Show Notes: Secular Haze
You know that the fog is here omnipresent
When the diseaser sees no cure
You know that the fog is here omnipresent
When the intents remain obscure
Forevermore
I want to discuss the usage of the word fog in this song, more importantly the dual meaning that I think it is used.
The Fog in my eyes is not a literal thing. One of the things I think it is referring to is Satan using his (still very limited on Earth) powers to cloud the judgement of the Church of God, blinding them to the grand plan of the Clergy and perhaps even the feelings of their own followers.
The second could be infact the fog caused by the general population of the world itself. Again, not a literal one, but very much could be an indication that the balances of power are muddled and the people are confused as to who to follow now, being lost in a muddled fog of thoughts.
The first point is backed up with the other lines of this verse: The Diseaser (who I’m assuming is the Devil) is sensing the clergy need a little help (a cure) to fufill his vision. And “intents remain obscure” in reference to the anti-christ plan.
Forevermore sort of backs up the second argument. It’s not strong, but once the trust and believe of the people is broken this much, it’s impossible to win it back. Even if the plan fails, the fog will remain forevermore.
Weave us of mist
Fog weaver
Hide us in shadows
Unfathomable wall-less maze
A secular haze
This is pretty much as close as we’ve gotten so far barring the verse in Ritual to the clergy communicating directly with Satan. Whether you want to call it a prayer, a request to Satan to bring on this confusion to either destabilize the Church or hide Lillith from them.
Secular is a very interesting word to use. In its base original meaning, it doesn’t actually preclude or target God in any form. It essentially means keeping the Church and the State separate to avoid a Theocracy.
However, from a video by the “Forum of Christian Leaders” the word has evolved into a more modern meaning. I quote “It largely means without God. It means Government without God, it means life without God, it means education without God” which fits exactly with the plans of the clergy. They don’t want to destroy religion. Just Christianity.
You know that his son is near omnipotent
When she sees eye to eye with spears
You know that his son is near omnipotent
When youth and innocence disappear
Forever lost
This verse is sort of prophetic of events to come surrounding the anti-christ.
It is my strong belief that “when she sees eye to eye with spears” is referring to the inevitable outcome of Lilliths death during the birthing of the anti-christ, which actually leads us really nicely into Jiggolo as you will see next time.
When youth and innocence disappear and are forever lost could be referring to the anti-christ maturing and coming into his power, perhaps even at birth, or it could be referring to the youth and innocence of mankind as they are about to betray God.
He is divinity omniscient
Seeing the world revolve with spite
The surge of humanity oblivious
To the divine bringingeth light
Let there be night
This verse to me could be from two perspectives. One, it could be the perspective of the Clergy/Satan, praising Satan for his omniscient power who has decided to act due to the corruption/percieved “evil” of God (spite) and observing the changing of attitudes of the populace.
It could also be a verse sung from the perspective of God/The Church and topped off by the Clergy. This could be a sort of counter-prayer in order to halt the efforts of the clergy, with repeated references to divinity and light, which is then extinguished by the Clergys more powerful request “Let there be night”.