Beneath the Mire Lyrics

Lyric discussion by PraiseRa 

Cover art for Beneath the Mire lyrics by Opeth

'Haunted nights for haleyon days Can't sleep to the scraping of his voice"

The Son has accepted Satan, which now haunts him.

"Willingly guided into heresy Beneath the surface, stark emptiness And you'd pity my conviction Whereas I thought of myself as a leader"

After turning to Satan he realizes there is no good in it, and as others saw him and pitied him, he thought he was doing what was right, hence being a leader.

"You'd cling to your pleasant hope It is twisted fascination While I'd ruin the obstacles into despair And I'm praising death"

Here he is saying how others would lead their life, typically, while he was obsessed with death and destruction.

"Decrepit body wearing transparent skin Inside, the smoke of failure"

His dealing with Satan has ruined him, and he has nothing to show for it but failure.

'Wept for solace and submit to faith In his shadow I'm choking Yet flourishing"

While with Satan he is losing sanity, yet is growing stronger.