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.
you say it's cheap entertainment honey. buried me alive, just to dig me up at night. oh, but i say it's poor death perception maybe. breaths all you can save. dreamt i was drinking on your grave, breathe deep. "use your illusions", just to make yourself. believe without confusion. the sleeping pills don't work the way they always did. and i'm here wide awake. your body, mind, and conscience ache. crime without reason. your lovers on their knees. "give me something to believe in", besides a push or a shove there's nothing locked away. this ice pick just might find the lonliness that's is your mind.
Lyrics submitted by leahtard
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This song seems to be about one person talking about how another person just uses them. They only bring them around when they need attention. The person being used is struggling themselves and is angry towards the user.