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 said I bled
You meant, I went
Overcomplicated, spent
Love's a series of broken sentences
Miscalculations, reconciliations
Seductive highs, destructive lows
Words that fly too fast
Feet that move too slow
Wish I could dance outside this windowpane
Oh, I wish I were the rain
[Chorus]
Cause it can fall as hard as it wants to
Gingerly drip down a lover's face
Cry for hours and weeks on end
And never feel a bit out of place
And it can (feed) feed a field, put out a fire
And never feel the pain
I wish I were the rain (rain, I wish, I wish)
I wish I were the rain (rain, I wish, I wish)
I wish I were the rain (rain)
Oh yeah, I wish I were the rain
Don't speak, I'm weak
You cry, I lie
Overcompensation, why
Our arsenal of hope has been bled dry
Don't you wish that you could live outside the insane
(The insane)
Don't you ever wish for a free reign
[Chorus]
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
The blistering, twisted, hard-fisted blows
Have drowned the once fervent glow
I wish I were the rain
I can cry just like the rain, the rain
Yeah, I wish I were
I, I, I wish I were the rain
I wish I were the rain
Yeah
Fall down, down down down
Fall down, down down down rain
The rain
You meant, I went
Overcomplicated, spent
Love's a series of broken sentences
Miscalculations, reconciliations
Seductive highs, destructive lows
Words that fly too fast
Feet that move too slow
Wish I could dance outside this windowpane
Oh, I wish I were the rain
[Chorus]
Cause it can fall as hard as it wants to
Gingerly drip down a lover's face
Cry for hours and weeks on end
And never feel a bit out of place
And it can (feed) feed a field, put out a fire
And never feel the pain
I wish I were the rain (rain, I wish, I wish)
I wish I were the rain (rain, I wish, I wish)
I wish I were the rain (rain)
Oh yeah, I wish I were the rain
Don't speak, I'm weak
You cry, I lie
Overcompensation, why
Our arsenal of hope has been bled dry
Don't you wish that you could live outside the insane
(The insane)
Don't you ever wish for a free reign
[Chorus]
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
The blistering, twisted, hard-fisted blows
Have drowned the once fervent glow
I wish I were the rain
I can cry just like the rain, the rain
Yeah, I wish I were
I, I, I wish I were the rain
I wish I were the rain
Yeah
Fall down, down down down
Fall down, down down down rain
The rain
Lyrics submitted by silver_lining
I Wish I Were the Rain Lyrics as written by Kristyn Osborn
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I'm not really into country music, but when i heard this song i loved it. It's really poetic... really good. i love the chorus.