Like any good lyric poetry, there is no singular meaning to a narrative like this.
On its face, yes; it's easy to point to the drug aspect/addiction/change of personality/loss of individuality of the antagonist.
In a larger sense, this song suggests that people can throw themselves & their lives away in service to any malicious slave driver, be it drugs, religion, authoritarians, exploiters or any manner of self-defeating ideas, people or things to which they sacrifice themselves.
Don't have to look far to witness this kind of widespread depravity these days.
Like any good lyric poetry, there is no singular meaning to a narrative like this.
On its face, yes; it's easy to point to the drug aspect/addiction/change of personality/loss of individuality of the antagonist.
In a larger sense, this song suggests that people can throw themselves & their lives away in service to any malicious slave driver, be it drugs, religion, authoritarians, exploiters or any manner of self-defeating ideas, people or things to which they sacrifice themselves.
Don't have to look far to witness this kind of widespread depravity these days.