Cotopaxi

Here's my interpretation, once i get a hold of the album and see its meaning as a whole I'll probably think differently:

"When sanskrit brought my mother tongue scarabs filled the pillow Comic strips to pay for them fools from which to teach"

Sanskrit brought my mother tongue - means an older text tells him of the original voice, so now his pillow, or the foundation of which he placed his head, is now (insert creepy imagery) moving under him and not the blind and safe pillow he wanted. Comic strips to pay for them, fools from which to teach - may allude to how people have interpreted the "mother tongue", and have made false interpretations from which to teach.

"And in that pulse the future said story had been spun Wet your bed so sleep in it cards can make a house"

He may be saying the future was already knowing of how the story would play out. We have metaphorically wet our beds (ruined reality) so now one will have to deal with it accordingly. Cards can make a house - pieces not meant for one thing can still make an intended effect.

"Up that hill go the last of my crumbs we'll be lucky if we eat tonight Up that hill go the last of my crumbs that's why I'll magnify a hole (in your abdomen)"

His nourishment (or his intended purpose) has now reached a higher standard. He turns to another (in an abdomen - or in the depths) to find an easier "meal".

"When lightyears came and lightyears passed tugging on the brink Smoldering bullet missing put down in its sleep"

Time, space, and reality (the forces of perception) are constantly pulling him. A smoldering bullet could be his attempt at categorizing the ethereal, which is doomed to be put to rest.

"Strangled in the background fitted for a mask Future won't believe you here's the revered past"

This may be another metaphor for trying to conform to something he does not understand or identify with. He doesn't know the future because he can only see what has happened before.

"Don't beat around the pulpit there is no lost and found Where is the Devil waiting? Trying to disguise"

Cedric is saying that people want to find their inherent place in the world using organized religious means, stating that there is no difference between the "lost" and "found" in that we all participate in one reality. He states the devil hides in fears and doubts we create trying to define things one can't.

"I've seen what you used to look like down here you won't survive"

He may be talking to his inner demons in telling them the task he is now called upon will kill them.

"I've got the weight of half of the world (you'd better keep on looking for me) don't stop dragging the lake, don't stop dragging the lake I won't come home if you can't come home even if you make a grave with my name"

His task now puts a burden on him (asking everyone to not give up). Don't stop dragging the lake is a reference to Deloused in the Comatorium, the lake being reality. In regards to finishing his task, even if his body gives up his will will not.

"Find me the head and I'll show you the body"

Identifying purpose, maybe?

"Lay it to rest don't say you're sorry"

May be a reference to inner turmoil caused by identifying purpose, calling one to bury it and move on.

Again this is a very loose interpretation and I may be dead wrong about everything... except dragging the lake, that's old news (hah). I hope someone shares what they think, or tells me if I have interpreted something weirdly.