Thy Horror Cosmic

i think this song is up for interpretation by anyone. Stein, i dont want to call you out for anything, but you refer to "christian mythology." keep in mind that not everyone believes in christian mythology.

to me i think it's a calling song to Satan.

"lord below, your abysmal horrors we call forth awaken -- rise up and cleanse this earth with fire"

that part is Satan coming back from Hell and literally cleansing the world with fire, as in raining fire from the skies, or firestorms.

"the taste of victory awaits our wicked tongues as you sleep beyond the light your blessed idol acts agent to your will"

the taste of victory part i think is referring to Satan's followers,and the "sleep beyond the light your blessed idol acts agent to your will" part is a remark to those who chose to worship a different god, like Islamics or Christians, and them finding out that there never was the god they believed in.

"for vast aeons has slept, lurking 'neath the haunted deep sea soaked perversion, arise named of the foulest tongue, his will ebbs within me beckoning -- what was shall once more be"

the first part makes me think a bit, about what Trevor means when he uses the word "aeons." maybe it's a reference to Cthulhu, maybe just something that he thought fit perfectly there. the "sea soked perversion" could be anything, maybe Cthulhu related.

"named of the foulest tongue, his will ebbs within me beckoning -- what was shall once more be"

this is my favorite part of this little stanza. "named of the foulest tongue", could be a reference to Satan's name, because Christians condemned anyone who wasnt Christian during the Inquisition.

"his will ebbs within me beckoning -- what was shall once more be"

the will ebbing within the person could be the feelings that Satan/Cthulhu could be real, or that their presences are felt inside. the other little bit refers to the world going back to what it once was.

"in the house of the dead you lie and wait oh lords of black earth controlling the minds of the meek staining this planet with visions of murder and hate"

This is where it gets really interesting. the house of the dead could be anything, the house you go to when you die, the morgue. "Oh Lords of black earth" is where i think Trevor is talking about not just Satan or Cthulhu, but both of them. the rest could refer to either them, or a real person, like the current president. i think this because of the propaganda that was used to "sell" the war to americans. at first it seemed like a good idea, because they would show what happened to soldiers already there, and they would only show the most horrific of things, just to justify the war.

"we pray for the earth to open free you of your ageless tomb our knees bent in your worship oh great gold one, i scream for your return"

this part is open for interpretation. i think the "earth to open...ageless tomb" part is just an opening for Satan/Cthulhu to gain entrance to Earth to cleanse it with fire. "our knees bent in your worship oh great gold one, i scream for your return" is the believers rejoicing and worshiping their Lord's return, and the "oh gold one" part could be a reference to Satan/Lucifer, because Lucifer translated to "light bearer", so the light being gold makes sense.

"madness unhallowed ascending moon of darkness never to wane lurking without end behind life in time and space"

this part could be from the non-believer's perspective, because the "ascending moon of darkness never to wane" part is the non-believers realizing that darkness will rule the world forever.

"an evil so vast beyond man's power to bear an essence insane dethrone the sovereign -- and with your might reclaim"

the "evil so vast.....to bear" part could be the evil being so much that a mortal man cannot control it. the "essence insane" is true evil, and "dethrone the....reclaim" is Satan/Cthulhu showing Himself and proving to all that he really was real.

"i serve allegiance to your will i scream the incantations lord unholy, your horrors i invoke

come forth my lord in praise we sing of your return"

this is whoever invoked Satan/Cthulhu telling Him that he will serve Him, and that he meant to invoke His horrors/punishments. the person tells Satan/Cthulhu that they are praising His return.

let me know what you think.