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 hear the first sets going by
Watching myself slowly die
Sharp is the pain leadin' through my heart
Slowly tearing me apart
What if you're an angel fallen from grace?
Yes, the fist that I hate
Pick me up from the gutter with a gentle kiss
The rips from my heart is showing me, how black it is!
Go!
Yeah I'll go!
It feels so cold
Yeah, I'm watching by
I'll die alone!
I hear the first sets walking by
Watching myself slowly die
Sharpening pain leadin' through my heart
Slowly tearing me apart
When you appear, as an angel
Looking me down, looking my way
Could you ever kill the pain in my heart?
Even though they say angels don't kill
Go!
Yeah I'll go!
It feels so cold
Yeah, I'm watching by
I'll die alone
Go!
Yeah I'll go
It feels so cold
Yeah, I'm watching by
I'll die alone!!
Watching myself slowly die
Sharp is the pain leadin' through my heart
Slowly tearing me apart
What if you're an angel fallen from grace?
Yes, the fist that I hate
Pick me up from the gutter with a gentle kiss
The rips from my heart is showing me, how black it is!
Go!
Yeah I'll go!
It feels so cold
Yeah, I'm watching by
I'll die alone!
I hear the first sets walking by
Watching myself slowly die
Sharpening pain leadin' through my heart
Slowly tearing me apart
When you appear, as an angel
Looking me down, looking my way
Could you ever kill the pain in my heart?
Even though they say angels don't kill
Go!
Yeah I'll go!
It feels so cold
Yeah, I'm watching by
I'll die alone
Go!
Yeah I'll go
It feels so cold
Yeah, I'm watching by
I'll die alone!!
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This song is Satan's personal theme music.