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Just going to put this in a spoiler - it's speculation, but touches on the general topic in MSG's spoiler...
I'm thinking at this point that the Song of "Ice and Fire" refers pretty specifically to the two living (that we know of) Targaryen descendants. "Ice" being Jon Snow (under the popular theory that he's Lyanna and Rhaegar's son, not Ned's), and "Fire" being Daenerys. Ultimately, I suspect that the rest of the plot, and characters (those that survive, anyway) will coalesce around these two. You can already start to see it happening a little bit, with Stannis and his group joining Jon at the wall, and at Tyrion (very likely, as MSG mentioned) and the Dornish aligning with Dany's story. I think it's made more likely in that both of their stories have been pretty prominently featured throughout, even though neither of them (to this point) has even really had significant contact with the main events in Westeros.
If it really is a Jon/Dany story, it's a bit unusual (at least in my experience) that so much of the story has centered around the Starks, Lannisters, and the whole King's Landing drama -- but the story may eventually be more about how that mass of power is brought to bear by Jon and/or Dany against the white walkers, etc.
You and I are clearly on the same wavelength. That's been my opinion except for your musings on Jon's parentage. I just recently came across that theory, and haven't decided what I think of it. But its been somewhat clear to me for a little while that getting the two of them together was the way things seemed to be heading the whole time.
One of my favorite parts of the story is how the vast majority of Westeros and Essos are all wrapped up in the comings and goings and petty battles of their lords and ladies, while there is this whole bigger fight brewing with winter coming.
Part of me hopes that they are still fighting amongst each other when the winter comes and they get overwhelmed for a bit before they (inevitably) unite to deal with the bigger threat.