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.
I've got a pocket full of secrets
Nobody knows what I keep in it
Seams come undone the more I fill it
And I'm dragging them on
(chorus)
Would you still love me if i never made a damn thing of myself?
If I turned my back on everything I've known
Would you still hold me if I cried for the part of me that died
From the thought of doing all of this alone?
I've got a closet full of regrets
Boxed up and placed where I can't see them
Seems they're never out of my head
And I'm always out of my head
(chorus)
And I'm draggin them on...
(chorus)
Nobody knows what I keep in it
Seams come undone the more I fill it
And I'm dragging them on
(chorus)
Would you still love me if i never made a damn thing of myself?
If I turned my back on everything I've known
Would you still hold me if I cried for the part of me that died
From the thought of doing all of this alone?
I've got a closet full of regrets
Boxed up and placed where I can't see them
Seems they're never out of my head
And I'm always out of my head
(chorus)
And I'm draggin them on...
(chorus)
Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28
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