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.
Stainless heart that never speaks, reads like a story never sold. What if you just forgot, what you were told? you can't replace, you can't retract, you can't forget to get whats back. And the rain keeps falling down. And the rain keeps falling upon my face. I look in my shattered mirror. Pieces of me is all I see. Shattered, broken and misplaced. What do I have to say? I'm just another sububarn heartache, blending to waste away.
Lyrics submitted by PLANES
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wow...
i second that
??? where can you find this song?
Yeah where can you find this song????
worst band in the world. you are morons.
Do you want to die Kazbonaut? Senses Fail is so good it makes me shit myself... From now on Kazbonaut... you have to ask to talk, got that? Yeah I thought so.
Where can I find this song? I have looked EVERYWHERE, please someone tell me
kazbonaut, seriously you are a fag.
great song, u cant download this. This is one of their first songs unrecorded. They didnt like it at all so they tossed it. dave from senses fail told me about this and the other unrecorded song hope is gone. check out Suburban Heartache the band at suburbanheartache.tripod.com
I agree with xbloody187romancex about kazbonaut....Senses Fail is awesome
i really don't understand why people go and post that they hate whatever band it is...honestly are they asking for it? and why? hm...bothers me
senses fail is wonderful...can't wait for the full-length!