I think it's about a con man, which would obviously welcome the title of Great Deciever. Mention of a friend with a cloven foot would suggest a friend in the devil. In the night he's a star in the milkyway, which would mean he's one in a million, but he's a man of the world in the light of day, meaning he comes of as somebody who knows a lot and is full of wisdom.
The second verse speaks of a child being left in a paper bag on a doorstep and a woman raising him. So perhaps this is an allusion to Christ, but in being a deciever, he is the Antichrist.
Many of the lyrics about christianity would then be interprated as his deception towards man kind, passing himself off as a holy man.
I think it's about a con man, which would obviously welcome the title of Great Deciever. Mention of a friend with a cloven foot would suggest a friend in the devil. In the night he's a star in the milkyway, which would mean he's one in a million, but he's a man of the world in the light of day, meaning he comes of as somebody who knows a lot and is full of wisdom.
The second verse speaks of a child being left in a paper bag on a doorstep and a woman raising him. So perhaps this is an allusion to Christ, but in being a deciever, he is the Antichrist.
Many of the lyrics about christianity would then be interprated as his deception towards man kind, passing himself off as a holy man.