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Context for this song is provided by the track "Scroll 3" (http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107859459924/).
Most of the references here are self-explanatory. The "screaming Popes" are a series of paintings by Francis Bacon (the artist, not the scientist); see, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study_after_Vel%C3%A1zquez%27s_Portrait_of_Pope_Innocent_X
Context for this song is provided by the track "Scroll 3" (http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107859459924/).
Most of the references here are self-explanatory. The "screaming Popes" are a series of paintings by Francis Bacon (the artist, not the scientist); see, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study_after_Vel%C3%A1zquez%27s_Portrait_of_Pope_Innocent_X