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.
Another tear in the sea.
Another drop in the ocean.
After the fall.
Waiting to sink.
Another tear in the sea.
Another drop in the ocean.
After the fall.
Waiting to sink.
Oh, solo mio
Oh, solo mio
It's all right now.
Come closer.
Talk to me.
Oh, solo mio (It's all right now. Come closer.)
Oh, solo mio (Come talk to me.)
Sah fasa gan
Sah fasa gan
( 2-7, 2-7, 2-7)
Sah fasa gan
(There's a definite feeling buried down.)
Sah fasa gan
(Wrecking itself. Taking you with me.)
Hello, hello, hello, hello.
The more they was.
The more they were.
The more they wander from.
The more they was.
The more they were.
The more they wander from.
Another tear in the sea.
Another drop in the ocean.
After the fall.
Waiting to sink.
There's a definite feeling buried down.
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(Sah fasa gan)
There's a terrible reason buried down.
(Sah fasa gan)
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(2-7, 2-7, 2-7)
(Sah fasa gan)
There's a definite feeling buried down.
(Sah fasa gan)
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(Sah fasa gan)
There's a terrible reason buried down.
(Sah fasa gan)
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(2-7, 2-7, 2-7)
(Sah fasa gan)
There's a definite feeling buried down.
(Sah fasa gan)
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(Sah fasa gan)
There's a terrible reason buried down.
( Sah fasa gan )
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(2-7, 2-7, 2-7)
Sah fasa gan
Sah fasa gan
2-7, 2-7, 2-7
Another drop in the ocean.
After the fall.
Waiting to sink.
Another tear in the sea.
Another drop in the ocean.
After the fall.
Waiting to sink.
Oh, solo mio
Oh, solo mio
It's all right now.
Come closer.
Talk to me.
Oh, solo mio (It's all right now. Come closer.)
Oh, solo mio (Come talk to me.)
Sah fasa gan
Sah fasa gan
( 2-7, 2-7, 2-7)
Sah fasa gan
(There's a definite feeling buried down.)
Sah fasa gan
(Wrecking itself. Taking you with me.)
Hello, hello, hello, hello.
The more they was.
The more they were.
The more they wander from.
The more they was.
The more they were.
The more they wander from.
Another tear in the sea.
Another drop in the ocean.
After the fall.
Waiting to sink.
There's a definite feeling buried down.
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(Sah fasa gan)
There's a terrible reason buried down.
(Sah fasa gan)
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(2-7, 2-7, 2-7)
(Sah fasa gan)
There's a definite feeling buried down.
(Sah fasa gan)
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(Sah fasa gan)
There's a terrible reason buried down.
(Sah fasa gan)
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(2-7, 2-7, 2-7)
(Sah fasa gan)
There's a definite feeling buried down.
(Sah fasa gan)
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(Sah fasa gan)
There's a terrible reason buried down.
( Sah fasa gan )
Wrecking itself.
Taking you with me.
(2-7, 2-7, 2-7)
Sah fasa gan
Sah fasa gan
2-7, 2-7, 2-7
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this is such a beautiful song... if anybody knows what 'sah fasa gan' means, do share. i think the ending of this song is my absolute favourite song ending in the world... if for some odd reason you haven't yet heard it, go download it, if only for the end...
it means nothing :D