Well it's worth noticing there are a number of parallels between the lyrics, and some passages from the writings of "The Divine Comedy" also known as Dante's Inferno, which show the characteristic lyrical themes of religion, sin and purgatory which Alexi often writes about (see "Bloodrunk" {sin} "done with everything die for nothing" {Purgatory} angels don't kill {religion} - these are just a few examples of such song by CoB.)
The cryptic line "Swim if you're diving for a human being" particularly conjures up images of punishment from Dante's inferno, or could be a pop-culture reference to the classic metal track by Dio - "Holy Diver", that's all I could yield anyway, though there is plenty of interpretive work that could be done here.
The line "To kill me by your left toe" which someone was asking about is likely a reference to folklore about the devil, left being things which are evil or deviant, and the Devil's Toe-nail often depicted in legends, possibly also a sign of defeat, Alexi describing himself in a position at the Devil's feet.
Oh and yes there are a few typos, and I suspect some of these lyrics are wrong, but I haven't bothered to check tbh, and that's all I've got on this one folks! :)
Well it's worth noticing there are a number of parallels between the lyrics, and some passages from the writings of "The Divine Comedy" also known as Dante's Inferno, which show the characteristic lyrical themes of religion, sin and purgatory which Alexi often writes about (see "Bloodrunk" {sin} "done with everything die for nothing" {Purgatory} angels don't kill {religion} - these are just a few examples of such song by CoB.) The cryptic line "Swim if you're diving for a human being" particularly conjures up images of punishment from Dante's inferno, or could be a pop-culture reference to the classic metal track by Dio - "Holy Diver", that's all I could yield anyway, though there is plenty of interpretive work that could be done here. The line "To kill me by your left toe" which someone was asking about is likely a reference to folklore about the devil, left being things which are evil or deviant, and the Devil's Toe-nail often depicted in legends, possibly also a sign of defeat, Alexi describing himself in a position at the Devil's feet. Oh and yes there are a few typos, and I suspect some of these lyrics are wrong, but I haven't bothered to check tbh, and that's all I've got on this one folks! :)