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 call, call, call on me
I suffocate in all of it
And call, call on me
Its hard to breathe
I suffocate and choke on it
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever's taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is wailing
I
I still believe
To tryin' all this
Is short of bliss
To kill the cycle that I've fed
The labyrinth in me
Is every sin everyday
And all have lain
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Colors bleed in a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven sees for me
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Here its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
War in me
A war in me
A war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven steers
Oh! its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
In a war
A war in me
A war in me
A war in me
Blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
A war for me
A war for me
A war for me, blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Yeah
There's a war
A war in me
War in me
Blaring
War in me
A war in me
Blaring
A war in me!
I suffocate in all of it
And call, call on me
Its hard to breathe
I suffocate and choke on it
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever's taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is wailing
I
I still believe
To tryin' all this
Is short of bliss
To kill the cycle that I've fed
The labyrinth in me
Is every sin everyday
And all have lain
Its bittersweet for me to know
The fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
A war in me
The war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Colors bleed in a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven sees for me
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Here its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
I'm waging a war
War in me
A war in me
A war in me is blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
War for me
A war for me
A war for me is blaring
And I, I, I, I, I, I can see
Heaven steers
Oh! its bittersweet for me to know
Fever, taking over
The status of my fear soars
In a war
A war in me
A war in me
A war in me
Blaring
I
I believe
I believe
There's a war
A war for me
A war for me
A war for me, blaring
I
I believe
I believe
Yeah
There's a war
A war in me
War in me
Blaring
War in me
A war in me
Blaring
A war in me!
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this song has a damm good beat it starts off slow but then it picks up. there is a war in me...
Pretty much about a person who is confused about something and doesn't know which way is which and it's tearing himself apart.
I love this song! Love it! It is great. Awesome lyrics, and a great sound.
This song got me through a hard time recently. I had a serious relationship problem, and this song helped me realize that I wasn't alone in the world. It's one of my favorites for that. I think this may be one of those songs that you never forget.
According to the lyrics that are/were hidden on the NewSacredCow site, he says "I suffocate in all of it" and "I suffocate and choke on it" (rather of "in all of this" and "choke on air").
This song is so beautiful, Kenna is madly underrated.
He is my favorite artist. He displays his songs like this one, and I'll never get tired of hearing it. I wish we could keep him to ourselves for how underground he is at the moment, he's truely an amazing artist.
that's really selfish of you to say you want to keep kenna's music to yourself. songs as amazing as this one should be shared with everyone. also, it's kenna's music and he made the choice to put it out there for the world to hear.