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.
Sittin' out here on the hood of this truck lookin' up
At a caramel colored sunset sky
Checking my watch, doin' the math in my head
Countin' backwards from when you said goodbye
Well, those runway lights are getting brighter.
I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Take off and fly
Tryin' to figure out which one you might be on
And why you don't love me anymore
Right now I'm sittin' out here watchin' airplanes.
I wouldn't of lied, couldn't of cried
Shouldn't have tried harder
Done anything to make you stay
I wonder what you'd do if you looked out your window
And saw me runnin' down the runway
Just like I was crazy
But that fence is too high, so am I.
I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Take off and fly
Tryin' to figure out which one you might be on
And why you don't love me anymore.
By now, I know, you're 30 thousand feet above me
But a million miles away, a million miles away
By now, I know, I know I'd act like you don"t love me.
I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Take off and fly.
I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Take off and fly
Tryin' to figure out which one you might be on
And why you don't love me anymore.
Yea, I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Now bye, bye, bye
I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Baby, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye...
At a caramel colored sunset sky
Checking my watch, doin' the math in my head
Countin' backwards from when you said goodbye
Well, those runway lights are getting brighter.
I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Take off and fly
Tryin' to figure out which one you might be on
And why you don't love me anymore
Right now I'm sittin' out here watchin' airplanes.
I wouldn't of lied, couldn't of cried
Shouldn't have tried harder
Done anything to make you stay
I wonder what you'd do if you looked out your window
And saw me runnin' down the runway
Just like I was crazy
But that fence is too high, so am I.
I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Take off and fly
Tryin' to figure out which one you might be on
And why you don't love me anymore.
By now, I know, you're 30 thousand feet above me
But a million miles away, a million miles away
By now, I know, I know I'd act like you don"t love me.
I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Take off and fly.
I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Take off and fly
Tryin' to figure out which one you might be on
And why you don't love me anymore.
Yea, I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Now bye, bye, bye
I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplanes
Baby, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye...
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i love this song. i think it can be interpreted in so many ways and thats why i love it so much. i think its about a broken relationship but thats just my opinion