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.
Ooh, babe
Don't leave me now
Don't say it's the end of the road
Remember the flowers I sent
I need you, babe
To put through the shredder
In front of my friends
Ooh, babe
Don't leave me now
How could you go?
When you know how I need you
To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night
Ooh, babe, don't leave me now
How can you treat me this way?
Running away
Ooh, babe
Why are you running away?
Ooh, babe
Don't leave me now
Don't say it's the end of the road
Remember the flowers I sent
I need you, babe
To put through the shredder
In front of my friends
Ooh, babe
Don't leave me now
How could you go?
When you know how I need you
To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night
Ooh, babe, don't leave me now
How can you treat me this way?
Running away
Ooh, babe
Why are you running away?
Ooh, babe
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by nasses321
Don't Leave Me Now Lyrics as written by George Roger Waters
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Watch the Wall. It's not his girlfriend. The girl in his room is a groupie he brings back after finding out his wife is cheating on him.