IMO this song is about a king's last words to his young firstborn. Maybe he was in battle, and he was mortally wounded by a "long shot by the name of god". Back in the castle, the king knows he is dying, and he spends his last four hours making his son realize that now he has to be the king ("only got four hours to learn your manners... never felt so close to you before"). It may not be the true meaning, but it's an interpretation I like, and I find it beautiful in its simplicity.
IMO this song is about a king's last words to his young firstborn. Maybe he was in battle, and he was mortally wounded by a "long shot by the name of god". Back in the castle, the king knows he is dying, and he spends his last four hours making his son realize that now he has to be the king ("only got four hours to learn your manners... never felt so close to you before"). It may not be the true meaning, but it's an interpretation I like, and I find it beautiful in its simplicity.
*in the name of god
*in the name of god