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.
In some days you'll be alone
Have to manage all on your own
It's the time when your parents are dead
your friends are done and you feel upset
The days are grey and the nights are dark
So evertime you will need a spark
Without a spark you have no chance
It's too dark to see the fence
This is the time of a change in your life
The ocean is deep but you are still alive
Hope is the name of the spark on your way
There is no one who asks you to stay
The way from the spark to a flame is so long
But this is the right way and not the wrong.
At the end of of the way you have found what you search
You have nanaged your life with no need for a cheat
now the days are light and you can see in the night
Then you have reached the end of your fight
Have to manage all on your own
It's the time when your parents are dead
your friends are done and you feel upset
The days are grey and the nights are dark
So evertime you will need a spark
Without a spark you have no chance
It's too dark to see the fence
This is the time of a change in your life
The ocean is deep but you are still alive
Hope is the name of the spark on your way
There is no one who asks you to stay
The way from the spark to a flame is so long
But this is the right way and not the wrong.
At the end of of the way you have found what you search
You have nanaged your life with no need for a cheat
now the days are light and you can see in the night
Then you have reached the end of your fight
Lyrics submitted by liquidmercurial
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Being alone.