This is my interpretation of the lyrics of the album Autotheism by The Faceless.

Overall album theme seems to be: Religion is obsolete, but now transhumisn, scientism, or simply worship of biology are becoming a new version of "religion" with false promises.


1. Autotheist Movement I: Create

Lyrics:
I consummate this realm through the vision I possess
I rise above consecrated imposition
The pious flame
A flame extinguished from the mind
I will create a new reality
No creator in the heavens above (I am the lightning)
Rest your weary mind
No demons in the furnace below (I am the frenzy)
I have realized I am God
I will descend to the depths of man
Proclaim to the void
Emptying my cup
The starved, weary, thirsting
From God's barren grave within the garden of untruths
A flower takes bloom and births a new reality
No creator in the heavens above (I am the lightning)
Rest your weary mind
No demons in the furnace below (I am the frenzy)
I have realized I am God.

Interpretation:
Okay, so it's obvious that we already see the main theme of the album coming forward, Autotheism, which should no really need an explanation. This song simply opens with quite an ominous and dark tone and proclaims autotheism. I also notice the very mechanical sounds at the beginning of this song, which are present later in the album also - and they do not sound friendly, maybe that's intentional? I'll just assume it is.


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2. Autotheist Movement II: Emancipate

Lyrics:
An atrophied frame by an impotent rapture sustained
A god you will truly never see
"Thou shalt" unfurling in the wind
Rising above with an "I will"
The shrouded impulse of your self preservation
A flash of the fearful wickedness inside
Phantoms dreamt to life by the desperately lost
Despisers of life bound in other worldly hopes
Voices from above
Mere delusions of shame and guilt
Say goodnight to the voices in your head
You never heard them anyway
You might just be insane
I ascended carrying ashes
Upon my descent I carry my fire through the valleys
It's radiance outshines the wicked light
The sleepers are awakening with the falling of the sun
Casting the darkness into light
"Into a god's mask your dreadful coiling snake has crawled"
Now usurp the throne and possess creation
"Thou shalt" unfurling in the wind
Rising above with an "I will"
A purified mind
In the death of lies becomes alive
Extinguishing the fires of hell.

Interpretation:
Obviously it's basically more of the same, but something I want to note with the whole album: There is this "arrogance" in it which seems intentionally exaggerated. If you look at lines like "You might just be insane", "Now usurp the throne and possess creation", and just the tone of voice and instrumentals makes gives me the feeling that it's supposed to look just as arrogant as religion.


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3. Autotheist Movement III: Deconsecrate

Lyrics:
All rise for the black mass
We are gathered here today in the funeral of your faith
Angels set ablaze
Bask in the flames
GOD IS DEAD!
Rid your mind of guilt my child
GOD IS DEAD!
Let your sacrament wilt my child
In a godless universe with logic as the reigning scepter of power
Revel in the mysteries of our reality
Wisdom undefiled
In the shadows where secrets lie
Unrestricted wisdom grows in all directions
Evolutions grow forth from the grave of your faith
Bow your head in awe for our creation
Bring closer his withered throne to Earth
Lowering paradise within reach
BURN HEAVEN DOWN!
Nailed to the cross
Drained of it's blood
Piety dies
Crucify this lie
DEUS EST MORTUUS!
LOGICA OBTINET!
Evolved in fruition to deny the god of carnal opposition
There will be no judgement from above
Inherit the Earth
Possess what is left
Behold a vision blinded by guilt ridden righteousness
Mortal entombment of the mind
False beliefs abandoned in the shadows of the light.

Interpretation:
Again there's the same arrogance, and beynod that, there seems to be a bit of foolishness in how he actually shouts "GOD IS DEAD!", then immediately says "my child" afterwards, without saying anything else. I mean, this was also after proclaiming autotheism, so it already feels like it's saying "That God is dead, forget about him, worship me instead!" (with me referring to either biology or science, as we will see later in the album). Next, there's this viciousness that looks intentionally exaggerated to seem foolish, with the lines like: "Crucify this lie". Also note that there is circus music playing behind him saying "God is dead." etc., which makes it seem like the statements are not meant to be taken seriously? Lastly, we have this whole sequence of lines:

"Inherit the Earth
Possess what is left
Behold a vision blinded by guilt ridden righteousness
Mortal entombment of the mind"

I don't know if I'm interpreting it correctly, but the last two lines seem to be suggested as a result of following biology/science, and they certainly are not good. Also, the second line just sounds really arrogant, so I do not think it's serious. I could be wrong though, and the last two lines are actually referring to the state of affairs when real religion exists/existed.


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4. Accelerated Evolution

Lyrics:
An origin wreathed in darkness
Generated from the primordial storm
Thought is awakened in animalian form
Phenomenon breathes to pull forth infinity
A vibrational frequency
The labyrinth inside the elusive mind's eye
Measuring the intervals
Decoding the circuitry disguised
Cognizance expands and perpetuates
Don't be afraid to collapse into yourself
Vibrations pulsate
A molecular fate
Biology becoming indeterminably intertwined
With it's own accelerated evolution
We forge
We're growing
Biology becoming indeterminably intertwined
With a universe propelled in a turbulent design
A framework overflowing with life
In another step of evolution
Humanity moving beyond mortality
Endless sensation revealed in a spectrum of light
Phenomenon breathes to pull forth infinity
Restructured elemental design
A birth and a merging of minds
A perceptual gaze dismantling the limitations of time
Cognizance expands and perpetuates
My skeleton rearranges itself beneath the surface of my skin
Don't be afraid to collapse into yourself
Vibrations pulsate
A molecular fate
Biology becoming indeterminably intertwined
With it's own accelerated evolution
We forge
We're growing
Biology becoming indeterminably intertwined
With a universe propelled in a turbulent design
A framework overflowing with life

Interpretation:
There is not a lot to say about the song, but there are mechanical sounds at the beginning again. Also:

"Don't be afraid to collapse into yourself
Vibrations pulsate
A molecular fate"

Sounds like a materialist urging you to become a zombie. I'm not sure if the writer of the lyrics sees it that way or not, but he does mention "Phenomenon", so maybe he is not a materialist? So not being a materialist would go along with this album being a criticism of scientism (or transhumanism) as an extension of religion.


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5. The Eidolon Reality

Lyrics:
Within a projected reality of objective physicality
Lies a false sense of universal disconnection
We are an indivisible whole separated by perspective
And at a greater depth,
Lies the holographic structure painted upon the cosmos
Gaze beyond the matrix
Beyond the eidolon reality, blinding me, a connection unfolds
Past, present and future interpenetration
Subatomic communication
Sacred geometrics of superior precognition
Within a projected reality of objective physicality
Lies a false sense of universal disconnection
We are an indivisible whole separated by perspective
And at a greater depth, lies the holographic structure
The mental landscapes withheld in the confines of the matrix
A quantum disconnection from the realm of actuality
Beyond the eidolon reality, blinding me, a connection unfolds
Within a projected reality of objective physicality
Black hole portals of zero-point energy manifesting infinity

Interpretation:
I don't really get the point of this song so I'm not going to comment on it.


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6. Ten Billion Years

Lyrics:
I am the alpha
I am the omega
As I will it, so it shall be
Rise to your feet
Stake your claim here and now
A servent to no wraith
To no master
I will serve only my will
And I shall create
Wielding chaos
Harnessing the power to rule my dominion
I commit the obligation unto me
The random chance of consciousness
A path forged in ten billion years
Bestoweth the fruits of triumph unto me
The random chance of consciousness
A path forged in ten billion years
Giving way to acceleration
Sculpt of monument of the now
A servent to no wraith
To no master
I will serve only my will
At my table there's no place for your rituals of grace
I will drink to myself for I know there's nothing else
Words of faith reflect your fear
Thinly veiled but far too clear
And if my truth shatters yours than be baptized in it's flame
Sculpt of monument of the now
The random chance of consciousness
A path forged in ten billion years
Giving way to acceleration
And in turn breeds new creation.

Interpretation:
Here we see something pretty similar to the first song, but using even more language of religions, yet from the perspective of biology. I feel like it's just plainly saying: The "true" religion is to worship ourselves as gods. Combined with the low and dark tones of this song, it really sounds like a bad thing. I also noticed some "choir" voices around 2:10 that sort of sound like church choirs or something.


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7. Hail Science

Lyrics:
A day is now near when all of mankind will bow to a new god
A god known as knowledge that will abolish the archaic belief systems designed for those who fear their own mortality
Science is on the verge of _________ concepts of mythological superstitions to enlighten(?) and look to a new age of self-empowerment
An age of unfathomable possibility
An age of prosperty
An age of universal advancement and understanding
An age in which The Faceless will have to say: We told you so.

Interpretation:
Would they REALLY put "The faceless will have to say: we told you so." if they agreed with this? It seems like it would just be really, really, really silly and they would think it's too cheesy.


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8. Hymn Of Sanity

Lyrics:
Bring forth oh glorious knowledge and crown it king of all
The Earth is round, surely this I know
For irrefutable evidence tells me so
Slowly we approach it
SCIENCE IS RISEN!
The framework of veracity
This I seek for clarity
Reveal the path to certainty
PRAISE TO SCIENCE ETERNALLY!
"Brothers and sisters! Free your bodies
From the contempt of a soul.
Let it die with archaic ideals.
The only heaven and hell
Are the ones you make for yourself right here and now.
ACCEPT SCIENCE INTO YOUR LIFE!"
It rules in Earth and sky
Now we live no more to die
SCIENCE IS RISEN!

Interpretation:
Ridiculously "cheesy" praising of science as a religion, and with the tone of their music combined with the rest of the lyrics, I can't accept that they're serious about that. I am pretty sure they are criticising the attitude of "praise science". If they seriously refer to science like this, that would be really, really stupid.


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9. In Solitude

Lyrics:
Walk with me to my mountain's top
From it's vantage point
Is mourning on the faces of those who sleep
Sleep with no dreams
Follow me and I will show you where to follow yourself
In solitude above
Watching down below
Upon my shoulders collecting is the snow
Overwhelmed in a grievous revelation
Peering through exhausted pale eyes
Into darkness, where the antiquated lie
The winter of distress
Beneath the weight of knowledge
The frostbitten paths to salvation
Are strewn with unmarked graves
Overwhelmed in a grievous revelation
Peering through exhausted pale eyes
Into darkness, where the antiquated lie
And so I wander as the thief in the night
These lonesome footsteps steal only your burden
And where it's wait (weight?) lie, I leave the alms of truth
A proclamation falling onto deaf ears.

Interpretation:
Well, firstly,
"Is mourning on the faces of those who sleep, Sleep with no dreams"
sounds like it's referring to zombies. :D

Next,
"In solitude above
Watching down below
Upon my shoulders collecting is the snow"
and
"And so I wander as the thief in the night
These lonesome footsteps steal only your burden
And where it's wait (weight?) lie, I leave the alms of truth
A proclamation falling onto deaf ears."

These do not really seem like something that a person would say if they agreed with the previous song, because I do not really think it's such a "lonesome" or "in solitude" position to have. It seems like, while they are still a minority, it is quite popular among pseudointellectuals to have the position of scientism or transhumanism. I also notice that all of the silly arrogance/religious words are gone in this song, and it no longer refers to biology, religion, science, or anything directly related. In combination with that, it has a more positive and less dark tone than the rest of the songs. The mood is just a lot different, it's hard to explain. The mood of this song reminds me of Sybreed in some ways. It does refer to knowledge, but acts like knowledge is more of a burden while the other songs seem act like it's... an "end" that should be a "glorious" goal of existence or something.

I do not really know how else to explain what I am understanding from this song, but hopefully the difference in mood + lyrics are now brought to your attention, and you will see what I mean.

I think this is the only completely serious song on the album, although "the eidolon reality" might be serious too. I do not really understand that song though, so I can't be sure.