I hate it when this happens. Having plenty of work to do, I stumbled upon this creepy song and it's so fascinating that I can't stop thinking about it. But glad to see I'm not the first one ;)
I read most of your interpretations and while many of them have good ideas, I'm not really satisfied with any of them, so let me take my shot at it, borrowing some of your ideas.
First, I don't think this song has anything to do with the author or the band. I mean, it would be pretty lame to write such an epic song about yourself (or what just happened to you), wouldn't it. Moreover, I don't think that a band member quitting is so terribly inspiring to make someone write something like that.
I believe this song has a greater meaning, namely it is about people's ignorance/prejudice/intolerance/xenophobia and how to overcome it. The wounded angel is given as an example of how the ignorant people fear/hate things or other people that are good, but look strange.
That would be the big picture. Now, let me explain the meaning of the terms, the way I understand it:
"Baptised with a perfect name" means some kind of an initial perfection.
"The doubting one by heart" together with the above could mean something like Adam in Paradise, where, as you know, man was a bit "too curious", in a bad way, and was punished for it.
"Alone without himself" could refer to being cast out of Paradise as a consequence.
The broader meaning of all of this is not necessarily religious. I think it describes human society that has, through many of its actions and behaviors, become far from a pleasant and happy place.
"War between him and the day" means people's everyday struggle and frustrations, which are in big part the result of people's own bad behavior (one that caused man to be "cast out of Paradise").
"Need someone to blame" - people, the way they are, need someone to blame for their frustrations - someone other than themselves.
"In the end little he can do alone" - although people blame each other and hate each other, they can't survive alone, which only increases their frustration.
"You believe but what you see, You receive but what you give" - this is a bit puzzling, since the two sentences have a similar syntax but very different semantics, and it's unclear how they even fit together. The melody of it leads me to believe that the latter is meant as the result of the former, i.e.: "You believe only what you see, and for that you will get what you deserve," where "believing only what you see" might signify prejudice and ignorance.
This would be the first part that describes ignorant people and how they came to be. Now the second part, which is somewhat more difficult.
"Caress the never-fading rain in your heart" - this one's elusive... I think "rain" means compassion, i.e. a good quality that all human beings always posess (never-fading), but is subdued unless we "caress" it - the default behavior of most people is to fear and hate rather than to love and understand.
"Snow-white sorrow" surely means an innocent one that has been hurt, this is the wounded angel.
What we have thus far, related to the video, is an angel that has fallen from grace, for a reason that likely was not her fault. Villagers meet her with suspicion - "there's something wrong with this angel" - well of course something's wrong, she's wounded, you dumbasses! But since they've never seen a wounded angel, they conclude that this must not be an angel, much less one worth of help ("angels don't need help; they're supposed to help us, not the other way round!"). She's also convenient to put blame on, because if she is a real angel, she clearly did not help them improve their lives (see 4. and 5.). And because she's obviously weak and helpless, it seems safest to kill "the creature" as quickly as possible.
This would be a literal explanation, linking video to the lyrics. In the broader sense, it could probably mean a prejudiced/intolerant/xenophobic society that would, for example, condemn a girl that had been raped, rather than help her.
This also might signify another despicable but common human trait: to suck up to people in a superior position, a position of power (angels), but despise and abuse those in an inferior position (wounded angel).
"Caress the hiding amaranth" - amaranth is an eternal flower. The meaning of it, I believe, is eternal beauty or eternal good. In this case signifying the beauty, the good within other people, even though it may be "hidden", i.e. not apparent at first sight (the wounded angel looks strange and frankly quite creepy). We must try to understand and to see the good within other people.
"Land of the daybreak" - this one's a real mystery and I don't have a good explanation. Daybreak means dawn, so my very uncertain guess is that it might mean a land, a society that wakes up at dawn; that would be a rural, uneducated society, which are traditionally more susceptible to prejudice. The broader meaning of this is any society that shows such traits, or simply the entire humankind, since those traits are (still) quite ubiquitous.
"The wandering pack" means something like "mindless animals", referring to the aforementioned primitive people, who do nothing but follow the group, even in their worst behaivior. "Apart from it" means to differ from such behavior, to stand out of the group and be better, think, be compassionate...
"In this brief flight of time" may mean our short lifetimes, but it could also mean our own brief moments of clarity, i.e. the time that we stand "apart from the pack" before being pulled back into it (because no one can stay away forever).
"We reach for the ones whoever dare" - when we are away from "the pack", we search for others who would dare split from it and perhaps help our cause.
"Reaching, searching for something untouched" - pushing for something new and unconventional, like fight for human rights in an intolerant society.
"Hearing voices of the Never-Fading calling" - the "Never-Fading" is the subdued good within all human beings (see 8.), which every once in a while calls us to aspire for something good, to change the society for the better.
The video has a sad but optimistic ending. The two boys did not succeed in helping the angel and saving her from the mob, but even though she was killed, her "never-fading" soul, i.e. the good, lives on.
So in this particular village, prejudice was stronger than reason and goodwill, but there'll be another time, another village..., and the human society is slowly improving...
I hate it when this happens. Having plenty of work to do, I stumbled upon this creepy song and it's so fascinating that I can't stop thinking about it. But glad to see I'm not the first one ;)
I read most of your interpretations and while many of them have good ideas, I'm not really satisfied with any of them, so let me take my shot at it, borrowing some of your ideas.
First, I don't think this song has anything to do with the author or the band. I mean, it would be pretty lame to write such an epic song about yourself (or what just happened to you), wouldn't it. Moreover, I don't think that a band member quitting is so terribly inspiring to make someone write something like that.
I believe this song has a greater meaning, namely it is about people's ignorance/prejudice/intolerance/xenophobia and how to overcome it. The wounded angel is given as an example of how the ignorant people fear/hate things or other people that are good, but look strange.
That would be the big picture. Now, let me explain the meaning of the terms, the way I understand it:
"Baptised with a perfect name" means some kind of an initial perfection.
"The doubting one by heart" together with the above could mean something like Adam in Paradise, where, as you know, man was a bit "too curious", in a bad way, and was punished for it.
"Alone without himself" could refer to being cast out of Paradise as a consequence.
The broader meaning of all of this is not necessarily religious. I think it describes human society that has, through many of its actions and behaviors, become far from a pleasant and happy place.
"War between him and the day" means people's everyday struggle and frustrations, which are in big part the result of people's own bad behavior (one that caused man to be "cast out of Paradise").
"Need someone to blame" - people, the way they are, need someone to blame for their frustrations - someone other than themselves.
"In the end little he can do alone" - although people blame each other and hate each other, they can't survive alone, which only increases their frustration.
"You believe but what you see, You receive but what you give" - this is a bit puzzling, since the two sentences have a similar syntax but very different semantics, and it's unclear how they even fit together. The melody of it leads me to believe that the latter is meant as the result of the former, i.e.: "You believe only what you see, and for that you will get what you deserve," where "believing only what you see" might signify prejudice and ignorance.
This would be the first part that describes ignorant people and how they came to be. Now the second part, which is somewhat more difficult.
"Caress the never-fading rain in your heart" - this one's elusive... I think "rain" means compassion, i.e. a good quality that all human beings always posess (never-fading), but is subdued unless we "caress" it - the default behavior of most people is to fear and hate rather than to love and understand.
"Snow-white sorrow" surely means an innocent one that has been hurt, this is the wounded angel.
What we have thus far, related to the video, is an angel that has fallen from grace, for a reason that likely was not her fault. Villagers meet her with suspicion - "there's something wrong with this angel" - well of course something's wrong, she's wounded, you dumbasses! But since they've never seen a wounded angel, they conclude that this must not be an angel, much less one worth of help ("angels don't need help; they're supposed to help us, not the other way round!"). She's also convenient to put blame on, because if she is a real angel, she clearly did not help them improve their lives (see 4. and 5.). And because she's obviously weak and helpless, it seems safest to kill "the creature" as quickly as possible.
This would be a literal explanation, linking video to the lyrics. In the broader sense, it could probably mean a prejudiced/intolerant/xenophobic society that would, for example, condemn a girl that had been raped, rather than help her.
This also might signify another despicable but common human trait: to suck up to people in a superior position, a position of power (angels), but despise and abuse those in an inferior position (wounded angel).
"Caress the hiding amaranth" - amaranth is an eternal flower. The meaning of it, I believe, is eternal beauty or eternal good. In this case signifying the beauty, the good within other people, even though it may be "hidden", i.e. not apparent at first sight (the wounded angel looks strange and frankly quite creepy). We must try to understand and to see the good within other people.
"Land of the daybreak" - this one's a real mystery and I don't have a good explanation. Daybreak means dawn, so my very uncertain guess is that it might mean a land, a society that wakes up at dawn; that would be a rural, uneducated society, which are traditionally more susceptible to prejudice. The broader meaning of this is any society that shows such traits, or simply the entire humankind, since those traits are (still) quite ubiquitous.
"The wandering pack" means something like "mindless animals", referring to the aforementioned primitive people, who do nothing but follow the group, even in their worst behaivior. "Apart from it" means to differ from such behavior, to stand out of the group and be better, think, be compassionate...
"In this brief flight of time" may mean our short lifetimes, but it could also mean our own brief moments of clarity, i.e. the time that we stand "apart from the pack" before being pulled back into it (because no one can stay away forever).
"We reach for the ones whoever dare" - when we are away from "the pack", we search for others who would dare split from it and perhaps help our cause.
"Reaching, searching for something untouched" - pushing for something new and unconventional, like fight for human rights in an intolerant society.
"Hearing voices of the Never-Fading calling" - the "Never-Fading" is the subdued good within all human beings (see 8.), which every once in a while calls us to aspire for something good, to change the society for the better.
The video has a sad but optimistic ending. The two boys did not succeed in helping the angel and saving her from the mob, but even though she was killed, her "never-fading" soul, i.e. the good, lives on.
So in this particular village, prejudice was stronger than reason and goodwill, but there'll be another time, another village..., and the human society is slowly improving...