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.
Hello beautiful
What's your story this time?
It's Friday night
Your time to leave it all behind
But beneath the shortwaves
And radio stations
The stereo tells this empty message
You're driving to far
And too fast
I bet you won't see the stop sign
Just like a rain-soaked firefly
Caught in the storm
You're trying to find a way out
Trying to find a way out
Wind tossed and blown
Running from all you've known
You're trying to find a way out
Still trying to find a way out
You can't apologize
For something you never did
And staring at his photography
It's not going to let you forget
The sky opened up and you fell in
Looking for answers
To questions you don't even understand
You can't apologize for something that you never did
It's best to just stop trying because you'll never forget
Those nights you fell asleep singing in the back seat
Reciting every word and singing loud the melody
Hoping for another chance to make it out alive
And wondering if the world will change to give you a try
Letting go of everything you wish you'd have known
And not giving any second thought to what you were shown
Don't hold me back, you don't know me that well
You'll never forget
You'll never forget
Those nights
What's your story this time?
It's Friday night
Your time to leave it all behind
But beneath the shortwaves
And radio stations
The stereo tells this empty message
You're driving to far
And too fast
I bet you won't see the stop sign
Just like a rain-soaked firefly
Caught in the storm
You're trying to find a way out
Trying to find a way out
Wind tossed and blown
Running from all you've known
You're trying to find a way out
Still trying to find a way out
You can't apologize
For something you never did
And staring at his photography
It's not going to let you forget
The sky opened up and you fell in
Looking for answers
To questions you don't even understand
You can't apologize for something that you never did
It's best to just stop trying because you'll never forget
Those nights you fell asleep singing in the back seat
Reciting every word and singing loud the melody
Hoping for another chance to make it out alive
And wondering if the world will change to give you a try
Letting go of everything you wish you'd have known
And not giving any second thought to what you were shown
Don't hold me back, you don't know me that well
You'll never forget
You'll never forget
Those nights
Lyrics submitted by unwielding
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