The main character has arrived to the place of his transformation. He describes the dreamlike environment.
"the act unknown
actor in sleep"
I'll hazard a guess here. The main character does not exactly know what his transformation encompasses. He is a participant, or "actor" in the transformation/act. But he is "in sleep", in other words, in the dark about the "act".
"here i enter, and here i see
the circle and bones made in haste
winds to anoint the faithful"
I suppose this is more environmental description.
"amorphous specter turns
from old to new
rests in faith beside me"
I don't really know about this. Apparently other beings exist in the dream world, also undergoing the transformation.
"we wait for the quiet fire
to be born and there it is
embodied by a boy
his voice small and gray
whispers smoke to the chosen"
The quiet fire is a concept or being in the form of a boy. The boy appears rather callow/inexperienced, but possesses a lot of power.
"upon our heads he places crowns
sewn with hiss and higher tones"
I don't know what hiss means, but the fire/boy bestows upon them a "higher tone", maybe a higher awareness or plane of existence. Maybe something in the dream world.
"the boy presses whispers into her
and they bathe in valley's pale rain."
The boy is inculcating someone with some sort of knowledge. He/it is a source of knowledge. The use of "her" may indicate that the main character throughout the song is a female. This, I suppose, is the result of the transformation.
"I've arrived city of lucid dreams
before me a building looms caked in inky grime"
The main character has arrived to the place of his transformation. He describes the dreamlike environment.
"the act unknown actor in sleep"
I'll hazard a guess here. The main character does not exactly know what his transformation encompasses. He is a participant, or "actor" in the transformation/act. But he is "in sleep", in other words, in the dark about the "act".
"here i enter, and here i see the circle and bones made in haste
winds to anoint the faithful"
I suppose this is more environmental description.
"amorphous specter turns from old to new rests in faith beside me"
I don't really know about this. Apparently other beings exist in the dream world, also undergoing the transformation.
"we wait for the quiet fire to be born and there it is embodied by a boy his voice small and gray whispers smoke to the chosen"
The quiet fire is a concept or being in the form of a boy. The boy appears rather callow/inexperienced, but possesses a lot of power.
"upon our heads he places crowns sewn with hiss and higher tones"
I don't know what hiss means, but the fire/boy bestows upon them a "higher tone", maybe a higher awareness or plane of existence. Maybe something in the dream world.
"the boy presses whispers into her and they bathe in valley's pale rain."
The boy is inculcating someone with some sort of knowledge. He/it is a source of knowledge. The use of "her" may indicate that the main character throughout the song is a female. This, I suppose, is the result of the transformation.