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 a dark woods paved with snow living all alone
I forgot long ago what I'm looking for
Firecracker lightning seed coming back to me
This is how
You made my heart a hunter
I remember my little seed louder than a dream
I let my golden arrow fly to the bottom of the night
No hounds to guide me no army at my back
I'm gonna stand up
Firecracker lightning seed coming closer to me
This is how
You made my heart a hunter
Sunrise burns my fortress down crumbling to the ground
I found my arrow my lightning spark buried in my heart
No hounds to guide me no army at my back
I'm gonna stand up
Firecracker lightning seed it was always in me
This is how
You made my heart a hunter
I forgot long ago what I'm looking for
Firecracker lightning seed coming back to me
This is how
You made my heart a hunter
I remember my little seed louder than a dream
I let my golden arrow fly to the bottom of the night
No hounds to guide me no army at my back
I'm gonna stand up
Firecracker lightning seed coming closer to me
This is how
You made my heart a hunter
Sunrise burns my fortress down crumbling to the ground
I found my arrow my lightning spark buried in my heart
No hounds to guide me no army at my back
I'm gonna stand up
Firecracker lightning seed it was always in me
This is how
You made my heart a hunter
Lyrics submitted by Maliejandra
Fallen Icons Lyrics as written by Wilhelm Leeb Jennifer Mclaren
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I agree with anope about the literal meaning
In a dark woods Paved with snow Living all alone. I forgot Long ago What I'm looking for.
it seems that she is a lonely warrior (like Xena or Conan) who chose or was forced to choose to live a life far from people for some reason unknown.