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.
You talk to me
With the language of the sea
Of sand hot in the sun
With the cries of night creatures
I dimly understand
In your great escape
In your great escape
It's your chance to take
Make your great escape
Your binary words
Glow in my darkness
Your darling hangs in the air
And in me chemicals run
In my blood just by looking
You take my free will and throw it away
And I feel your warmth
As the sparks fly upwards
From the burning of all of your bridges
In your great escape
In your great escape
It's your chance to take
Make your great escape
With the language of the sea
Of sand hot in the sun
With the cries of night creatures
I dimly understand
In your great escape
In your great escape
It's your chance to take
Make your great escape
Your binary words
Glow in my darkness
Your darling hangs in the air
And in me chemicals run
In my blood just by looking
You take my free will and throw it away
And I feel your warmth
As the sparks fly upwards
From the burning of all of your bridges
In your great escape
In your great escape
It's your chance to take
Make your great escape
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33
The Great Escape Lyrics as written by Caroline Lavelle Brian Wayne Transeau
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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