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When the revenant came down
We couldn't imagine what it was
In the spirit of three stars
The alien thing that took its form
Then to Lebanon, oh God
The flashing at night, the sirens grow and grow
Oh, history involved itself
Mysterious shade that took its form
Or what it was, incarnation, three stars
Delivering signs and dusting from their eyes
We couldn't imagine what it was
In the spirit of three stars
The alien thing that took its form
Then to Lebanon, oh God
The flashing at night, the sirens grow and grow
Oh, history involved itself
Mysterious shade that took its form
Or what it was, incarnation, three stars
Delivering signs and dusting from their eyes
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Track duration: 02:08
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It's a beautiful song, but it has a bit of creepy tone, not a sound of true excitement. Given his upbringing, he was brought up in the belief that he was of alien lineage, something taught to illuminati children (sadistic worshipers of Lucifer).
When the revenant came down
We couldn't imagine what it was
The "revenant" is not a description of Christ, as its of an evil nature. Some posters are correct in saying that "the second coming" is not Christian-specific. The end times have been prophesied about from the Old Testament and heavily in Revelation, but it has been copied by many other religions, including Islam (reversing the roles of the characters to make the antichrist out to be the Messiah).
The illuminati believe in the (re)incarnation of Lucifer to lead the New World Order, while Christians believe this will be the coming antichrist. Some illuminati also belief in space travel, and experience it possibly through demon possession, unless their experiences can be believed as real. Some believe that the illuminati will bring this creature from another universe, but Christians believe he will really come from the earth, according to Revelation.
In the spirit of three stars
The alien thing that took its form
the antichrist or Lucifer-incarnate makes his presence known
Then to Lebanon, oh God
The flashing at night, the sirens grow and grow
Oh, history involved itself
..prophecies come true
Mysterious shade that took its form
Or what it was, incarnation, three stars
Delivering signs and dusting from their eyes
Like the holy trinity of the Bible, the Luciferians believe in the coming of an "unholy trinity". According to Revelation, this antichrist will perform wondrous miracles and bring world peace and essentially unite the world, and the world will (incorrectly) look to him as the Messiah.
The amazing end times scenarios predicted in Revelation and the Old Testament have been playing out just as prophesied. Take a closer look and try to ignore the line you are being fed by today's media.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes 'ya gotta be a little nuts - but this might be a little too far over the line.
Lets take the title into consideration when we look at the first line of the song; "When the revenant came down". It's obvious, right of the bat Sufjan is comparing the UFO to the "revenant", which as people have already stated means one that will return after death or a lengthy absence. Sufjan stevens doesn't usually beat around the bush, his lyrics are very descriptive. When he compared the UFO to the revenant I do not believe it was by accident, or some vague emotional or metaphysical reference to be interpreted in a big manner of ways. I believe he is referencing the theory that most major ancient religions are based off actual occurrences of space fairing beings either creating mankind, or sowing the seeds of our culture.
This becomes more evident as he continues to allude to the UFO being "incarnation"."delivering signs" the sames signs that were delivered to ancient peoples. "Dusting off their eyes" removing the dust from peoples eyes, as they've kept blind faith to the religious institutions that have kept this truth from them.
Beautifully mesmerizing.
The biblical references have well been pointed out, but a prominent reference that hasn't been given very much attention is the "Then to Lebanon, oh God" line. While Lebanon is a city in IL, it was far before and still is a country in the Middle East and mentioned very many times in the Bible. The land of the cedars with the Phoenecians and Beirut and all? That's Lebanon.
I see the biblical references, and I can tell Sufjan is most definitely a spiritual man, but I just thought I would throw this out there, since oddly enough I just got done watching the show.
I LOVE this song with a passion now. This and John Wayne Gacy, Jr. I just discovered Sufjan a little less than a month ago, and I am madly in love with his music now! Can't wait to hear his album for Missouri!