Heretic

A heretic, in general, is a person who does not conform to established, popularly accepted, beliefs and therefore is often viewed as an outcast from said group. This song seams to focus on the persecution of religious heretics but in today’s society, where we seek to categorize and label everyone and disassociate from and criticize differing opinions, this could easily be interpreted to apply to politics, social beliefs, etc. The line “Rising masses marching to find heretic blood” sums this up well.

In the religious sense, the line “My fate decided by their lies” relates perfectly to the different denominations of Christianity and the different “rules” associated with each.

The line “No trial, no case for reason” aligns with my thoughts on the above and how there is little to no basis for the various denomination’s “rules” within the Bible and historical contexts.

The song is based on the Salem witch trails, where cases of accused witchcraft led to the execution of dozens of innocent colonial Americans, when Christianity and law were one.

Whether or not this is allegory to some modern persecution, the premise comes from that. Hopefully every kid in high school in the United States already knows this.

I think the lyrics are referencing The Constantinian period as described by Dan Brown's, The Da Vinci Code