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 receive
Your signal
So you see
I found you out
Shoot the lights we'll get out right and follow this heart
Shoot the lights we'll get out right and follow this heart
Something fades away
I never lost you
Circle my mistakes
I never lost you for good
Ain't I something
I feel nothing
I could never hide
Am I bluffing
Am I just denied?
[Chorus]
Mirror, mirror
Reflect this scream
I've held my belief
Beside these dreams
I can't guess where we'll be tomorrow
Just one wish
Rumours of tomorrow
Can I face tomorrow with you?
To the nines
You want it all
I perceive you'll sell me out
Shoot the lights we'll get out right and swallow this heart
Shoot the lights we'll get out right in time
[Chorus]
Can I face tomorrow with you?
Can I face tomorrow with you?
Drag me to the hollows and choose
The lanterns swing, the swans lie low
We stand alone
Ain't I something
I feel nothing
I can't help but try
Am I bluffing
Have I just denied?
Mirror, mirror
I've lingered long
Perchance to dream the sweetest dream
Mirror, mirror
Reflect this scream
For dreams that long to be
Can I face tomorrow with you?
Can I face tomorrow with you?
Drag me to the hollows and choose alone
Choose the loss
Choose the sea
The longest walk
Your signal
So you see
I found you out
Shoot the lights we'll get out right and follow this heart
Shoot the lights we'll get out right and follow this heart
Something fades away
I never lost you
Circle my mistakes
I never lost you for good
Ain't I something
I feel nothing
I could never hide
Am I bluffing
Am I just denied?
[Chorus]
Mirror, mirror
Reflect this scream
I've held my belief
Beside these dreams
I can't guess where we'll be tomorrow
Just one wish
Rumours of tomorrow
Can I face tomorrow with you?
To the nines
You want it all
I perceive you'll sell me out
Shoot the lights we'll get out right and swallow this heart
Shoot the lights we'll get out right in time
[Chorus]
Can I face tomorrow with you?
Can I face tomorrow with you?
Drag me to the hollows and choose
The lanterns swing, the swans lie low
We stand alone
Ain't I something
I feel nothing
I can't help but try
Am I bluffing
Have I just denied?
Mirror, mirror
I've lingered long
Perchance to dream the sweetest dream
Mirror, mirror
Reflect this scream
For dreams that long to be
Can I face tomorrow with you?
Can I face tomorrow with you?
Drag me to the hollows and choose alone
Choose the loss
Choose the sea
The longest walk
Lyrics submitted by lunaofthegrayskies
Dia Lyrics as written by William Patrick Corgan
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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lol i agreewith stupid_name
as to the meaning of the song, i think it speaks about a broken relationship, yes, but it has like two parts... so the first is when they're trying to solve their problems "we'll get out right and follow this heart"... and he wonder whether the relationship will continue, but in the end it doesn't work out ("we'll get out right and swallow this heart") because despite all the effort, the beliefs and screams he held, he was dragged to the hollows, and chose alone the loss.
So apparently he would have been the one who left her, or lingered too long...