Dimmu Borgir - Kings Of The Carnival Creation (w/ Lyrics)

READ FIRST PLEASE!!! I do not own this song or any of the content that goes with it. I simply made this for fun and to understand the meaning behind the lyrics.

Lyrics (with meanings)

Incarnated marvels simplified, Effects from such a disconsolate kind
(Religious doctrine tries to take something which is absolute and undefinable (god or gods or the universe) and make it into something like a human being with human wants and agendas. It claims that you can be a beacon of good by following these steps written down or listening to a voice in the whirlwind)

Impotence of the once so perfect living, Erase and rewind
(This is interesting. It implies that humankind was once much, much better than this. Erase and rewind... so we should go back to this state? It's obviously talking about a time before most of humanity's history, so maybe... a primitive state? A time in which everyone looked out for themselves without relying on codes of morality that aren't really "moral" at all? The song might be coming back to this at the end)

In search for the guidelines to the gateways of sin through mires of misanthropy with wrath in mind
(The tenets of Christianity appear to argue for love and humility, but there's a truly dark undertone to a religion which will seriously condemn people who disagree with it to a pit of fire for all eternity. In short, it's not loving and humane at all; it's downright misanthropic, see: crusades, witch hunts, persecutions, etc. The Old Testament has a lot more "ugly" subject matter, but even the religion proposed by the nicer, cleaner New Testament seems subject to this criticism)

Consuming illusions made from hysteria and swallowed tongues, testimonial sufficiency declaring numbness of all perceptions
(Sadly, faith often becomes an excuse to not think or to ignore the evidence of one's world around them. The accounts of people in the Bible are taken as testimonies verified by the almighty being itself, bought by people who are basically lying to themselves)

Glance into the blackness hidden beneath your surface, and enjoy the suffering, sanity drained in disrespect
(Accepting Christianity as written means, to some extent, becoming indifferent to human suffering. To be fair, people usually don't murder each other for being nonbelievers anymore, but being content in the knowledge that those who don't follow your path will suffer endlessly doesn't make you much better)

Left are the kings of the carnival creation, Carrying out the echoes of the fallen
(As prominent and common as Christianity seems, it doesn't hold nearly as much political power as it did in the medieval ages. The very fact that I am able to submit this post which totally tears it apart and not become a social pariah means that the influence and splendor of Christianity has, in a sense, "fallen")

Sense the withering eternity as it fades away, the ultimate graceless voyage of all times
Only death will be guarding your angels, silently, cripples joining arms in clamour
Institutionalized for the rebirth, the herd will be hunted
(This is showing that evidently Christianity will fall and hopefully Earth will one day be comepletely rid of Christianity and all the filth it has spawned on Earth. The herd is a clear reference to a herd of sheep, which Christians are so fond of being known as)

Source (w/ the exception of the last bit of writing for the final lyrics which are my own):

http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/87...