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Profaner of the vices, a simple charlatan
Inflaming puerile minds with the guilt of sin
Imaginations fed to children, it has served me well
That the bowels of the earth hides the pits of hell
Idolatrine for the imbeciles
Idolatrine
Idolatrine for the debiles and the simpletons
Disciples of the watch awaits at my command
Lord of silence
Desolated one
Vengeance is his
An existence as a human
Is leaden monotony
With all desires drowned
Impure sanctimony
Idolatrine for the imbeciles
Idolatrine
Idolatrine for the debiles and the simpletons
Disciples of the watch awaits at my command
Suffer little children to come unto me [x2]
Suffer little children grant me sovereignty
Suffer little, little, princes and princesses
Idolatrine for the imbeciles
Idolatrine
Idolatrine for the debiles and the simpletons
Disciples of the watch awaits at my command
Suffer little children to come unto me [x2]
Suffer little children grant me sovereignty
Suffer little, little, princes and princesses
Inflaming puerile minds with the guilt of sin
Imaginations fed to children, it has served me well
That the bowels of the earth hides the pits of hell
Idolatrine
Idolatrine for the debiles and the simpletons
Disciples of the watch awaits at my command
Desolated one
Vengeance is his
Is leaden monotony
With all desires drowned
Impure sanctimony
Idolatrine
Idolatrine for the debiles and the simpletons
Disciples of the watch awaits at my command
Suffer little children grant me sovereignty
Suffer little, little, princes and princesses
Idolatrine
Idolatrine for the debiles and the simpletons
Disciples of the watch awaits at my command
Suffer little children grant me sovereignty
Suffer little, little, princes and princesses
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"Religion is meant to scare children from doing bad stuff with the threat of Hell, and any adult who continues believing in it is an imbecile, debile (Latin for weak minded or feeble) and simpleton"
That's essentially the core concept of the song
I think chadwick57's interpretation is pretty much spot on, but I wanted to also point out the wordplay of 'Latrine' being a facility for urinating, which I also think provides some imagery regarding the author's distaste for religion.
@2sylbl you are actually on to something there, in the bible and recently proven through historical evidence we know that latrine/toilets were erected at the sites of idol worship as a form of desecration and to profane the idol and ruin the holy site. If you look at ghosts youtube video the lyrics are not spelled the same as the name of the title of the song isntead they have posted the lines like this
@2sylbl you are actually on to something there, in the bible and recently proven through historical evidence we know that latrine/toilets were erected at the sites of idol worship as a form of desecration and to profane the idol and ruin the holy site. If you look at ghosts youtube video the lyrics are not spelled the same as the name of the title of the song isntead they have posted the lines like this
IDOL LATRINE FOR THE IMBECILES IDOLATRINE IDOL LATRINE FOR THE DEBILES
IDOL LATRINE FOR THE IMBECILES IDOLATRINE IDOL LATRINE FOR THE DEBILES
@2sylbl also on a side note the lines
@2sylbl also on a side note the lines
in the bowels of the earth hides the pits of hell seems to be saying hell is burried under a pile of shit. (latrines were toiletes that were dug into the ground, like a fancy hole to shit in)
in the bowels of the earth hides the pits of hell seems to be saying hell is burried under a pile of shit. (latrines were toiletes that were dug into the ground, like a fancy hole to shit in)
Perhaps an unwelcome perspective but I would like to add to the other comments and speculate that the lines about children might even invoke the molestation performed by a certain well known organization when said organization poses itself as a safe haven for said children.
Musically, this song isn't too far removed from "Jigalo Har Meggido" on the first side of the album. Lyrically I heard the same news I heard growing up as a Southern Baptist about a punishing God whose son I was supposed to run to for help. As a child, God was used as a weapon to scare me into submission. It didn't work.