This song really paints a bleak, distopian image; like many of the songs on this album. It gives the album a really cohesive feel.
I think LucesDarkness breaks it down pretty well. The reference to "Chemical Wedding" is key. Chemical Wedding is an alchemist manifesto.
Back in the Middle Ages up through the Renaissance people who played around in the field of alchemy were often persecuted and treated like witches or heretics(trying to manipulate matter was viewed as black magic by much of the clergy). They would often disguise their works as something benign to avoid persecution. "Chemical Wedding" is an example of that.
I think that Neil Fallon tries to continue a tradition of esotericism (just like that of "Chemical Wedding)in the songs of Clutch. How many times have you had to check Google or Wikipedia to figure out what the fuck Neil is referencing? By keeping the meanings of his songs cryptic and enigmatic he ensures that only the people who are really interested in understanding them can do so.
This song really paints a bleak, distopian image; like many of the songs on this album. It gives the album a really cohesive feel.
I think LucesDarkness breaks it down pretty well. The reference to "Chemical Wedding" is key. Chemical Wedding is an alchemist manifesto.
Back in the Middle Ages up through the Renaissance people who played around in the field of alchemy were often persecuted and treated like witches or heretics(trying to manipulate matter was viewed as black magic by much of the clergy). They would often disguise their works as something benign to avoid persecution. "Chemical Wedding" is an example of that.
I think that Neil Fallon tries to continue a tradition of esotericism (just like that of "Chemical Wedding)in the songs of Clutch. How many times have you had to check Google or Wikipedia to figure out what the fuck Neil is referencing? By keeping the meanings of his songs cryptic and enigmatic he ensures that only the people who are really interested in understanding them can do so.