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.
Run!
Since the master has sent us
We proclaim the end of us
Of the riders of inquinity
Feed his ulcer of envy
The truth is like a tempest
It comes to you and you can hear it
To announce the news is so bitter
And it's coming here to destroy it
Dying in the night as they lay
We announce the coming of Doomsday
No mercy will be shown
Run, run or be overthrown
The truth is a chorus of wind
No angel comes to avenge you
These days are your last
It will break you like little sticks
It comes to you as perdition
The truth is a chorus of wind
No angel comes to avenge you
These days are your last
It will break you like little sticks
Since the master has sent us
We proclaim the end of us
Of the riders of inquinity
Feed his ulcer of envy
The truth is like a tempest
It comes to you and you can hear it
To announce the news is so bitter
And it's coming here to destroy it
Dying in the night as they lay
We announce the coming of Doomsday
No mercy will be shown
Run, run or be overthrown
The truth is a chorus of wind
No angel comes to avenge you
These days are your last
It will break you like little sticks
It comes to you as perdition
The truth is a chorus of wind
No angel comes to avenge you
These days are your last
It will break you like little sticks
Lyrics submitted by John M
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The lyrics seem to be heavily inspired by several Torah/Bible passages predicting the End of Days, but I agree with the commentators on the German lyrics page that it could easily be about a mob hit, due largely in part to the sound effects inserted into the song. (Besides, on the Day of Final Judgement, what good will it do to run for your life, unless it is said in a mocking way? And let's face it: who is it that would have an "ulcer of envy"?)
However, I find that it can also be about an attack by an "army of darkness" (see Evil Dead, The Mummy Returns, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Sonny, Sora No Otoshimono (warning: will break your brain), Lord Of The Rings, etc.) or even just an invasion (see history, War Of The Worlds, Independence Day, Monsters Versus Aliens, Shadow The Hedgehog, etc.), in which cases the "master" is the "dark summoner", "evil overlord", "commander" or what have you.
My mistake: I didn't realize that both the German and English pages had only the original German. (?)