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.
Hold on, to those thoughts that run through my head
can't survive that's why i'm now dead
why can't you just pretend you're sorry
i can't fight i'm just to weak now
(chorus)
i lay here in bed dreaming of you over again
till tomorrow i'll wake up a stronger man
this song is dedicated to you
the cat in the hat will always come back
tomorrow, i tried to stop thinkin of you
i learned the difference in right and wrong
you turned away from me
now i can't stop dreaming
dreaming of you
(chorus)
Yeah yeah yeah i hate you
i wish you would die
(chorus) 2x
can't survive that's why i'm now dead
why can't you just pretend you're sorry
i can't fight i'm just to weak now
(chorus)
i lay here in bed dreaming of you over again
till tomorrow i'll wake up a stronger man
this song is dedicated to you
the cat in the hat will always come back
tomorrow, i tried to stop thinkin of you
i learned the difference in right and wrong
you turned away from me
now i can't stop dreaming
dreaming of you
(chorus)
Yeah yeah yeah i hate you
i wish you would die
(chorus) 2x
Lyrics submitted by nelson4rulz
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never heard or seen this song before :-S