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.
Not one more word tonight
Between here and there
Well put a distance the size of the ocean
So now his heart can be a skipping rhythm
As the cadence carries me
I almost drift away
Far enough to forget
But when it comes you cannot hesitate
And when found I will write
On account and seal it in an envelope
Addressed to your last known residence
And we sink and we drowned
And what is lost can never be found
Well these arms did swim,
Until the lungs pulled in
Panic was lost in a deep understanding
That you will see what is wrong with everything
What is wrong with you and me
They make all the right reasons to fuck it up
You gotta fuck it up
(That sounded pretty good to me)
(I thought it was pretty good)
Between here and there
Well put a distance the size of the ocean
So now his heart can be a skipping rhythm
As the cadence carries me
I almost drift away
Far enough to forget
But when it comes you cannot hesitate
And when found I will write
On account and seal it in an envelope
Addressed to your last known residence
And we sink and we drowned
And what is lost can never be found
Well these arms did swim,
Until the lungs pulled in
Panic was lost in a deep understanding
That you will see what is wrong with everything
What is wrong with you and me
They make all the right reasons to fuck it up
You gotta fuck it up
(That sounded pretty good to me)
(I thought it was pretty good)
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It's not about the election. Florida is in the title because that's their home state. They mention it in their music a lot.