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.
It's down to this
I've got to make this life make sense
Can anyone tell what I've done?
I miss the life
I miss the colors of the world
Can anyone tell where I am?
'Cause now again I found myself so far down
Away from the sun that shines into the darkest place
I'm so far down
Away from the sun again
Away from the sun again
Well, I'm over this
I'm tired of living and I'm dark
Can anyone see me down here?
The feeling's gone
There's nothing left to lift me up
Back into the world I know
'Cause now again I found myself so far down
Away from the sun that shines into the darkest place
I'm so far down, away from the sun
That shines to light the way for me
To find my way back into the arms
That care about the ones like me
I'm so far down
Away from the sun again
Oh no, yeah, oh no
It's down to this
I've got to make this life make sense
And now I can't tell what I've done
Now again I found myself so far down, away from the sun
That shines to light the way for me
'Cause now again I found myself so far down
Away from the sun that shines into the darkest place
I'm so far down, away from the sun
That shines to light the way for me
To find my way back into the arms
That care about the ones like me
I'm so far down
Away from the sun again
Oh no, yeah
I'm gone
I've got to make this life make sense
Can anyone tell what I've done?
I miss the life
I miss the colors of the world
Can anyone tell where I am?
'Cause now again I found myself so far down
Away from the sun that shines into the darkest place
I'm so far down
Away from the sun again
Away from the sun again
Well, I'm over this
I'm tired of living and I'm dark
Can anyone see me down here?
The feeling's gone
There's nothing left to lift me up
Back into the world I know
'Cause now again I found myself so far down
Away from the sun that shines into the darkest place
I'm so far down, away from the sun
That shines to light the way for me
To find my way back into the arms
That care about the ones like me
I'm so far down
Away from the sun again
Oh no, yeah, oh no
It's down to this
I've got to make this life make sense
And now I can't tell what I've done
Now again I found myself so far down, away from the sun
That shines to light the way for me
'Cause now again I found myself so far down
Away from the sun that shines into the darkest place
I'm so far down, away from the sun
That shines to light the way for me
To find my way back into the arms
That care about the ones like me
I'm so far down
Away from the sun again
Oh no, yeah
I'm gone
Lyrics submitted by Desaparecida
Away from the Sun Lyrics as written by Matt Roberts Bradley Kirk Arnold
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This song is about depression, missing when you enjoyed life but now it isn't great anymore and you feel an emptiness inside, the singer must've been here once before and is now down again and wants to find a way up but he can't seem to find anything that helps anymore... I've been there many times myself, this song is an awesome song, one I can really relate too.