The way I interpert the lyrics is this: The first half is the voice of an individual asking god/the church/religion to save his/her soul from damnation by giving themselves to said god/church/religion. They are giving themselves over completely to be saved.
The second half is the voice of god/the church/religion showing it's true nature, eschewing all these egotistical remarks ("I was made for myself"/"If I kissed you, I lied", effectivley saying, "I am the highest power, and you are nothing to me").
And then the lyrics "I'll swallow you", etc. to me signify this divine being saying the original voice is going to waste their existence worshipping them, but with little concern for the fact that they are wasting their life on such an uncaring creator. The voice of this god likely feels being worshipped is deserved--"I was made to be admired".
It's really remarkable... The second half has such a sick, twisted beauty about it when you hear it in relation to what's being said. It's actually somewhat disturbing to me, but it's easily one of my favorite moments on this album!
"Can you help ME save you soul?" leads me to believe that particular segment may be the interperetation of the Bible by the church/pope/priests,etc. speking to the individual which makes the individual believe they need the church to avoid damnation.
The way I interpert the lyrics is this: The first half is the voice of an individual asking god/the church/religion to save his/her soul from damnation by giving themselves to said god/church/religion. They are giving themselves over completely to be saved.
The second half is the voice of god/the church/religion showing it's true nature, eschewing all these egotistical remarks ("I was made for myself"/"If I kissed you, I lied", effectivley saying, "I am the highest power, and you are nothing to me").
And then the lyrics "I'll swallow you", etc. to me signify this divine being saying the original voice is going to waste their existence worshipping them, but with little concern for the fact that they are wasting their life on such an uncaring creator. The voice of this god likely feels being worshipped is deserved--"I was made to be admired".
It's really remarkable... The second half has such a sick, twisted beauty about it when you hear it in relation to what's being said. It's actually somewhat disturbing to me, but it's easily one of my favorite moments on this album!
"Can you help ME save you soul?" leads me to believe that particular segment may be the interperetation of the Bible by the church/pope/priests,etc. speking to the individual which makes the individual believe they need the church to avoid damnation.