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're seeking perfection,
But your disillusions are
Leading to destruction
You're bleeding for salvation,
But you can't see,
That you are the damnation,
Itself.
Your hatred's growing on
It's growing strong
And the devil's born
Releasing poison to a mind
Which is already torn
Last days of innocence
Now waste your self
Have no regrets
Tomorrow it's too late
You'll lose your soul
You'll burn in hell
How many years will you bleed
So many devils to feed
How long time to suffer
Is eternity
Disease is moving on
It's spreading on
It's getting strong
Black harmony tonight
Too late to leave
Too late to hide
Cold wind which blows inside
Can tell the truth you lost,
You died
The final ride is here
You'll see the truth
Shall have no fear
How many years will you bleed
So many devils to feed
How long time to suffer
Is eternity
How many years will you bleed
So many devils to feed
How long time to suffer
Is eternity
How many years have you been
Black hearted and mean
No rest for your soul
There will be no divinity
But your disillusions are
Leading to destruction
You're bleeding for salvation,
But you can't see,
That you are the damnation,
Itself.
Your hatred's growing on
It's growing strong
And the devil's born
Releasing poison to a mind
Which is already torn
Last days of innocence
Now waste your self
Have no regrets
Tomorrow it's too late
You'll lose your soul
You'll burn in hell
How many years will you bleed
So many devils to feed
How long time to suffer
Is eternity
Disease is moving on
It's spreading on
It's getting strong
Black harmony tonight
Too late to leave
Too late to hide
Cold wind which blows inside
Can tell the truth you lost,
You died
The final ride is here
You'll see the truth
Shall have no fear
How many years will you bleed
So many devils to feed
How long time to suffer
Is eternity
How many years will you bleed
So many devils to feed
How long time to suffer
Is eternity
How many years have you been
Black hearted and mean
No rest for your soul
There will be no divinity
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hell yes northern power!
which is by no means a racial thing, mind you
his song is about the sinner who keeps doing wrong things...and he shall burn in hell...my personal favourite...
Okay, it sounds like he's talking about someone who strives to be perfect and probably resents people for their flaws rather than accepting them. Because of this, they are actually going in the opposite direction from perfection and moving towards hell.