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.
Gently my mind escapes into the relaxing world of pleasure
A pleasure that'll take my mind off the reality of my life
My past life
Life as I know it know
And whatever may come, it slowly disappears
To somewhere in the back of my mind
It will remain there until I wish to retrieve it
Yes I will stay here for a while for I need the break
A break from the pressures of life
And everything that lay in the palm of life's hands, life's hands
This mode is incredible
It's out of this world
Too bad I must always leave it
But that's life
That's life (yeah)
That's life (yeah)
That's life (yeah)
Yes, yes, yes, yes, oh yes
A pleasure that'll take my mind off the reality of my life
My past life
Life as I know it know
And whatever may come, it slowly disappears
To somewhere in the back of my mind
It will remain there until I wish to retrieve it
Yes I will stay here for a while for I need the break
A break from the pressures of life
And everything that lay in the palm of life's hands, life's hands
This mode is incredible
It's out of this world
Too bad I must always leave it
But that's life
That's life (yeah)
That's life (yeah)
That's life (yeah)
Yes, yes, yes, yes, oh yes
Lyrics submitted by The Spoony Bard, edited by RamBahadur
Gently Lyrics as written by Christopher Fehn Michael Shawn Crahan
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Ok, if you guys want to hear something REALY interesting, find a recording of the pre mfkr bassement sessions. You hear them make this song from scratch!! Its split into two parts from two sessions. The first one goes on for 20 mins as they get the riff going (as far as I know, this is the earlyes recording of the band, possibly one of the first times they have played together),and the second one (12 mins) they do the vocals. For a big slipknot fan, its facinating music.