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.
I found my thrill
On blueberry hill
On blueberry hill
When I found you
The moon stood still
On blueberry hill
And lingered until
My dreams came true
The wind in the willow place
Love's sweet melody
But all of those time we've made
Were never to be
Though we're apart,
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On blueberry hill
Though we're apart,
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On blueberry hill
On blueberry hill
On blueberry hill
When I found you
The moon stood still
On blueberry hill
And lingered until
My dreams came true
The wind in the willow place
Love's sweet melody
But all of those time we've made
Were never to be
Though we're apart,
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On blueberry hill
Though we're apart,
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On blueberry hill
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Blueberry Hill Lyrics as written by Larry Stock Al Lewis
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Boy meets girl on Blueberry Hill, gets a thrill, doesn't work out. C'est la vie, but he remembers the thrill still.