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.
Twenty-five, all of these mixed emotions tangled up in pure confusion
It's hard to let go of the past, but it seems easier as time is movin'
Well, you said he makes you laugh and he makes you happy
He sees you smilin' back; it is everlasting
And so he's tailor made for you
With stunning golds and hues
And once we told us to
Your persistent beating heart; it's just a start
And I'm seeing you everyday
Never been like this before
It's tailor made (tailor, tailor made)
So let go all of the mixed emotions
Forget all your hesitations
Together entwined inside this feeling
Your feet off the ground, headed ceilin'
But then he whispered in your ear
He's absolutely fallen
The words he said are clear
Don't insist on stallin'
Because he's tailor made for you
With stunning golds and hues
And once we told us to
Your persistent beating heart; it's just a start
And I'm seeing you everyday
We've never been like this before
Tailor made
Whoa, sister, don't be troubled
Whoa, sister, please, be kind
'Cause this isn't what you're used to at all
He's tailor made for you
With stunning golds and hues
And once we told us to
Your persistent beating heart; it's just a start
And I'm seeing you everyday
We've never been like this before
It's tailor made (tailor, tailor made)
Ooo
It's hard to let go of the past, but it seems easier as time is movin'
Well, you said he makes you laugh and he makes you happy
He sees you smilin' back; it is everlasting
And so he's tailor made for you
With stunning golds and hues
And once we told us to
Your persistent beating heart; it's just a start
And I'm seeing you everyday
Never been like this before
It's tailor made (tailor, tailor made)
So let go all of the mixed emotions
Forget all your hesitations
Together entwined inside this feeling
Your feet off the ground, headed ceilin'
But then he whispered in your ear
He's absolutely fallen
The words he said are clear
Don't insist on stallin'
Because he's tailor made for you
With stunning golds and hues
And once we told us to
Your persistent beating heart; it's just a start
And I'm seeing you everyday
We've never been like this before
Tailor made
Whoa, sister, don't be troubled
Whoa, sister, please, be kind
'Cause this isn't what you're used to at all
He's tailor made for you
With stunning golds and hues
And once we told us to
Your persistent beating heart; it's just a start
And I'm seeing you everyday
We've never been like this before
It's tailor made (tailor, tailor made)
Ooo
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