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.
Verse 1
You think you're smart
You're not, it's plain to see
That you want me to fall off
It's killing me let's see
You've got the gall
Come take it all
Pre-Chorus
The jury is coming
Coming to tear me apart
All this bitching and moaning
Come on it's on
Chorus
I'm trapped in this world
Lonely and fading
Heartbroken and waiting
For you to come
We are stuck in this world
That's not meant for me
For me
Verse 2
So what you got
One more try
It seems to me
That you're not needed
Come on
It's killing me let's see
You got the gall
Come take it all
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
(break)
Chorus (2X)
You think you're smart
You're not, it's plain to see
That you want me to fall off
It's killing me let's see
You've got the gall
Come take it all
Pre-Chorus
The jury is coming
Coming to tear me apart
All this bitching and moaning
Come on it's on
Chorus
I'm trapped in this world
Lonely and fading
Heartbroken and waiting
For you to come
We are stuck in this world
That's not meant for me
For me
Verse 2
So what you got
One more try
It seems to me
That you're not needed
Come on
It's killing me let's see
You got the gall
Come take it all
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
(break)
Chorus (2X)
Lyrics submitted by Metal6Hell6Maker6
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