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.
Standing on the border
Looking out into the great unknown
I can feel my heart beating faster
As I step out on my own
There's a new horizon
And the promise of favorable wind
I'm heading out tonight,
Travelling light
I'm gonna start all over again
And buy a one-way ticket
On a west bound train
See how far I can go
Cause I'm gonna go out
Dancing in the pouring rain
And talk to someone I don't know
I will face the world around me
Knowing that I'm strong enough
To let you go
And I will fall in love again
Because I can
Gonna climb the mountain
And look the eagle in the eye
I won't let fear clip my wings
And tell me how high I can fly
How could I have ever believed
That love had to be so blind
When freedom was waiting, d
Own at the station
All I had to do
Was make up my mind
And buy a one-way ticket
On a west bound train
See how far I can go
Cause I'm gonna go out
Dancing in the pouring rain
And talk to someone I don't know
I will face the world around me
Knowing that I'm strong enough
To let you go
And I will fall in love again
Because I can
Well,
I have walked through the fire
And crawled on my knees
Through the valley
Of the shadow of doubt
Then the truth came shining
Like a light on me
And now I can see my way out
Buy a one-way ticket
On a west bound train
See how far I can go
Cause I'm gonna go out
Dancing in the pouring rain
And talk to someone I don't know
Buy a one-way ticket
On a west bound train
I'm gonna have my breakfast
With some pink champagne
Gonna sail the ocean,
Gonna spread my wings
Gonna climb that mountain,
Gonna do everything
Looking out into the great unknown
I can feel my heart beating faster
As I step out on my own
There's a new horizon
And the promise of favorable wind
I'm heading out tonight,
Travelling light
I'm gonna start all over again
And buy a one-way ticket
On a west bound train
See how far I can go
Cause I'm gonna go out
Dancing in the pouring rain
And talk to someone I don't know
I will face the world around me
Knowing that I'm strong enough
To let you go
And I will fall in love again
Because I can
Gonna climb the mountain
And look the eagle in the eye
I won't let fear clip my wings
And tell me how high I can fly
How could I have ever believed
That love had to be so blind
When freedom was waiting, d
Own at the station
All I had to do
Was make up my mind
And buy a one-way ticket
On a west bound train
See how far I can go
Cause I'm gonna go out
Dancing in the pouring rain
And talk to someone I don't know
I will face the world around me
Knowing that I'm strong enough
To let you go
And I will fall in love again
Because I can
Well,
I have walked through the fire
And crawled on my knees
Through the valley
Of the shadow of doubt
Then the truth came shining
Like a light on me
And now I can see my way out
Buy a one-way ticket
On a west bound train
See how far I can go
Cause I'm gonna go out
Dancing in the pouring rain
And talk to someone I don't know
Buy a one-way ticket
On a west bound train
I'm gonna have my breakfast
With some pink champagne
Gonna sail the ocean,
Gonna spread my wings
Gonna climb that mountain,
Gonna do everything
Lyrics submitted by deedee38
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