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.
I live in a castle
I am a prince
On days I try
To please my queen
Soon as I start to smile
With my smiling queen
Who sits across the table
By the food she made
Like a bat I flushed the girl
And I flew out my back door
And I came to no one no more
She ran without glances
And railed like a red coal train
She ran without glances
And railed like a red coal train
Eyelids are opened
When the sun is high
I slip away from my queen's
Grey stare
I can be settled down
and be doing just fine
Until I heard that old train
Rolling down the line
With the light she disappeared
And set me in a whirl
And I hope that beautiful girl
I set a fire burning
And I railed on through the night
I set a fire burning
And I railed on through the night
She peeked around the corner
She offered me her hand
My teeth touched her skin
Then she was gone again
Now my queen is fine
In her early grave
After that girl I'll keep her warm
There's nothing more to save
I am a prince
On days I try
To please my queen
Soon as I start to smile
With my smiling queen
Who sits across the table
By the food she made
Like a bat I flushed the girl
And I flew out my back door
And I came to no one no more
She ran without glances
And railed like a red coal train
She ran without glances
And railed like a red coal train
Eyelids are opened
When the sun is high
I slip away from my queen's
Grey stare
I can be settled down
and be doing just fine
Until I heard that old train
Rolling down the line
With the light she disappeared
And set me in a whirl
And I hope that beautiful girl
I set a fire burning
And I railed on through the night
I set a fire burning
And I railed on through the night
She peeked around the corner
She offered me her hand
My teeth touched her skin
Then she was gone again
Now my queen is fine
In her early grave
After that girl I'll keep her warm
There's nothing more to save
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Nosferatu Man Lyrics as written by David Pajo Brian Mc Mahan
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"I can be settled down And be doing just fine Until I heard that old train Rolling down the line"
-Hank Williams, Jr. - "Ramblin' Man"
It's about a guy in a relationship or married and a normal life (he's a prince, he has a nice house = castle). But he dreams about being unfaithful or the single life.