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.
I thought I knew you baby
But it seems I don't know, I don't know you at all
One thing is for sure is you're so bad
And then again, when you kiss me baby
You know it's got the taste
The taste of an eternal life
I want you to feel the taste of life
This moment in time
I hear the call of a siren
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
If my life were a glass of water
Filled by the rain from a velvet sky
I want you to drink
Because your lips are dry
This moment in time
I follow her blind
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
This time I tought I got you baby
But you slipped away
And I tought I'd die
This moment in time
I'm losing my mind
But she remains quite
Mysterious
I'm crossing the line
I will follow her blind
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
I'm losing my mind
I hear the call of a siren
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
You're so bad
I thought I knew you baby
But I don't know you at all
It's got the taste you know it's got the taste
Of an eternal life
But it seems I don't know, I don't know you at all
One thing is for sure is you're so bad
And then again, when you kiss me baby
You know it's got the taste
The taste of an eternal life
I want you to feel the taste of life
This moment in time
I hear the call of a siren
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
If my life were a glass of water
Filled by the rain from a velvet sky
I want you to drink
Because your lips are dry
This moment in time
I follow her blind
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
This time I tought I got you baby
But you slipped away
And I tought I'd die
This moment in time
I'm losing my mind
But she remains quite
Mysterious
I'm crossing the line
I will follow her blind
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
I'm losing my mind
I hear the call of a siren
This lady is quite
Mysterious
I want your mind to lock in
You're so bad
I thought I knew you baby
But I don't know you at all
It's got the taste you know it's got the taste
Of an eternal life
Lyrics submitted by toobad
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