Lyric discussion by BetweenDaOpethAndMe 

Cover art for Disease, Injury, Madness lyrics by Between the Buried and Me

wow best song on the new album, however i beleive the lyrics have a double meaning, as do some btbam songs have

It sounds like a dark entity, probably Satan, speaking to some one. Being that he is making it seem like everything will be alright at first, and take the person to a higher place. As if he will be a king, like Satan would claim to lure some one in. Then says "Trust the Pedestal". Telling the person that he is their new sin and lust. Then referring to that person as a slave with a predetermined fate/destiny. The child is the prey. Unsure of what choices to make, so he lures him in with the fantasy of becoming a...

This is not a religious song, or at least in that sense. It's probably about cults, not biblical fantasies.