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.
Pushed up against the ropes, you wouldn't last another round
I never wished for you to suffer like this
You would not listen
Pushed up against the ropes, you wouldn't last another round
I never wished for you to suffer like this
You would not listen
We will survive, the strong, the fortunate, the never ending
We will survive through thick and thin
We will survive, the strong, the fortunate, the never ending
We will survive through thick and thin
Looking in the mirror, seeing a trouble reflection (Reflection, reflection)
This is our darkest hour
This is our darkest hour
Darkest hour
Remember what you said when we waved our goodbyes
Remember what you said when we waved our goodbyes
We're all dead in the end, so live life while you can
So live life while you can
You've abandoned all of us
You've abandoned me
You've abandoned all of us
You've abandoned me
You've abandoned all of us
We've forgiven you, so forgive yourself
We've forgiven you, so forgive yourself
We've forgiven you, so forgive yourself
We will survive, the strong, the fortunate, the never ending
We will survive through thick and thin
Pushed up against the ropes, you wouldn't last another round
I never wished for you to suffer like this
You would not listen
I have little sympathy for this divorce story
Stand in front of the jury, with no happy ending
With no happy ending
With no happy ending
With no happy ending
With no happy ending
I never wished for you to suffer like this
You would not listen
Pushed up against the ropes, you wouldn't last another round
I never wished for you to suffer like this
You would not listen
We will survive, the strong, the fortunate, the never ending
We will survive through thick and thin
We will survive, the strong, the fortunate, the never ending
We will survive through thick and thin
Looking in the mirror, seeing a trouble reflection (Reflection, reflection)
This is our darkest hour
This is our darkest hour
Darkest hour
Remember what you said when we waved our goodbyes
Remember what you said when we waved our goodbyes
We're all dead in the end, so live life while you can
So live life while you can
You've abandoned all of us
You've abandoned me
You've abandoned all of us
You've abandoned me
You've abandoned all of us
We've forgiven you, so forgive yourself
We've forgiven you, so forgive yourself
We've forgiven you, so forgive yourself
We will survive, the strong, the fortunate, the never ending
We will survive through thick and thin
Pushed up against the ropes, you wouldn't last another round
I never wished for you to suffer like this
You would not listen
I have little sympathy for this divorce story
Stand in front of the jury, with no happy ending
With no happy ending
With no happy ending
With no happy ending
With no happy ending
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Sounds like either a guy or a girl wants to leave their family and even though he/she is gone they "will survive through thick and thin." And though he/he left, they've forgiven. It doesn't really sound like something August Burns Red would sing about, but it's just a thought.