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.
CONTACT IS ALL IT TAKES
TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE TO LOSE YOUR
pLACE IN TIME
CONTACT! ASLEEP OR AWAKE
COMING AROUND YOU MAY WAKE UP
TO FIND
QUESTIONS DEEP WITHIN YOUR
EYES,
NOW MORE THAN EVER YOU REALIZE
SO WHEN YOU SENSE A CHANGE
NOTHING FEELS THE SAME
ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE STRANGE,
LOVE COMES WALKIN' IN
SOME KIND OF ALIEN
WAITS FOR THE OPENING
THEN SIMPLY PULLS A STRING
ANOTHER WORLD, SOME OTHER TIME
YOU LAY YOUR SANITY ON THE LINE
FAMILIAR FACES FAMILIAR SIGHTS
REACH BACK REMEMBER WITH ALL
YOUR MIGHT
OHH THERE SHE STANDS IN A
SILKEN GOWN
SILVER LIGHTS SHINING DOWN
SO WHEN YOU SENSE A CHANGE
NOTHING FEELS THE SAME
ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE STRANGE,
LOVE COMES WALKIN' IN
SOME KIND OF ALIEN
WAITS FOR THE OPENING
THEN SIMPLY PULLS A STRING, LOVE
COMES WALKIN' IN
SOLO
SLEEP AND DREAM IS ALL I CRAVE
I TRAVEL FAR ACROSS THE MILKY WAY
TO MY MASTER I BECOME A SLAVE
TEL WE MEET AGAIN SOME OTHER DAY
WHERE SILENCE SPEAKS AS LOUD
AS WAR
AND THE EARTH RETURNS TO WHAT IT
WAS BEFORE
SO WHEN YOU SENSE A CHANGE
NOTHING FEELS THE SAME
ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE STRANGE,
LOVE COMES WALKIN' IN
SOME KIND OF ALIEN
WAITS FOR THE OPENING
THEN SIMPLY PULLS A STRING, LOVE
COMES WALKIN' IN
TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE TO LOSE YOUR
pLACE IN TIME
CONTACT! ASLEEP OR AWAKE
COMING AROUND YOU MAY WAKE UP
TO FIND
QUESTIONS DEEP WITHIN YOUR
EYES,
NOW MORE THAN EVER YOU REALIZE
SO WHEN YOU SENSE A CHANGE
NOTHING FEELS THE SAME
ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE STRANGE,
LOVE COMES WALKIN' IN
SOME KIND OF ALIEN
WAITS FOR THE OPENING
THEN SIMPLY PULLS A STRING
ANOTHER WORLD, SOME OTHER TIME
YOU LAY YOUR SANITY ON THE LINE
FAMILIAR FACES FAMILIAR SIGHTS
REACH BACK REMEMBER WITH ALL
YOUR MIGHT
OHH THERE SHE STANDS IN A
SILKEN GOWN
SILVER LIGHTS SHINING DOWN
SO WHEN YOU SENSE A CHANGE
NOTHING FEELS THE SAME
ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE STRANGE,
LOVE COMES WALKIN' IN
SOME KIND OF ALIEN
WAITS FOR THE OPENING
THEN SIMPLY PULLS A STRING, LOVE
COMES WALKIN' IN
SOLO
SLEEP AND DREAM IS ALL I CRAVE
I TRAVEL FAR ACROSS THE MILKY WAY
TO MY MASTER I BECOME A SLAVE
TEL WE MEET AGAIN SOME OTHER DAY
WHERE SILENCE SPEAKS AS LOUD
AS WAR
AND THE EARTH RETURNS TO WHAT IT
WAS BEFORE
SO WHEN YOU SENSE A CHANGE
NOTHING FEELS THE SAME
ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE STRANGE,
LOVE COMES WALKIN' IN
SOME KIND OF ALIEN
WAITS FOR THE OPENING
THEN SIMPLY PULLS A STRING, LOVE
COMES WALKIN' IN
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
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It's "Love Walks In" not "Love comes walking in." Even if it's from the Hagar Era, still a good song.