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 sit alone
A dark theater watchin' the people go by
Hand in hand
Everybody but me
Oh
I stay behind
Watchin' the credits roll by
Roll roll roll right by me
I know, I won't cry
'Cause there is somebody somebody somebody waitin' for me
Out in the rain
Won't cry
Not tonight
Because there is somebody waitin' for me
Oh yeah
I take a walk
The streets are busy tonight
And I am searching for you
Waiting to brush your shoulder
But I'm alone
I watch the faces roll by
Roll roll roll right by me
But I know, I won't cry
'Cause there's somebody somebody somebody waitin' for me
Out in the rain
Won't
Not tonight
Because there is somebody waitin' for me
How many words will go unspoken
Til I hear knocking upon my door,
I'm losing track of the nights I spend heartbroken
but tonight I know I won't cry no more
Oh
I lie awake
I left the porch light on
I hope it helps you to find your way
Outside
I hear the thunder roll by
Roll roll roll right by me
But I know, I won't cry
'Cause there is somebody somebody somebody waitin' for me
Out in the rain
Not gonna cry tonight
No cause there is somebody waitin' for me
Not gonna cry tonight
No
No no no no
Oh
Not gonna cry
Not tonight cause there is somebody waitin' for me
I stay behind
Watchin' the credits roll by
Roll roll roll right by me
A dark theater watchin' the people go by
Hand in hand
Everybody but me
Oh
I stay behind
Watchin' the credits roll by
Roll roll roll right by me
I know, I won't cry
'Cause there is somebody somebody somebody waitin' for me
Out in the rain
Won't cry
Not tonight
Because there is somebody waitin' for me
Oh yeah
I take a walk
The streets are busy tonight
And I am searching for you
Waiting to brush your shoulder
But I'm alone
I watch the faces roll by
Roll roll roll right by me
But I know, I won't cry
'Cause there's somebody somebody somebody waitin' for me
Out in the rain
Won't
Not tonight
Because there is somebody waitin' for me
How many words will go unspoken
Til I hear knocking upon my door,
I'm losing track of the nights I spend heartbroken
but tonight I know I won't cry no more
Oh
I lie awake
I left the porch light on
I hope it helps you to find your way
Outside
I hear the thunder roll by
Roll roll roll right by me
But I know, I won't cry
'Cause there is somebody somebody somebody waitin' for me
Out in the rain
Not gonna cry tonight
No cause there is somebody waitin' for me
Not gonna cry tonight
No
No no no no
Oh
Not gonna cry
Not tonight cause there is somebody waitin' for me
I stay behind
Watchin' the credits roll by
Roll roll roll right by me
Lyrics submitted by sammy_the_piggay, edited by iholdher
Somebody Lyrics as written by Bonnie Leigh Mckee
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this song's lyrics are by far the best ever. I can totally relate to them, and i'm sure everyone else can too. the lyrics are saying that there's someone out there even though it may not seem like it. we just have to be patient and keep looking and not feel so alone.