This song shows the irony of how at first, when he kills the old king, everyone loves him, and then, throughout the song, through events that he could not control at all, everyone hates him. Hes a puppet to his duties, duties which, no matter how well he deals with them, inevitably turn him into an enemy in the eyes of his subjects. I disagree. This can make a clear metaphor about how so many people hate president bush. He really hasn't done anything terrible. When his country demanded war, he gave them war. Now, at point of no return, when everyone turns around and says "maybe that wasnt such a good idea", he turns into public enemy number one, and media eats him up for breakfast. His duties as president demanded he either started a war, and looked good then, and looked bad later, or not started a war and looked bad then. He just chose the path that would keep him in good standing longer. A puppet on a lonely string. Revolutionaries waiting for his head on a silver plate.