I don't see the lyrics to Reign of Love as being sinister at all. I see them as an expression of guilt, and sadness over holding on to guilt for a long period of time. "Reign of love, I can't let go, to the sea I offer this heavy load. Locusts will lift me up, I'm just a prisoner in the reign of love." The reign of love is all around him, but he can't participate in it because because he is a "prisoner" to this "heavy load", the guilt that he carries. Locusts cause devastation to crops, sometimes causing famine. So I think the lyricist sees himself as someone who has caused some great devastation, perhaps by not speaking up, "how I wish I'd spoken up, or be carried away in the reign of love". In other words, if he had spoken up, the devastation wouldn't have happened, and he wouldn't have to carry this guilt, and then he could be carried away in the reign of love. When locusts fly, they first jump really high, then spread their wings, then they fly really closely together so that they look like one large mass, sometimes,"blackening the sky" because of the large number of them. "Locusts will let us stop", I think is about his desire to be carried away from this horrible guilt that he can't let go of. He goes on to say, "How I wish I'd spoken up to the reign of love". "Reign of Love", I interpret as the love of God here. How else could you speak up to the "reign of love", except through prayer? He goes on to say, "reign of love, by the church wey're waiting, reign of love, on our knees go praying. How I wish I'd spoken up, or we'd get carried away by the reign of love." The Reference to a "church" as apposed to a temple, mosc, or synogogue seems to point toward Christanity, in which Christ is referred to as"King", Christ, God, and the Holy Spirit all being one through the Holy Trinity. I.e. God the King, or Christ the King, one in the same. So the "Reign" of the King seems perfectly appropriate. I also think of it as the "joy of life", because a person cannot participate in the joy of life when they are so weighed down by guilt. I believe in the end he realizes he will have to "speak up to the Reign of Love", by praying for forgiveness. And I think there is remorse for not having done it sooner. Also, I never did find a reference to a "locust wind" in the lyrics!
I don't see the lyrics to Reign of Love as being sinister at all. I see them as an expression of guilt, and sadness over holding on to guilt for a long period of time. "Reign of love, I can't let go, to the sea I offer this heavy load. Locusts will lift me up, I'm just a prisoner in the reign of love." The reign of love is all around him, but he can't participate in it because because he is a "prisoner" to this "heavy load", the guilt that he carries. Locusts cause devastation to crops, sometimes causing famine. So I think the lyricist sees himself as someone who has caused some great devastation, perhaps by not speaking up, "how I wish I'd spoken up, or be carried away in the reign of love". In other words, if he had spoken up, the devastation wouldn't have happened, and he wouldn't have to carry this guilt, and then he could be carried away in the reign of love. When locusts fly, they first jump really high, then spread their wings, then they fly really closely together so that they look like one large mass, sometimes,"blackening the sky" because of the large number of them. "Locusts will let us stop", I think is about his desire to be carried away from this horrible guilt that he can't let go of. He goes on to say, "How I wish I'd spoken up to the reign of love". "Reign of Love", I interpret as the love of God here. How else could you speak up to the "reign of love", except through prayer? He goes on to say, "reign of love, by the church wey're waiting, reign of love, on our knees go praying. How I wish I'd spoken up, or we'd get carried away by the reign of love." The Reference to a "church" as apposed to a temple, mosc, or synogogue seems to point toward Christanity, in which Christ is referred to as"King", Christ, God, and the Holy Spirit all being one through the Holy Trinity. I.e. God the King, or Christ the King, one in the same. So the "Reign" of the King seems perfectly appropriate. I also think of it as the "joy of life", because a person cannot participate in the joy of life when they are so weighed down by guilt. I believe in the end he realizes he will have to "speak up to the Reign of Love", by praying for forgiveness. And I think there is remorse for not having done it sooner. Also, I never did find a reference to a "locust wind" in the lyrics!