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.
When you read this/ I will not be the same
I have let my/ true form show
and it is my last/ time
lost in all my guilt/ for letting you fall
understand it/ wasn't me (2x)
where were you
I remember the day/ the sun went out
it halted all progression with all its beauty
it just sacrificed/ we fell apart
as I ask (3x) Why ask these questions?
Sincerely yours I've disowned you (3x)
Sincerely yours I've disowned us
I have let my/ true form show
and it is my last/ time
lost in all my guilt/ for letting you fall
understand it/ wasn't me (2x)
where were you
I remember the day/ the sun went out
it halted all progression with all its beauty
it just sacrificed/ we fell apart
as I ask (3x) Why ask these questions?
Sincerely yours I've disowned you (3x)
Sincerely yours I've disowned us
Lyrics submitted by -L3tH4L-
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The mix of the singing styles gives it such depth. When it's actually singing and not screaming, his voice is beautiful. Songs by Poison the Well have so much meaning and emotion put into them. That's why it's so easy to love them and play them on repeat for hours whether I'm depressed, lonely, or happy it always helps me through my emotions so that I can handle them. That's what I call art.