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.
Star bright, so stunning and brilliant
The circle keeps spinning around me
My love, my god, what have I done to you
I've lost my one in a million
I go insane a thousand times
My circle of friends is shrinking down
I get so far down I can only hope
I jump through the way, it gets lonely now
It keeps spinning around me
It keeps spinning around me
It keeps spinning around me
For Tuesday I walk to the village
And I know that my vote doesn't count any more
I got my opinions about you
I keep them inside of the ballet box
I stuff all my thoughts and my feelings down
I get so far down I got too far gone
I've lost my one in a million
Disappears my ballet is gone
(Reaching out)
Taking my hand
Oh you make me understand that life is too short now
(Reaching out)
And we don't have the time that we had
When we were younger
My love, my god, I am sorry
For everything we've been through
When I cry, I see millions of circles
And the sky so blue
No body deserves to be lonely
No one should be left alone
Because time doesn't wait it will probably accelerate
As the days and the months and the years go by
When I cry, I see millions of circles
When I cry, I see millions of circles now
My love, my god, I am sorry
For everything we've been through
When I cry, I see millions of circles
And the sky so blue
The circle keeps spinning around me
My love, my god, what have I done to you
I've lost my one in a million
I go insane a thousand times
My circle of friends is shrinking down
I get so far down I can only hope
I jump through the way, it gets lonely now
It keeps spinning around me
It keeps spinning around me
It keeps spinning around me
For Tuesday I walk to the village
And I know that my vote doesn't count any more
I got my opinions about you
I keep them inside of the ballet box
I stuff all my thoughts and my feelings down
I get so far down I got too far gone
I've lost my one in a million
Disappears my ballet is gone
(Reaching out)
Taking my hand
Oh you make me understand that life is too short now
(Reaching out)
And we don't have the time that we had
When we were younger
My love, my god, I am sorry
For everything we've been through
When I cry, I see millions of circles
And the sky so blue
No body deserves to be lonely
No one should be left alone
Because time doesn't wait it will probably accelerate
As the days and the months and the years go by
When I cry, I see millions of circles
When I cry, I see millions of circles now
My love, my god, I am sorry
For everything we've been through
When I cry, I see millions of circles
And the sky so blue
Lyrics submitted by hardcor_toonz
Circles Lyrics as written by Robert Arthur Mould
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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Incredible song...
My love, my god, I am sorry