Like a lot of The Mars Volta songs interpretation is abstract. My interpretation of Halo of Nembutals is as follows: Just from listening to this, I feel a very evil undertone to it. It wouldn't surprise me if the band summoned some demonic spirits again (like with The Bedlam in Goliath album) and they provided the lyrics. I believe that this song is from satan's or at the very least a demonic spirit's point of view. Let's dig in. The opening verse
"When the earth let you go
When the verdict is vermin"- perhaps referring to dying and judgment from God and it is decided that they go to hell.
"By the fork in my tongue
When you run out of sermon"- the demon/satan's ways taint the Christian church
"What a foul little temptress
Your daughter's become"- satan/demon's wickedness influencing and deceiving us into sexual immorality.
"Deviate all by means in name
Cause we all crawl in quicksand the same"- Losing faith in the Lord because of their perversion
"The night I begged you to come to me
The limp in your talk and the scent of your bleed
It's still not enough roulette to let you go"- satan/demon tempting someone and that person therefore sinning. Their temptation wasn't enough to make that person follow them (perhaps through God's light).
"You covered your wounds in a bandage of sloth
The deeper the slur that rang from her laugh
If something tells me to keep it together"- their influence is working and is making that person deviate from God (remember that slothedness is a sin)
"How could you turn your back on me?
I've summoned the stampede of infidel feet
For all I ever wanted is all you ever flaunted"- These lines are a giveaway. A person perhaps rejected satan and sins and he responds with saying that basically, "Why? You've flaunted your body like a prostitute and I've already led many astray and weakened their faith to God (infidelity)."
"Tables of ring worms have hung themselves
Disarray
Communion shaped"- I think it is "of this I ate" instead of "disarray." Anyway perhaps this is describing the horrors of hell? "Communion shaped" is perhaps referring to satan tainting communion and/or the church.
"Serpents raise in prisms and rainbows escaped"- I think it is "til" not "and." Anyway perhaps this is saying that satan and demons are trapped in hell until Armageddon (in which they will be defeated). In the bible, God told Noah that when it rains He will be a rainbow in the sky as a sign that He will never flood the Earth again.
"Reading from bottomless palindromes
Hear my request to be disowned"- palindromes are words that are spelled backwards, like the name "Hannah." Maybe this is satan/demon/soul in hell's begging to be destroyed once and for all.
Beware of what you listen to folks. Trust in the Lord and follow His ways or you might end up like that soul begging to be destroyed. And remember that Jesus loves you!!!
Like a lot of The Mars Volta songs interpretation is abstract. My interpretation of Halo of Nembutals is as follows: Just from listening to this, I feel a very evil undertone to it. It wouldn't surprise me if the band summoned some demonic spirits again (like with The Bedlam in Goliath album) and they provided the lyrics. I believe that this song is from satan's or at the very least a demonic spirit's point of view. Let's dig in. The opening verse "When the earth let you go When the verdict is vermin"- perhaps referring to dying and judgment from God and it is decided that they go to hell.
"By the fork in my tongue When you run out of sermon"- the demon/satan's ways taint the Christian church
"What a foul little temptress Your daughter's become"- satan/demon's wickedness influencing and deceiving us into sexual immorality.
"Deviate all by means in name Cause we all crawl in quicksand the same"- Losing faith in the Lord because of their perversion
"The night I begged you to come to me The limp in your talk and the scent of your bleed It's still not enough roulette to let you go"- satan/demon tempting someone and that person therefore sinning. Their temptation wasn't enough to make that person follow them (perhaps through God's light).
"You covered your wounds in a bandage of sloth The deeper the slur that rang from her laugh If something tells me to keep it together"- their influence is working and is making that person deviate from God (remember that slothedness is a sin)
"How could you turn your back on me? I've summoned the stampede of infidel feet For all I ever wanted is all you ever flaunted"- These lines are a giveaway. A person perhaps rejected satan and sins and he responds with saying that basically, "Why? You've flaunted your body like a prostitute and I've already led many astray and weakened their faith to God (infidelity)."
"Tables of ring worms have hung themselves Disarray Communion shaped"- I think it is "of this I ate" instead of "disarray." Anyway perhaps this is describing the horrors of hell? "Communion shaped" is perhaps referring to satan tainting communion and/or the church.
"Serpents raise in prisms and rainbows escaped"- I think it is "til" not "and." Anyway perhaps this is saying that satan and demons are trapped in hell until Armageddon (in which they will be defeated). In the bible, God told Noah that when it rains He will be a rainbow in the sky as a sign that He will never flood the Earth again.
"Reading from bottomless palindromes Hear my request to be disowned"- palindromes are words that are spelled backwards, like the name "Hannah." Maybe this is satan/demon/soul in hell's begging to be destroyed once and for all.
Beware of what you listen to folks. Trust in the Lord and follow His ways or you might end up like that soul begging to be destroyed. And remember that Jesus loves you!!!