A Cruel Taste Of Winter Lyrics

Lyric discussion by targetpractice 

Cover art for A Cruel Taste Of Winter lyrics by My Dying Bride

I definitely think it's about religion, lines like:

"I will lift you above their crying world" "Into your heart comes the love of fear/Your vanity, your sanctity/Your kindless heart "Your reverance. Your ignorance/The genocide, the parasites/The kingdom of the ghost"

definitely chime for organised religion in my opinion. The only lines that throws me is "Can't let your mind be tainted/By the praying men" - to me that seems like the oppostie of what I think the rest of the song is saying ... anyone know what this line is referring to?