"Perched on the cliffside gazing out into the brine
My archaic beard pours downward and joins the feral sea
I am the heritage; the quintessence of myth and legend
The archetype of Pagan might and divinity"
Wow. While my favorite part of the song, these are the lyrics that throw me off.
The rest of the song seems to hold with Agalloch's pantheist beliefs: the Earth and and Universe as God, man destroying it, all man held in its hands. But this verse has some bearded God reminiscent of Poseidon or some Norse God. Is it meant to be an actual God or a personification of the Earth?
@jeffwegener I am by no means an expert on pagan ideologies or gods however there appears to be a struggle of dare I say desiring to be a god but realizing his limitations as only a man? That’s what take from it anyhow.
@jeffwegener I am by no means an expert on pagan ideologies or gods however there appears to be a struggle of dare I say desiring to be a god but realizing his limitations as only a man? That’s what take from it anyhow.
"Perched on the cliffside gazing out into the brine My archaic beard pours downward and joins the feral sea I am the heritage; the quintessence of myth and legend The archetype of Pagan might and divinity"
Wow. While my favorite part of the song, these are the lyrics that throw me off.
The rest of the song seems to hold with Agalloch's pantheist beliefs: the Earth and and Universe as God, man destroying it, all man held in its hands. But this verse has some bearded God reminiscent of Poseidon or some Norse God. Is it meant to be an actual God or a personification of the Earth?
Perhaps it's a reference to a waterfall?
Perhaps it's a reference to a waterfall?
@jeffwegener I am by no means an expert on pagan ideologies or gods however there appears to be a struggle of dare I say desiring to be a god but realizing his limitations as only a man? That’s what take from it anyhow.
@jeffwegener I am by no means an expert on pagan ideologies or gods however there appears to be a struggle of dare I say desiring to be a god but realizing his limitations as only a man? That’s what take from it anyhow.