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.
This mountain we must climb over
This mountain we must climb
I will follow you over
We will survive
It's time now
We must be moving onward
It's time for us to fly
Take care and look over your shoulder
I'm there all the time
If you're lost and you need someone to count on
Oh you've got to look to me
Because it's times like these when a good friend is a saviour
Oh you come running on back to me
It's time now
We must be moving onward
It's time for us to fly
Take care and look over your shoulder
I'm there all the time
And someday when you're feeling awkward
And someday when you're down
Come to me I will give you anything
I'll turn your frown around
What you've done for me is more than I could hope for
Oh you are my friend
And I'll be there for you through happiness and sad times
Oh our love will pull us through
This mountain we must climb over
This mountain we must climb
I will follow you over
We will survive
This mountain we must climb
I will follow you over
We will survive
It's time now
We must be moving onward
It's time for us to fly
Take care and look over your shoulder
I'm there all the time
If you're lost and you need someone to count on
Oh you've got to look to me
Because it's times like these when a good friend is a saviour
Oh you come running on back to me
It's time now
We must be moving onward
It's time for us to fly
Take care and look over your shoulder
I'm there all the time
And someday when you're feeling awkward
And someday when you're down
Come to me I will give you anything
I'll turn your frown around
What you've done for me is more than I could hope for
Oh you are my friend
And I'll be there for you through happiness and sad times
Oh our love will pull us through
This mountain we must climb over
This mountain we must climb
I will follow you over
We will survive
Lyrics submitted by euphoriax0
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At the end of each camping session at the camp I work at, we sing a song to the the whole camp. This year it was this song. Anytime I hear it I am taken back to the chilly nights on lake erie and this incredible love of strangers and friends you haven't met that you can only find at places like theses. Even back in the real world, all the people you meet there are still there all the time.
Perfect song.