On the one hand, it clearly sounds like it's about the czar relying on Rasputin to guide him as his feudal world nears it's end. The Czar is the last baron because there will be no more feudal lords in Russia after him, and the references to magic, the staff, the ghost, and the sheltering wing are references to Rasputin. Setting the world ablaze could be a reference to the rise of communism as a great power after the Revolution.
Yet if, (as has been suggested elsewhere) this story is supposed to be about some astral-tripping boy who meets with Rasputin; the main figure of this song could actually be that boy and this song is actually comparing his reliance on Rasputin to the Czar's.
Hard to say what this one is about.
On the one hand, it clearly sounds like it's about the czar relying on Rasputin to guide him as his feudal world nears it's end. The Czar is the last baron because there will be no more feudal lords in Russia after him, and the references to magic, the staff, the ghost, and the sheltering wing are references to Rasputin. Setting the world ablaze could be a reference to the rise of communism as a great power after the Revolution.
Yet if, (as has been suggested elsewhere) this story is supposed to be about some astral-tripping boy who meets with Rasputin; the main figure of this song could actually be that boy and this song is actually comparing his reliance on Rasputin to the Czar's.