Sancta Terra

This song was written by Simone Simons and according to her, it's about someone who died and believes he's in heaven, but he actually is in hell, but he feels good there, so this is where he belongs.

You can watch the interview here from 04:52 https://youtu.be/_YdcosElCjE?t=232

seems like one's imagination to me

sancta terra...does it mean holy land? This song seems to me to be describing the hideout/utopia of a victim of a crime...maybe of rape or abuse...it's only in the place that s/he will feel save and protected...

Mmm this song. It's so beautiful. then again what song by Epica isn't? Simone's voice is so captivating, damn.

I think this song is about escaping reality, getting away from terror of some sort. Maybe it's somewhere she ran to after things got to hard and just wants to be left alone by all that had tormented her. possibly it's all in her mind like a dream world. 'I am safe in here' seems to make it seem more like a mental escape. The only safety from real life often is in the mind.

the Divine Conspiracy is a concept album. According to Mark it is about the main character in heaven after being killed in Sageguard to Paradise.

The lyrics are vague enough that I'm sure this could be taken several different ways. For me, this seems like a song describing a fall into acceptance of religion (from the point of view of an outside, atheist observer).

Sancta ~ holy, terra ~ everywhere on Earth.

I feel a passion watching over me - God/gods To shed this This evolution will empower me - interesting word choice. Are we shedding evolution or is the change to religion an empowering change? Now truth begins - religion works on paradoxical immutable truths.

It's a place where your dreams will be sanctioned - religion tells its followers what to believe And will always be - a reference to the permanence of religion or perhaps the eternities described in the teachings. It's a force that was sent out to win you - your weekly tithing, please, pass the tray! Just you wait and see - a reference to the hope that truth will one day show itself to the religious, or is this an allusion to afterlife?

Other verses can be seen through a similar lens. Maybe the context in the album provides a more specific/different meaning. Either way, this is just what I thought when listening/reading to this song.