So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
daddy i just want to let you know
whatever happens i wont let go
ill hold you hand
right till the end
and this i promise, ok?
IT WAS YOUR HANDS THAT GOT ME THROUGH
HOLDING YOUR HANDS SO THAT YOU KNEW
YOU ARE LOVED AND YOU ARE SAFE
NOTHING ELSE WILL HAPPEN
CUZ DADDY I LOVE YOU
you scared the hell out of me
me and momma, too
daddy im so sorry
i didnt know what to do
but i wand you to know (chorus)
momma didnt remember anything
i had to tell them for her
daddy i was so scared
they took you away
i never cried so hard (chorus)
daddy you looked so sick
in that small hospital bed
you opened your eyes - looked at me
but not a word was said
you just need to remember (chorus)
they acted like they didnt care
doctors nurses everywhere
you should have been their priority
all their tests - when would they be done
this is my promise to you (chorus)
i remember holding your hand
and later looking at my own
and i rememeber thinking
"these remind me of daddys hands"
but please dont forget (chorus 2x)
daddy i miss you
when you coming home?
those hands
familiar hands, daddy (chorus)
i love you daddy
whatever happens i wont let go
ill hold you hand
right till the end
and this i promise, ok?
IT WAS YOUR HANDS THAT GOT ME THROUGH
HOLDING YOUR HANDS SO THAT YOU KNEW
YOU ARE LOVED AND YOU ARE SAFE
NOTHING ELSE WILL HAPPEN
CUZ DADDY I LOVE YOU
you scared the hell out of me
me and momma, too
daddy im so sorry
i didnt know what to do
but i wand you to know (chorus)
momma didnt remember anything
i had to tell them for her
daddy i was so scared
they took you away
i never cried so hard (chorus)
daddy you looked so sick
in that small hospital bed
you opened your eyes - looked at me
but not a word was said
you just need to remember (chorus)
they acted like they didnt care
doctors nurses everywhere
you should have been their priority
all their tests - when would they be done
this is my promise to you (chorus)
i remember holding your hand
and later looking at my own
and i rememeber thinking
"these remind me of daddys hands"
but please dont forget (chorus 2x)
daddy i miss you
when you coming home?
those hands
familiar hands, daddy (chorus)
i love you daddy
Lyrics submitted by kittieluver3
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i wrote this song after my dad had his first seizure on may 5 2002.... this pretty much describes it in my eyes