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.
Hachigatsu itsuka doyoubi sora ni kumo wa naku Biru no
saijoukai kara kizukeba wakare wo tsugete Hachigatsu mikka
mokuyoubi boku no kokoro ni kizu ga Roku dome no kizu
zutazuta ni nari subete kowarete shimae subete Deatte hajimete kizuita jibun no orokasa woHito wo
shinjirarenai mama hito wo kizukete iru toNaze mata boku
wa kimi no koto wo korizu ni ai suru noKoushite boku wa
aisuru koto wo wasurerarenai you da demoShinjiru
koto wa shiawaku kizukarenai you niHitori de naite ita
kimi ni wakaranu youKore ijou, kore ijou wa
kizutsukitakunaiDemo ima dake wa kimi dake wo aishite
itakattaWasureyou to shita toki mo aru kedo ima wa
dakishimetaiShinjiru koto ga shiawaku kimi no kako
wo shittaWasurerarenai no wa kimi no kata na no niKore ijou, kore ijou wa kizutsukitakunaiDemo kimi
dake wo chikara tsuyoku dakishimerarenaiHachigatsu
itsuka hareta kumo no nai sora no naka deMou saigo da ne
jimen ni hirogaru jibun wo mitsumeKimi wo daite,
kimi wo mitsumeKimi wo aishi, kimi wo omou
Lyrics submitted by Nali
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I love this song. Especially the chorus.