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.
Now your failure feeds the contempt
I can't sedate the way you break me down
I can't relieve the pain
I can't reduce the failure you've become
I can't accept the blame now
Now your failure feeds the contempt
You imitate the things you think
That isolate what I want
I can't get through it's never you
It's showing through and it's wrong
You pushed me too far and I'm tired now
It all falls apart now I'm finally down
I hate the way you turn this all around
So you can bleach your shame
Apology is not an option now
It won't erase the blame now
Now your failure feeds the contempt
It's nothing new I'll suffer through
It's all in you an you're wrong
I compensate, you mutilate
It separated and we're done
I can't sedate the way you're breaking me
You're breaking me down
I can't sedate the way you break me down
I can't relieve the pain
I can't reduce the failure you've become
I can't accept the blame now
Now your failure feeds the contempt
You imitate the things you think
That isolate what I want
I can't get through it's never you
It's showing through and it's wrong
You pushed me too far and I'm tired now
It all falls apart now I'm finally down
I hate the way you turn this all around
So you can bleach your shame
Apology is not an option now
It won't erase the blame now
Now your failure feeds the contempt
It's nothing new I'll suffer through
It's all in you an you're wrong
I compensate, you mutilate
It separated and we're done
I can't sedate the way you're breaking me
You're breaking me down
Lyrics submitted by thienosaurus
Falls Apart Lyrics as written by Robert Garcia Jonathan Santos
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Yeah this is an awesome song.