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.
we walked by the river
sat and talked by the river
i'm sure i've seen this place before
but tomorrow i'm going home
i'm going home
and i never realised
the beauty of your eyes
would have me crying like a child on the floor
didn't think i'd get to see you anymore
and everybody wants to know her name
i've had enough you're driving me insane
i sit on a bus and realise
what i've lost and
i remember how things were
lets take a walk through the city
to the west end if you'll let me?
i know we've drank in this bar before
but we've never been to stereo
and now i know
you were a model
but i hate models
because people kiss their arse on the phone
whilst people kiss her arse i'm all alone.
and everybody wants to know her name
i've had enough because you don't feel this pain
i sit on a bus and realise
what i've lost and
i remember how things were
Instrumental
and everybody wants to know her name
i've had enough because you don't feel this pain
i sit on a bus and realise
what i've lost and
i remember how things were
sat and talked by the river
i'm sure i've seen this place before
but tomorrow i'm going home
i'm going home
and i never realised
the beauty of your eyes
would have me crying like a child on the floor
didn't think i'd get to see you anymore
and everybody wants to know her name
i've had enough you're driving me insane
i sit on a bus and realise
what i've lost and
i remember how things were
lets take a walk through the city
to the west end if you'll let me?
i know we've drank in this bar before
but we've never been to stereo
and now i know
you were a model
but i hate models
because people kiss their arse on the phone
whilst people kiss her arse i'm all alone.
and everybody wants to know her name
i've had enough because you don't feel this pain
i sit on a bus and realise
what i've lost and
i remember how things were
Instrumental
and everybody wants to know her name
i've had enough because you don't feel this pain
i sit on a bus and realise
what i've lost and
i remember how things were
Lyrics submitted by levelchange
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