This song may be about alchemy on the surface, but has nothing to do with it when you look at it symbolically. This is somewhat like a song about the end of the world.
"Wash away the blackness with the silver rain..." is kind of like talking about cleansing humanity's impurities with the final judgement. "Don't turn away..." is like saying it's unavoidable.
The second verse is sort of like a brief history of creation leading to the end times. "A window to the west..." represents the birth of Christ, obviously indicated by the star. This could have an inversed meaning, as much of the song appears to be describing Christ the Judge instead of Christ the Lamb. "In Taurus we begin it..." is a referrence to the prophecies of Nostradomus, who I believe predicted the beginning of the end to start during the early days of the Zodiac sign Taurus.
The chrous shows Christ the Judge or even the Antichrist, perhaps "Don't try and blame me for your sins..." is sort of an inverse of Christ's death on the cross to save mankind from their sins. I see "For the sun has burnt me black" as more of a representation of how mankind has grown evil, with "Your hollow lives, this world in which we live, I throw it back" as speaking of the disdain for the human lack of purpose or sanctity in the world. The world which was once brought into light is now thrown back into the fire for purification.
The next verse speaks of the apocalyptic dragon (though the dragon of revelations had seven heads) and the fires of hell, how they will blaze hotter with the bodies of the evil men. "Bring me all the elements..." is a bit unclear to me, but the "Bring me madmens bodies..." is a clear referrence to destroying the evil during their judgement.
"Don't try and blame me for your games..." is saying that mankind ended itself with war, the angels thing that follows represents a righteous man entering the gates of heaven.
The chemical wedding chorus here I take to represent the unavoidable fate of all men, meeting their fate at the same hands in the same loaction, or it could be a referrence to mass graves like those of the Holocaust.
The ending I take to represent the world reverting to its original state, lying simply on God's left foot, the sandal representing hope for the world as God walks on, carrying the "vegetable world" eternally with him.
This song may be about alchemy on the surface, but has nothing to do with it when you look at it symbolically. This is somewhat like a song about the end of the world.
"Wash away the blackness with the silver rain..." is kind of like talking about cleansing humanity's impurities with the final judgement. "Don't turn away..." is like saying it's unavoidable.
The second verse is sort of like a brief history of creation leading to the end times. "A window to the west..." represents the birth of Christ, obviously indicated by the star. This could have an inversed meaning, as much of the song appears to be describing Christ the Judge instead of Christ the Lamb. "In Taurus we begin it..." is a referrence to the prophecies of Nostradomus, who I believe predicted the beginning of the end to start during the early days of the Zodiac sign Taurus.
The chrous shows Christ the Judge or even the Antichrist, perhaps "Don't try and blame me for your sins..." is sort of an inverse of Christ's death on the cross to save mankind from their sins. I see "For the sun has burnt me black" as more of a representation of how mankind has grown evil, with "Your hollow lives, this world in which we live, I throw it back" as speaking of the disdain for the human lack of purpose or sanctity in the world. The world which was once brought into light is now thrown back into the fire for purification.
The next verse speaks of the apocalyptic dragon (though the dragon of revelations had seven heads) and the fires of hell, how they will blaze hotter with the bodies of the evil men. "Bring me all the elements..." is a bit unclear to me, but the "Bring me madmens bodies..." is a clear referrence to destroying the evil during their judgement.
"Don't try and blame me for your games..." is saying that mankind ended itself with war, the angels thing that follows represents a righteous man entering the gates of heaven.
The chemical wedding chorus here I take to represent the unavoidable fate of all men, meeting their fate at the same hands in the same loaction, or it could be a referrence to mass graves like those of the Holocaust.
The ending I take to represent the world reverting to its original state, lying simply on God's left foot, the sandal representing hope for the world as God walks on, carrying the "vegetable world" eternally with him.