I interpret this song as being about someone who lost the thread of what they were trying to accomplish and instead got sidetracked into the side benefits of their work, not living FROM victory TO victory. For example, a hotshot employee gets sidetracked from doing his/her job (the thing they're paid for and garners them real attention) to being overly involved in the office politics, gossip and intrigue. They're failing but there's a self-delusional perception they are still making their chops. Of course being Hammerfall, we're talking about a warrior or warlord or king or some such. Going from accomplishments and victories being their source of satisfaction to feasting and partying being their main thing.
There's also a strong current of getting sidetracked from living and experiencing your life to preserving and cherishing your life for it's own sake. For a man of action, that's quite a reversal, to go from experiencing life as it's own reward to some sort of isolating self-indulgence.
There is a some sort of betrayal evident in the lyrics, the singer has been betrayed by the subject person of the song. The singer has figured it out though and knows exactly what went wrong with their friendship.
Anyways, this is the gist of the song as I interpret it.
I interpret this song as being about someone who lost the thread of what they were trying to accomplish and instead got sidetracked into the side benefits of their work, not living FROM victory TO victory. For example, a hotshot employee gets sidetracked from doing his/her job (the thing they're paid for and garners them real attention) to being overly involved in the office politics, gossip and intrigue. They're failing but there's a self-delusional perception they are still making their chops. Of course being Hammerfall, we're talking about a warrior or warlord or king or some such. Going from accomplishments and victories being their source of satisfaction to feasting and partying being their main thing.
There's also a strong current of getting sidetracked from living and experiencing your life to preserving and cherishing your life for it's own sake. For a man of action, that's quite a reversal, to go from experiencing life as it's own reward to some sort of isolating self-indulgence.
There is a some sort of betrayal evident in the lyrics, the singer has been betrayed by the subject person of the song. The singer has figured it out though and knows exactly what went wrong with their friendship.
Anyways, this is the gist of the song as I interpret it.