At first the narrator only saw hideous terror in the spectacle.
The narrator has never seen the creature, but can feel its presence.
In the song the narrator sees himself as a butterfly hunter.
He tells a lot of his story through what the narrator sees.
The narrator served the king seven years and saw his daughter only once, through a whummil bore.
The narrator up to now hasn't really seen what has been going on around him.
The narrator in the song is seeing with his significant other end because she's finally moving on.
The narrator sees facets of himself in his late friend.
They act friendly, but not like anyone the narrator has ever seen before.
In a flash the narrator sees this as his destiny.