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.
I feel like something has
come to take me way
I feel like something has
done away with me
I am your victim
Feels like you're using me as prey
Lights getting dim
Feels like your're causing me to pay
Patience, conscience
Slowly slip in sin
I can't handle
Living freely in manufactured lives
I can't handle
My face has been molded by defeat
I can't handle
More lies breeding hatred in disguise
Maybe if I cared then you would sense my grief
I'm so washed over that nothing penetrates
Can't cut the strings
Feels like I'm rotting at the core
Stepped out of rhythm
And now it's causingme to pay
Patience, conscience
Slowly slip in sin
I can't handle
My face has been molded by defeat
I can't handle
more lies breeding hatred indisguise
Expiring in bitterness
Patience, conscience
Slowly slip in sin
I can't handle
Living freely in manufactured lives
I can't handle
My face has been molded by defeat
I can't handle
more lies breeding hatred indisguise
come to take me way
I feel like something has
done away with me
I am your victim
Feels like you're using me as prey
Lights getting dim
Feels like your're causing me to pay
Patience, conscience
Slowly slip in sin
I can't handle
Living freely in manufactured lives
I can't handle
My face has been molded by defeat
I can't handle
More lies breeding hatred in disguise
Maybe if I cared then you would sense my grief
I'm so washed over that nothing penetrates
Can't cut the strings
Feels like I'm rotting at the core
Stepped out of rhythm
And now it's causingme to pay
Patience, conscience
Slowly slip in sin
I can't handle
My face has been molded by defeat
I can't handle
more lies breeding hatred indisguise
Expiring in bitterness
Patience, conscience
Slowly slip in sin
I can't handle
Living freely in manufactured lives
I can't handle
My face has been molded by defeat
I can't handle
more lies breeding hatred indisguise
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Oh ya this song really kicks ass the guitar riffs and song structure are so good not to mention the lyrics. I can't wait to hear some of their new stuff!