I've seen some of the comment which tries to hyper analyse BSG like Star Trek but most of that fails to appreciate that Ron's got a more rough cut and dramatic approach to things. Gaeta stabbing Baltar and never filming inside a Cylon Raider because the set doesn't exist are two fairly small things that stick out. That suggests you're probably right about what Ron outlined for the lyrics. Ron could say "paint a lyrical picture like this" and it would be enough to shape the song while giving nothing away. I watch BSG like I read a comic. That makes it easier.

Some of the questions BSG throws up and the sometimes infuriating dead ends are interesting if people's speculation stands up on its own. I figure, naval gazing is fine to a point but Ron strikes me as the sort of guy who wants to encourage people to develop their own positions. You can take a fact here, a dramatic twist there, and discuss it to the cows come home but if you create something on its own terms that's even more cool. Actually, that makes me wonder a bit about BSG. You could say Ron is BSG, is BSG is Ron.