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.
You used to take your watch off before we made love
You didn't want to share our time with anyone
You used to close your eyes when we kissed goodbye
You didn't want to see me draped in sadness
And now there's nothing here, now there's nothing here at all
In a loft conversion off new north road
You were here I was here there was something real here
I know there was
You know I still adore you
But in a different kind of way
You know I still adore you
But things have gotten vague
Baby I don't ask for much but things have gotten convenient
You know I still adore you but things, have kind of changed
And to think I laughed at you
For how you saw the world, with all that empty space inside your hear
I have to cling to things now, doubles and cigarettes
Forever trying to find you on the lips, of someone else
Just take me back, to the start
When your earthquake, was just cracks
You must ask yourself everyday
Just how high, are the highs
You didn't want to share our time with anyone
You used to close your eyes when we kissed goodbye
You didn't want to see me draped in sadness
And now there's nothing here, now there's nothing here at all
In a loft conversion off new north road
You were here I was here there was something real here
I know there was
You know I still adore you
But in a different kind of way
You know I still adore you
But things have gotten vague
Baby I don't ask for much but things have gotten convenient
You know I still adore you but things, have kind of changed
And to think I laughed at you
For how you saw the world, with all that empty space inside your hear
I have to cling to things now, doubles and cigarettes
Forever trying to find you on the lips, of someone else
Just take me back, to the start
When your earthquake, was just cracks
You must ask yourself everyday
Just how high, are the highs
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Trojan Horse Lyrics as written by Kele Okereke Gordon Moakes
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I agree with darkfrankhs' sentiments. (Perhaps not with the suggestion that the title is a reference to a sexual innuendo, but definitely in the sense that the title refers to deception). In my opinion, this song reflects on a moment of sudden clarity experienced by the central character, upon realising that the 'love' he felt was merely infatuation, that he had mistaken for love.
'You know I still adore you But things have kinda changed'
I think a common experience for people as they grow up and have romantic relationships is the realisation that the way they feel for their partner may have changed, and in certain cases the person they are with may also have changed.
'You used to take your watch off before we made love You didn't want to share our time with anyone'
Again this is only my opinion, but it appears this song focuses also on the way people fall in love with the preconception they have of another person, more then the actually person themselves and enevitably when their partner doesn't match up, the person is left with a feeling of betrayal and disappointment.
If I had to suggest a possible reason for the title 'Trojan Horse', I'd imagine its reflects on the way in which people feel like they've been deceived or tricked by their partner when they realise that the person they once fell in love with has changed or when they fail to compare to the preconception the person already held about them?