WARNING: In this comment I will discuss religious themes, and I in NO WAY mean to imply that H.I.M. adhere to any religion. If you can't understand how this could work, or why they might want to use religious themes, don't bother reading the comment.
Fuck, this song is genius. If you really listen to the words and try to understand what his intentions were, at first it seems like this could be Christ singing, since Christ's love is supposed to be the ultimate love. But then you hear the music and it becomes REALLY ambiguous. There is the sound of what could be a harp--played by a guitar. Then you have the sounds of a dark, gothic cathedral. Valo's voice goes really low. So you start to think, this isn't Christ singing, but Lucifer. It could work for Satan, because in mythology Satan does tempt you with "love," and ("and there's no escape, just countless mistakes") of course no one escapes from Hell. At the same time, it still COULD be Christ singing, but it's after he's been crucified. So when he sings, "It will never be the same
Witness trust fade away" it's like saying that now you have to PROVE your love to him, because after being crucified as a false mesiah he has no trust in humanity.
Furthermore, if you don't want to take it as being purely about religion, then Valo is comparing himself/the singer to God/Satan (depending on which you ultimately take it to be) in a romantic relationship.
WARNING: In this comment I will discuss religious themes, and I in NO WAY mean to imply that H.I.M. adhere to any religion. If you can't understand how this could work, or why they might want to use religious themes, don't bother reading the comment.
Fuck, this song is genius. If you really listen to the words and try to understand what his intentions were, at first it seems like this could be Christ singing, since Christ's love is supposed to be the ultimate love. But then you hear the music and it becomes REALLY ambiguous. There is the sound of what could be a harp--played by a guitar. Then you have the sounds of a dark, gothic cathedral. Valo's voice goes really low. So you start to think, this isn't Christ singing, but Lucifer. It could work for Satan, because in mythology Satan does tempt you with "love," and ("and there's no escape, just countless mistakes") of course no one escapes from Hell. At the same time, it still COULD be Christ singing, but it's after he's been crucified. So when he sings, "It will never be the same Witness trust fade away" it's like saying that now you have to PROVE your love to him, because after being crucified as a false mesiah he has no trust in humanity. Furthermore, if you don't want to take it as being purely about religion, then Valo is comparing himself/the singer to God/Satan (depending on which you ultimately take it to be) in a romantic relationship.