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.
There is no memory of you
With the day on your face
Just late night, bar light
A street lamp, a movement bedside
Does that feel right?
Falling apart before sunrise
As if we're afraid that
The sun on our skin
Will start fires
We don't care
We don't seem to care
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
When we connect
Listen to sirens cry
Not finding their crime scenes
And the loose sparks outside
Their cat calls and ill means
Some kinks are never
Meant to be worked out
The more that you feel them
The more you need their doubt
We don't care
We don't seem to care
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
We don't care
We don't seem to care
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
When we connect
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
When we connect
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
With the day on your face
Just late night, bar light
A street lamp, a movement bedside
Does that feel right?
Falling apart before sunrise
As if we're afraid that
The sun on our skin
Will start fires
We don't care
We don't seem to care
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
When we connect
Listen to sirens cry
Not finding their crime scenes
And the loose sparks outside
Their cat calls and ill means
Some kinks are never
Meant to be worked out
The more that you feel them
The more you need their doubt
We don't care
We don't seem to care
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
We don't care
We don't seem to care
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
When we connect
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
When we connect
Each of these nights
Seem to connect
Each of these nights
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What album is this song on? Live only?