Distill (Watching the Swarm) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sokorny 

Cover art for Distill (Watching the Swarm) lyrics by Neurosis

Not sure about angels descending, but very much religious undertones are suggested.

"You stand holding the (Pearly) gate They've all drowned in the (Great) flood ... In a landscape of hounds (hell, Cerberus)"

Are we to distill religion in general? Or the threats posed by religion? Or the threats that religion talks about (e.g. following the Whore of all the Earth / Satan)?