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.
Know me broken by my master
Teach thee on child love hereafter
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Drifting body it's sole desertion
Flying not yet quite the notion
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Am I wrong
Have I run too far to get home
Have I gone
Left you here alone
Am I wrong
Have I run too far to get home yeah
Have I gone
Left you here alone
If I would, could you
Teach thee on child love hereafter
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Drifting body it's sole desertion
Flying not yet quite the notion
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Into the flood again
Same old trip it was back then
So I made a big mistake
Try to see it once my way
Am I wrong
Have I run too far to get home
Have I gone
Left you here alone
Am I wrong
Have I run too far to get home yeah
Have I gone
Left you here alone
If I would, could you
Lyrics submitted by Ice, edited by staycool72
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
This song is very different in many levels, One is the fact that the singer is talking about going threw his addiction of heroin all over again. For me, I related to being traped in my ex girlfreinds love again. Also you can but it in any situation, one time or the other that a part of you're life has gone wrong. It's a great mind easer and good song to think about!!!!!!
lol. I'm pretty sure the song is about family trust issues. Which does increase the probablity of substance abuse for the child has guidance troubles when broken by thier master.
@Beauch Dogg Wow you made the comment 10 years after the Would? was released and I am digging this comment from the grave 20 years after :) Internet is amazing, sometimes.<br /> <br /> So, as I learned, Jerry wrote the song for the late Mother Love Bone Singer Andy Wood. <br /> <br />