So I basically know this interpretation is "wrong" and the alchemy explanation actually could make sense.
But any way, I always linked the song to the moral questions between science and politics. The dilemmas of scientific advances .. the easiest example being the atomic bomb (which, if you are feeling overly imaginative, "creation, of the golden one" and "blazing star above" could be a reference to). In that sense the scientist (or the alchemist) wants no blame for the sins or "games of death" (=wars) that politicians play. I always found the bit about the "my world is light" to be fascinating because it fits to this mentality of science .. that the it's world is pure, seeking truth, not troubled by politics, and beyond everyday matters ("hollow lives").
So I basically know this interpretation is "wrong" and the alchemy explanation actually could make sense.
But any way, I always linked the song to the moral questions between science and politics. The dilemmas of scientific advances .. the easiest example being the atomic bomb (which, if you are feeling overly imaginative, "creation, of the golden one" and "blazing star above" could be a reference to). In that sense the scientist (or the alchemist) wants no blame for the sins or "games of death" (=wars) that politicians play. I always found the bit about the "my world is light" to be fascinating because it fits to this mentality of science .. that the it's world is pure, seeking truth, not troubled by politics, and beyond everyday matters ("hollow lives").