I think this one is about revenge and how it ends up destroying everyone. The character was extremely hurt emotionally by someone (or something; why not some false religion) and it drove him to all-consuming hate. He engages in revenge only to see everything drowning in flames - and on the second and the third verses he realizes that he has become just as bad as his enemy.
The same old story is of course, as the good old Friedrich put it, "he who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster" - and the fact that revenge has never really satisfied anyone.
Fits the theme of the album being about all kinds of endings.
I think this one is about revenge and how it ends up destroying everyone. The character was extremely hurt emotionally by someone (or something; why not some false religion) and it drove him to all-consuming hate. He engages in revenge only to see everything drowning in flames - and on the second and the third verses he realizes that he has become just as bad as his enemy.
The same old story is of course, as the good old Friedrich put it, "he who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster" - and the fact that revenge has never really satisfied anyone.
Fits the theme of the album being about all kinds of endings.