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.
Life it seems to fade away
Drifting further everyday
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else
I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
I need the end to set me free
Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly loss this can't be real
I cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn, yeah
I was me but now, he's gone
Hey, do you hear us Cliff? Do you hear us Cliff?
No one but me can save myself, but its too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try, oh no
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Oh, but death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
So goodbye
Yeah goodbye
I say goodbye
Drifting further everyday
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else
I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
I need the end to set me free
Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly loss this can't be real
I cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn, yeah
I was me but now, he's gone
Hey, do you hear us Cliff? Do you hear us Cliff?
No one but me can save myself, but its too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try, oh no
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Oh, but death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
So goodbye
Yeah goodbye
I say goodbye
Lyrics submitted by fennsk, edited by RyanWolfeh, LHGL
Fade To Black Lyrics as written by Lars Ulrich James Alan Hetfield
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Okay, I have several things to say... Metallican41: You have some nerve calling Metallica's lyrics weak. And Fade to Black is NOT all over the place. It's about suicide. Yes, the band's equipment was stolen but the song is about suicide, and severe depression. Seven: I'm not going to call you a poser because you might not be, but if you listen to Metallica, get you albums straight. Fade to Black is on Ride the Lightning, not And Justice For All. And Justice For All is my fav album though. osu_cowboy2000: Okay, how could Jaymz have written a song about Cliff's death when he was still alive? The song To Live Is To Die is about Cliff's death. Almost all of it is just instrumental but the quote that Jaymz says is in fact Cliff's. And NewFoundFinch, I'm not even gonna start with you, you suck ass and are full of shit. Metallica is probably one of the best bands this world has ever seen. So go fuck yourself and stop dissing Metallica biatch!