i believe the priest sees the face of god in kezia and is frightened.
"But glanced at me in ways that brought to life my sleeping fears"
as in the song before Heretics and Killers, the priest is losing or has lost his faith and now sees it more of a profession than a calling.
so when he sees the holiness of kezia and the realization they are almost re-inacting the crucifixion of christ he is afreaid to say anything and realizes that the world, and himself have fallen into despair for killing god again
he wants god to peel away his outer shell of faithlessness and hesitantcy to believe and make him divine again.
its almost as if the priest is having a epiphany in kezia and her presence.
a epiphany he doesnt actually want for in the way he words it its almost as if he has completely done away with god
especially in the willingness to hear her last words and not stop the execution
a priest without a god
showing the al encompassing effects of injustifiable punishment against crimes committed.
i believe the priest sees the face of god in kezia and is frightened. "But glanced at me in ways that brought to life my sleeping fears" as in the song before Heretics and Killers, the priest is losing or has lost his faith and now sees it more of a profession than a calling. so when he sees the holiness of kezia and the realization they are almost re-inacting the crucifixion of christ he is afreaid to say anything and realizes that the world, and himself have fallen into despair for killing god again he wants god to peel away his outer shell of faithlessness and hesitantcy to believe and make him divine again. its almost as if the priest is having a epiphany in kezia and her presence. a epiphany he doesnt actually want for in the way he words it its almost as if he has completely done away with god especially in the willingness to hear her last words and not stop the execution a priest without a god showing the al encompassing effects of injustifiable punishment against crimes committed.