Sign of an Open Eye Lyrics

Lyric discussion by protocon 

Cover art for Sign of an Open Eye lyrics by Gorgoroth

A pure reference to freedom and free will. He who sits in the dark is the bringer of light. Lucifer, light bringer, and he who sits in the dark. A reference to satanism, fits with the opening of a God in Man and in Nature.

Call him Satan...Call him Freedom.

That's what it means to me atleast.

I agree that its a reference to freedom.I agree that somehow Satan is the symbolism of freedom for the Christians.I will also agree that Gaahl is using Christianity (The Satan) to pass his messages.Nevertheless there are couple of things that you might don't know. 1.Gaahl is not practitioner of any kind of Satanism (see wikipedia).Gaahl is practitioner of Nordic Shamanism. 2.Lucifer is just an interpretation of the Testaments:

Isaiah 4:12

"πῶς ἐξέπεσεν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὁ ἑωσφόρος ὁ πρωὶ ἀνατέλλων συνετρίβη εἰς τὴν γῆν ὁ ἀποστέλλων πρὸς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη"

"quomodo cecidisti de caelo lucifer qui mane oriebaris corruisti in terram qui vulnerabas gentes"

אֵיךְ נָפַלְתָּ מִשָּׁמַיִם הֵילֵל בֶּן־שָׁחַר נִגְדַּעְתָּ לָאָרֶץ חֹולֵשׁ עַל־גֹּויִם

According to "The Brown, Driver, Briggs Hebrew and English...