i think that what the first part is saying, is that there is a man, talking from within the city of the dead, saying that they've been taught that death is another part of life, and that your dead spirit lives alongside your living one.
i think this man along with others are trying in vain to worship a new god, but their words "fall and decay". upon realizing this, they realize that their attempts are futile, and that this really is the end of all the things that were good and pure.
i think that what the first part is saying, is that there is a man, talking from within the city of the dead, saying that they've been taught that death is another part of life, and that your dead spirit lives alongside your living one. i think this man along with others are trying in vain to worship a new god, but their words "fall and decay". upon realizing this, they realize that their attempts are futile, and that this really is the end of all the things that were good and pure.