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.
Today I made you a mix tape
And I decorated it with lots of stars.
It had all my favorite songs.
There was jawbreaker and armchair martain
Built to spill and the descendents.
Hell I even put one of ours on it.
Falling for you was the easy thing to do.
If only somehow I could make you hang around.
Today I made you a mix tape
To say exactly how I feel inside
And make you feel it to.
These are the songs that make me smile
And cry myself to sleep at night
When I'm lying without you.
I love you more than I ever loved anyone before.
Hey silly girl I'm begging you.
All of these songs they remind me of you
I hope that you like this song.
Did you ever listen to the words and melody
Do you fell the pain inside
They way that it hurts me?
When your in your room at night
I hope you'll be singing along.
And make me a tape of your favorite songs.
And I decorated it with lots of stars.
It had all my favorite songs.
There was jawbreaker and armchair martain
Built to spill and the descendents.
Hell I even put one of ours on it.
Falling for you was the easy thing to do.
If only somehow I could make you hang around.
Today I made you a mix tape
To say exactly how I feel inside
And make you feel it to.
These are the songs that make me smile
And cry myself to sleep at night
When I'm lying without you.
I love you more than I ever loved anyone before.
Hey silly girl I'm begging you.
All of these songs they remind me of you
I hope that you like this song.
Did you ever listen to the words and melody
Do you fell the pain inside
They way that it hurts me?
When your in your room at night
I hope you'll be singing along.
And make me a tape of your favorite songs.
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O.k. what this song means to me is falling in love. I fell in love with this great girl and I made her a mix cd and gave it to her,Because it's exactuly how I feel. I called it "blue Boxes and 16 love songs" it also included,the get up kids/i'll catch you and the juliana theory/the closest thing. thouse songs make me cry. And they fit my emotions to the tee,it's how I feel about her.