This song uses the exact wording of the Edgar Allen Poe poem by the same name.
For those who cannot understand the meaning of this, the "Conqueror worm" is death, and everyone must eventually succumb to it. That is why the poem refers to the "That the play is the tragedy 'Man,' ". A tragedy is a story in which the main character dies, or a main supporting character. Also the lines "Through a circle that ever returneth in/ To the self-same spot," refer to the fact that human life is a never ending cycle, people are born, they die, and their children go through the same cycle.
This song uses the exact wording of the Edgar Allen Poe poem by the same name. For those who cannot understand the meaning of this, the "Conqueror worm" is death, and everyone must eventually succumb to it. That is why the poem refers to the "That the play is the tragedy 'Man,' ". A tragedy is a story in which the main character dies, or a main supporting character. Also the lines "Through a circle that ever returneth in/ To the self-same spot," refer to the fact that human life is a never ending cycle, people are born, they die, and their children go through the same cycle.