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Silently, it crawls
In the same vein as my analysis on "there is no further need to hide": the subculture parallel is there too. "A prison in hell" because "grey walls" "surround" it, it is "silent", "crawling", stealthy but miserable, and then R'lyeh rises: despite Cthulhu's immemorial age, he is qualified as "new-born master" because he just rose from his slumber. It/he would be the whole underground scene passion and the artists, the cultists, with their dedication. No wonder it was said that Lovecraft's work reflect perfectly the spirit of black metal.
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There is no further need to hide
That's also a two edged meaning: as preys of Cthulhu, hiding is useless because R'lyeh rising is all powerful, and, when taking the lyrics as a cultist's praise, it can also mean that the formerly hidden cults and worshipers can now rise and be seen and heard by all. What supports this second analysis is the parallel with underground cultures. Cult-related lyrics in metal are often metaphors of the hermetic intimacy of subcultures - feeling threatened and dreaming of a time when they could stop being secretive.
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beyond Earth is the god
"Beyond Earth" has a dual meaning, as Cthulhu who is obviously the god in question, is both a "star spawn", presumably coming (technically or more ethereally?) from the stars, from outside our world (as described by Lovecraft), but also "beyond" our Earth because of its/his otherworldly nature: it/he is basically "beyond" us, our understanding, our conception, and altogether the reach of our mind.
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This song is (pretty much obviously) about R'lyeh, the Lovecraftian underwater city where the Elder God Cthulhu "waits dreaming". This city is described by the author as devoid of any human logic and provoking a viewer's insanity by defying ratio and Euclidean geometry. From the perspective of a cultist - a worshiper of Cthulhu, enthralled and fascinated by him/it - this song praises the terrifying and mighty nature of R'lyeh, barely mentioning its long asleep inhabitant. But it still alludes to the Rise of Cthulhu, and altogether of the city, as it is a recurrent pattern in Lovecraft's writings: “Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men.” The song announces this rise and the arrival of an era when the supernatural and the horrific will come back to rule over mankind, which in Lovecraft's view, is decaying and ignorant, thinking itself an advanced species when human mind can not encompass what is "beyond earth" - and either loses all sanity and/or get subjugated at the sight of such cosmic reach of archetypal sovereignty. It is the beautiful, powerful, passionate song of an entranced, insane and loving cultist.
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