To me, this song is about the natural, inevitable and futile conclusion of a love, marriage or any serious relationship. The pair start out happy ("stood side by side") and even felt quite invincible together through their collective joy "our vision touched the sky"; but ultimately, their relationship is just a means to an end - it just exists to end, as gloomy as such a thought is. Their love or companionship is destined to become broken, the pair growing alienated ("foreign soil"), and die, or merely dissolve into nothingness - futile form the start as the means where always destined to end, or 'die' ("where dogs and vultures eat").
To me, this song is about the natural, inevitable and futile conclusion of a love, marriage or any serious relationship. The pair start out happy ("stood side by side") and even felt quite invincible together through their collective joy "our vision touched the sky"; but ultimately, their relationship is just a means to an end - it just exists to end, as gloomy as such a thought is. Their love or companionship is destined to become broken, the pair growing alienated ("foreign soil"), and die, or merely dissolve into nothingness - futile form the start as the means where always destined to end, or 'die' ("where dogs and vultures eat").
Just thoughts of a huge JD fan :)