Lyric discussion by When 

Cover art for The Baying of the Hounds lyrics by Opeth

i think it is about someone who let the devil take control over him or her

In wait and constant protectors Calling you to sit by his side Satan says he will offer you protection andcalls you to sit by his side (but you are a slave atfer all)

Everything you believed is a lie Everyone you loved is a death-burden So you take comfort in him And you are receptive to stark wishes No longer struggling to declare your stand You would inflict no harm to others They are unaware and in a loop of futile events You are everything, they are nothing

everything you believed wat was good is a lie (cause the devil tells you it is a lie) everyone you lvoed is a dead burden (everybody is dead already) So you took conformt in him (you take comfort in satan) and you And you are receptive to stark wishes (satan promisses a lot but he will neve make it true in the end, you are somehow having false desires) No longer struggling to declare your stand (you no longer need to show what you stand for) You would inflict no harm to others (you say you won't) They are unaware and in a loop of futile events (they think you are good, but when they don't suspect it you strike/fight them and in a loop of futile events/fights) You are everything, they are nothing You think you are everything, what can they do about you ? you can't be touched/matched)

Drown in the deep mire With past desires Beneath the mire Drown a desire now with you

you will find out that satan will not make his words come true and you drown along with your false desires

And I embrace bereavement Everything beloved is shattered anyway

you give yourself more to him cause everything you loved is already broken and good for nothing so why not go all the way then ?

I am to weak to resist (you can't resist the grip of satan by yourself) Tension vibrating with horror Finding the outcast in my eyes (you are starting to feel frightened) Endless posion in my veins (satan has poisoned your mind)

And now they are calling me Louder by the minute The baying of the hounds Calling me back to my home

he keeps calling you to come back and it gets stronger and stronger cause it feels like your home (you feel that you belong to satan)