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.
We, when it's quiet, see swarms of things flicker by and shake you by the dust of their wings.
Oh, send it in the air.
And in a ray of light, you can hold it in your hand.
It's not easy, being born so free.
Bigger than a crowd could ever figure I'd be.
Oh, send me in the air.
And in a ray of light, hold it in your head.
I'm convinced your dream is something richer than a man could ever picture.
Too bad they just see rocks. To them they're only stones. But it's how you build a home. Still I don't believe love's so brief. Decades pass and pictures ask what did I mean?
Oh send them through the air.
Until they switch the light off, I'll hold it in my head.
If we move backwards, I hope it's some place richer than a man could ever picture.
Too bad they just see rocks. To them they're only stones. But it's to us they're owed. There's a reason why I sing this dream louder than a lull-a-bye.
Oh, will you believe?
You are in my hand and you are on my tongue under this cloud of dust.
Oh wrecking ball I see you working. Shining your light through this building. You've come too soon.
Oh, send it in the air.
And in a ray of light, you can hold it in your hand.
It's not easy, being born so free.
Bigger than a crowd could ever figure I'd be.
Oh, send me in the air.
And in a ray of light, hold it in your head.
I'm convinced your dream is something richer than a man could ever picture.
Too bad they just see rocks. To them they're only stones. But it's how you build a home. Still I don't believe love's so brief. Decades pass and pictures ask what did I mean?
Oh send them through the air.
Until they switch the light off, I'll hold it in my head.
If we move backwards, I hope it's some place richer than a man could ever picture.
Too bad they just see rocks. To them they're only stones. But it's to us they're owed. There's a reason why I sing this dream louder than a lull-a-bye.
Oh, will you believe?
You are in my hand and you are on my tongue under this cloud of dust.
Oh wrecking ball I see you working. Shining your light through this building. You've come too soon.
Lyrics submitted by ferociouscamel
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OMG!
I've been looking for the lyrics to this song FOREVER!
I LOVE THIS SONG!
OMG... I knew there was a reason that I love songmeanings....
I think it's just about people not seeing the true beauty of things... I think, well... I never knew what they were saying until now. Just taking something for face value and not looking deeper for the beauty within.