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.
Sun eyed dandelion,
Seen you garden gnomes gone pass by?
Small one wear a pointy red hat.
The big one he just that he real fat.
If you see them please tell them without delay,
"You taked my Saffron now you got to pay!"
Sunned dandelion,
You say they got an airtight alibi?
Then how'd they get themselves them diamond rings?
You know well no gnomes don't make.the good money.
If you see them please tell them without delay,
"You taked my Saffron, now you got to pay."
Sun eyed, what now hey hey hey your hair is turning gray.
Is there something that you need to say?
Suspect, you're looking through and through.
I'd take to the wind if I was you.
Good bye Saffron, know that you did good by me.
'Till wicked weeded wild in my garden.
Seen you garden gnomes gone pass by?
Small one wear a pointy red hat.
The big one he just that he real fat.
If you see them please tell them without delay,
"You taked my Saffron now you got to pay!"
Sunned dandelion,
You say they got an airtight alibi?
Then how'd they get themselves them diamond rings?
You know well no gnomes don't make.the good money.
If you see them please tell them without delay,
"You taked my Saffron, now you got to pay."
Sun eyed, what now hey hey hey your hair is turning gray.
Is there something that you need to say?
Suspect, you're looking through and through.
I'd take to the wind if I was you.
Good bye Saffron, know that you did good by me.
'Till wicked weeded wild in my garden.
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