#5