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.
You drink your coffee
And I sip my tea
And we're sitting here
Playing so cool
Thinking, what will be will be
But's getting kind of late now
Oh I wonder if you'll stay now,
Stay now, stay now, stay now
Or will you just politely
Say goodnight.
I move a little closer to you
Not knowing quite what to do
And I'm feeling all finger and thumbs
I spill my tea
Oh silly me
But's getting kind of late now
I wonder if you'll stay now,
Stay now, stay now, stay now
Or will you just politely
Say goodnight.
And then we touch
Much too much
This moment has been waited for a long long time
Make me shiver, 'n' makes me quiver
This moment I'm so unsure
This moment I've waited for
Oh is it somerthing you've been waiting for
Waiting for too
Take up your eyes
Bare your soul
Gather me to you
And make me whole
Tell me your secrets
Sing me the song
Sing it to me in the silent tongue
But's getting kind of late now
I wonder if you'll stay now,
Stay now, stay now, stay now
Or will you just politely
Say goodnight.
And I sip my tea
And we're sitting here
Playing so cool
Thinking, what will be will be
But's getting kind of late now
Oh I wonder if you'll stay now,
Stay now, stay now, stay now
Or will you just politely
Say goodnight.
I move a little closer to you
Not knowing quite what to do
And I'm feeling all finger and thumbs
I spill my tea
Oh silly me
But's getting kind of late now
I wonder if you'll stay now,
Stay now, stay now, stay now
Or will you just politely
Say goodnight.
And then we touch
Much too much
This moment has been waited for a long long time
Make me shiver, 'n' makes me quiver
This moment I'm so unsure
This moment I've waited for
Oh is it somerthing you've been waiting for
Waiting for too
Take up your eyes
Bare your soul
Gather me to you
And make me whole
Tell me your secrets
Sing me the song
Sing it to me in the silent tongue
But's getting kind of late now
I wonder if you'll stay now,
Stay now, stay now, stay now
Or will you just politely
Say goodnight.
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I thought that the song could be taken to also mean if there will be a reconcilation in a relationship over the scale of a lifetime.... are you staying out...etc, etc