I think blondy269 covered the meaning as effectively as possible. This is one of several songs from P86 that serve to create a negative association with wrongdoing, others being Chimes, Sioux Lane Spirits, or Wrought on The Holiday's Eve. It's an idea that you really can't drill into your head too much, and the fact the P86 puts these ideas into their lyrics is something that makes them great.
"The spectacle of fearsome acts" is a phrase used by Bill Cutting (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) in the movie Gangs of New York. This song, Two Glass Eyes and The Butcher may make reference to this character, as he was a butcher with a glass eye, as well as a dastardly fiend. He may be a reference point/character image for the destroyer archetype that is The Destroyer that P86 fights against lyrically in this album. If I'm lucky enough to run into Schwab again at the next P86 show I go to, I will ask him if he is indeed making this reference.
We see the same theme of resisting evil in other P86 albums, too. You can't destroy evil; you can only keep fighting it. P86 lyrics are a big help in the battle for mankind's soul. Keep fighting, my brothers!
I think blondy269 covered the meaning as effectively as possible. This is one of several songs from P86 that serve to create a negative association with wrongdoing, others being Chimes, Sioux Lane Spirits, or Wrought on The Holiday's Eve. It's an idea that you really can't drill into your head too much, and the fact the P86 puts these ideas into their lyrics is something that makes them great. "The spectacle of fearsome acts" is a phrase used by Bill Cutting (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) in the movie Gangs of New York. This song, Two Glass Eyes and The Butcher may make reference to this character, as he was a butcher with a glass eye, as well as a dastardly fiend. He may be a reference point/character image for the destroyer archetype that is The Destroyer that P86 fights against lyrically in this album. If I'm lucky enough to run into Schwab again at the next P86 show I go to, I will ask him if he is indeed making this reference. We see the same theme of resisting evil in other P86 albums, too. You can't destroy evil; you can only keep fighting it. P86 lyrics are a big help in the battle for mankind's soul. Keep fighting, my brothers!