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Old 08-04-2011, 03:56 PM   #2
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Alexisonfire - The Northern

This song captured my attention because I am always paying attention to the message in the music, and the Chorus sounded nice. I thought "Wow, that's different; the Edge playing a song that says 'Praise the Lord'"

So of course it was suspect right away. I found the lyrics and watched the video, and my suspicions were confirmed that it is serving a darker purpose. I bought the CD to check out the rest of the songs, and a majority of the songs are NWO serving and will be presented here at some point.

The Northen Lyrics:
he comes, he comes
judge so severe
seven trumpets speak
oh, they speak him near

he comes, he comes
judge so severe
seven trumpets speak
oh, they speak him near

he comes, he comes
judge so severe
seven trumpets speak
speak the sound of fear

he comes, he comes
judge so severe
seven trumpets speak
speak the sound of fear

oh mother, you oughta be there
i'm gonna go to heaven when i die
(i want to go to heaven)
roll jordan, roll jordan
oh father, you oughta be there
i'm gonna go to heaven when i die
(i want to go to heaven)
roll jordan, roll jordan

he comes, he comes
judge so severe
seven trumpets speak
oh, they speak him near
hallelujah, we'll praise the lord
hallelujah, hallelujah

he comes, he comes
the judge so severe
you know the seven trumpets speak
well, they speak him near
hallelujah, we'll praise the lord
hallelujah
hallelujah, we'll praise the lord
hallelujah


oh mother, you oughta be there
i'm gonna go to heaven when i die
(i want to go to heaven)
roll jordan, roll jordan
oh father, you oughta be there
i'm gonna go to heaven when i die
(i want to go to heaven)
roll jordan, roll jordan
oh sister, you oughta be there
i'm gonna go to heaven when i die
(i want to go to heaven)
roll jordan, roll jordan
oh brother, my sweet brother
i'm gonna go to heaven when i die
(i want to go to heaven)
I did some fan-comment reading, and the overall consensus is that this song is meant to address "black slavery", as the lyrics are heavily inspired by the Christian hymn "Roll Jordan Roll".

This conclusion doesn't make sense to me.

By itself, the song lyrics do not seem to be any form of attack on Christ or Christianity, but when coupled with the video, I found my heart sinking as I watched and read.

One of the band members said in an interview that they were looking for "Divine inspiration" for the lyrics, but they are by no means religious. I am found wondering exactly what divine source they chose.

Without doubt, this song is a mockery of Christianity and Christ, and even the Holy Father. When I take the lyrics of their other songs into consideration, it seems even more so, which I will post more on later.

The video:
http://vimeo.com/9050175



The video shows a priest and his congregation, in Church, a healing scene (healing a blind man), and Child praying (Alexisonfire trying to make it seem as if the child is misled by the Church), and goes on to show the priest dragging women slave workers around by nooses on their necks shortly thereafter.

A cut scene to scarecrow of Death standing beside a dismantled pale horse would take credence away, as if death and judgement were impotent myths.

One of the women slaves approaches the pale horse and prays to "Who knows who" in the presence of the skeleton, which is pagan at the core.

Scene cuts to a pagan celebration around a tree, pointing to Malidthu (Canaanite goddess) or the Babylonian/Egyptian Godesses Nut, Isis, Hathor. At 2:44 there is some sort of sacrifice hanging in the tree as it is lit up on fire. I can't make out exactly what it is supposed to be.

Next scene cuts back to the priest as the singer says "Halleluja. We'll praise the lord", and the priest holds a pale serpent over his head at the podium. The meaning is clear.

Then there is a flash of a bare chested man with guage on his head, with a white cross painted on his torso. I am not sure of that significance of it yet.

Cuts to the congregation all rising up, holding serpents over their heads. The blind man stand in the crowd with an aloof look on his face, unhealed. This could mean two things IMO, (1) that he couldn't be healed by the power of Christ or (2) The blind man could represent the faithful churchgoers, unknowingly all surrounded by corrupt decievers, and the faithful are in Alexisonfires opinion, too blind to see it.

At 3:28 there is a cutscene to a bunch of hands rubbing a female body that is covered in Gold paint, very pagan/orgy inspired scene.

A couple kisses, with tattoos of Crosses on their face.

A man crawls across the floor, likely supposed to represent a serpent.

Cuts back to the pagan tree, and there is a man wearing a Catholic Rosary, which is being presented at a beastly and savage trinket as the man looks like a caveman and beats his chest while screaming like an animal.

The scene cuts to a baby with almost black eyes being baptized by the priest.

At 4:11 the priest is among the congregation, giving his version of a blessing. Note the mysterious man behind him, who is not adoring him like the rest, but is following closely behind as if a shadow or a dark force.

A dark horse with a dead rider strolls up to the abandoned looking church. As the drummer does his last roll on the toms, the scene shows a statue of Mary, which to me looks like it is skeletonized/mummified and covered, likely in blood.

A video of hopelessness, a visual affront to the Church. An unadulterated attack on Faith. The message is that Faith is fruitless, and Christ is unforgiving if he even is real, and the members are totally corrupt, the Church is barren, a wasteland, pagan orgies and worship are fruitfull, Christianity is barbaric and uncivilized, et al.
(I know the non-Christians are going to want to attack me with this post, but I am strictly discussing the work in this video, not the corruption of the Churches throughout history.)

Not all my posts will be about Christianity, but this song in particular was the first one I addressed.

This song usually gets played a few times a day on the Edge.
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