What do u think it means when he said 'the banished ones wanted compensation for their time spent in the palace b4 the exile' 'the wise one obliged & granted them an invisible deed'???

Means we're dealing with a complete and utter... [censored]

IT MEANS THEY WANTED TO BE PAID FOR THE WORK THEY DID FROM THE TIME THEY WERE THERE TILL THEY WERE LET GO...IN OTHER WEORDS..."WHEN WILL WE B PAID"...IT REMINDS U OF THE LEGAL BATTLE PRINCE HAD WITH WARNER BROS...REMEMBER???

It means I'm bitter.

So no one really knows then?

this line always left me clueless!

I always understood it as referring to Satan's world being given a time to rule over humanity. It's an invisible deed cuz it's false and does not offer everlasting life.

NuPwrSoul said:

yeah wasnt that obvious to everyone else

it was Mayte and Friends wanting money 4 working on projects at paisley park ... so he payed them 2 shut them up... the invisible deed was that he kept quiet about it ... and did not make it public ... she turned in2 a Bitch thats what that album is about ,,, thats why he finds manni later on in the album ... hince Muse 2 the Pharo

NPS - how did you get that? The Wise One is not Satan, so whatever the invisible deed is, it was one that was enough to silence the noise of the non-believers and make them return to MendaCity.

I do not profess to know what this deed was, but it certainly has no evil connotations. I think the main point is that while the non-believers are unruly and unreasonable (making demands for compensation etc), the Wise One can remain calm and assured, safe in the knowledge that he knows the truth and that he will eventually win over the Banished Ones. The peaceful approach, the invisible deed, is enough to quell the clamour whilst focus is centred on the Work.

Just my take, but I can't see anything that refers this passage to Satan.