Through the Fire and Flames Lyrics Meaning

Well, I did a paper on this song, in which we were supposed to tell a story with the lyrics (more or less...) and I described it as a battle between the gods of heaven and the demons of hell; each longing for/ envious about the other’s placement. (sky, earth.) where in the end. They realize it’s pointless and return to their rightful realms. When I looked closeley at the lyrics, it seemed as if it’s switching points of view, for example: (D= Demons, G= Gods) (also, I always pictured the gods as winged bird-like men/women, and the demons devilish creatures)

(D) On a cold winter morning in a time before the light
In flames of death's eternal reign we ride towards the fight
When the darkness has fallen down and the times are tough alright
The sound of evil laughter falls around the world tonight

Fighting hard fighting on for the steel through the wastelands evermore
The scattered souls will feel the hell bodies wasted on the shores

(G) On the blackest plains in hell's domain we watch them as they go
In fire and pain now once again we know

So now we fly ever free, we're free before the thunderstorm
On towards the wilderness our quest carries on
Far beyond the sundown, far beyond the moonlight
Deep inside our hearts and all our souls

(D) So far away we wait for the day
For the light source so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on

(G)As the red day is dawning and the lightning cracks the sky
They'll raise their hands to the heavens above with resentment to their eyes
(D)Running back through the mid morning light there's a burning in my heart
(G)We're banished from a time in a fallen land to a life beyond the stars

(D)In your darkest dreams see to believe our destiny this time
And endlessly we'll all be free tonight

(G)And on the wings of a dream so far beyond reality
All alone in desperation now the time has come
(D)Lost inside you'll never find, lost within my own mind
Day after day this misery must go on

(G)So far away we wait for the day
For the light source so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on

(D)Now here we stand with their blood on our hands
(G)We fought so hard now can we understand
(D)I'll break the seal of this curse if I possibly can
(G)For freedom of every man

(D&G)So far away we wait for the day
For the light source so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on