| Ultra Vivid Scene – Mercy Seat Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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The "Mercy Seat" was the name for the seat formed by the wings of the two golden cherubim on the top of the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25:20), and in the Old Testament the Ark is often associated with fire - Nadab and Abihu offer "strange fire" before it and are consumed by the fire of God as punishment, sometimes the Ark is carried before the armies of Israel and sends fire upon its enemies, &c.. While this song is obviously about heroine, the choice of title suggests that the singer's addiction is a parody of pious devotion, that instead of the Ark in the Presence of the Lord, he has a fairly normal chair with lots of heroin. Combined with the ambivalence of the lyrics, we hear a man who is half-awake, half-aware of the debilitating he has brought upon himself, unable to grasp it properly, utterly unable to escape it. |
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