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.
Lowered down like a casket
And buried just below her chest.
"Whatever I was searching for,
It was never you," she says.
The record ended long ago,
We go on dancing nonetheless.
I opened like a locket,
"If you're ever cold," I wrote,
"There's warmth inside me.
I'm the pocket of an old winter coat."
But where she used to say "I need you."
Now, "I don't."
You'd only make the softest sound,
Like sugar pouring into tea.
Darling let your Self pour down
And dissolve into the Love
Who revealed himself there quietly to me...
(Jesus have mercy on us.)
Secret Song
You might sleep, but you'll never dream
Onward! Progress! Or so it seems.
You might laugh, but you'll never smile.
Come on in and waste away awhile.
My stomach swears there's comfort there
In the warmth of the blankets on your bed
My stomach's always been a liar-
I'll believe it's lies again.
No use in saying how I'm sorry
So I'm trying not to speak
I'll sing in silence, as I lay beside you
My face against your warm cheek
When dreams of rings of flowers fade and blur
Giving way to that familiar ill
Come over and part your soft white curtains
Where I'm waiting for you still
No use in saying how I'm sorry
So I'm trying not to speak
I'll sing in silence, as I lay beside you
And buried just below her chest.
"Whatever I was searching for,
It was never you," she says.
The record ended long ago,
We go on dancing nonetheless.
I opened like a locket,
"If you're ever cold," I wrote,
"There's warmth inside me.
I'm the pocket of an old winter coat."
But where she used to say "I need you."
Now, "I don't."
You'd only make the softest sound,
Like sugar pouring into tea.
Darling let your Self pour down
And dissolve into the Love
Who revealed himself there quietly to me...
(Jesus have mercy on us.)
Secret Song
You might sleep, but you'll never dream
Onward! Progress! Or so it seems.
You might laugh, but you'll never smile.
Come on in and waste away awhile.
My stomach swears there's comfort there
In the warmth of the blankets on your bed
My stomach's always been a liar-
I'll believe it's lies again.
No use in saying how I'm sorry
So I'm trying not to speak
I'll sing in silence, as I lay beside you
My face against your warm cheek
When dreams of rings of flowers fade and blur
Giving way to that familiar ill
Come over and part your soft white curtains
Where I'm waiting for you still
No use in saying how I'm sorry
So I'm trying not to speak
I'll sing in silence, as I lay beside you
Lyrics submitted by pinkspider
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Ok u guys, this is my favorite band, and if any of u dont know, listen for the hidden track at the end of the album, some lyrics sound familiar but geeze..... its amazing