This song is a fat FUCK YOU, and everything before the first guitar riff is preamble. The subject is sick of sacrifice, and is now rejecting it as a virture. At 0'55, he's done. He is in the position of power "he holds the reins", but he's not going to sacrifice his own ambition or desires for whatever it is, a woman, Jesus, collectivism, whatever. It's his land, it's not your place to stake a claim.
The metaphore of pelicans fighting over a fish is about scarcity, and dominance.
This song is a fat FUCK YOU, and everything before the first guitar riff is preamble. The subject is sick of sacrifice, and is now rejecting it as a virture. At 0'55, he's done. He is in the position of power "he holds the reins", but he's not going to sacrifice his own ambition or desires for whatever it is, a woman, Jesus, collectivism, whatever. It's his land, it's not your place to stake a claim.
The metaphore of pelicans fighting over a fish is about scarcity, and dominance.