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.
This I know,
There is one who captures me,
For an age I stared at the heart of the moon,
Rise and fall,
Rise and fall!
I close my eyes,
I wish for freedom,
When I open my eyes,
I found myself asleep.
The emptiness of my eyes,
The memory of moonlight whispering seductively.
Worlds away, worlds away, worlds away.
Trying to forget I looked in the heart of each perfect star,
each so full of myriad wonders of their own.
But in the night one cannot deny her,
there can be no shadows without her defining light.
My life became a dream as it sank into the void
of the fantasy I constructed from her intangible attributes,
from which I awoke, I had to again learn to see.
She is cold,
she does not have the power to sustain my life,
upon her I would die.
Love non absolute love.
Love imperfect love.
Love non absolute love.
Love imperfect love.
An inner closeness,
a mutual respect,
the power of trust.
The thunder of laughter,
shared words,
we are the same,
we are so different.
I dared not
look at her,
speak to her,
but I did.
I dared not
look at her,
speak to her,
but I did.
Fact's a fact,
man was not meant for the moon,
this one fear,
it was like an open wound.
We are so close,
the distance between us is a kiss,
a kiss that does not exist,
a soft gentle petal flying on the wild wings of the wind.
A single petal from the violent grace
of the flower of woe.
May we all vomit at the stench of its perfume.
There is one who captures me,
For an age I stared at the heart of the moon,
Rise and fall,
Rise and fall!
I close my eyes,
I wish for freedom,
When I open my eyes,
I found myself asleep.
The emptiness of my eyes,
The memory of moonlight whispering seductively.
Worlds away, worlds away, worlds away.
Trying to forget I looked in the heart of each perfect star,
each so full of myriad wonders of their own.
But in the night one cannot deny her,
there can be no shadows without her defining light.
My life became a dream as it sank into the void
of the fantasy I constructed from her intangible attributes,
from which I awoke, I had to again learn to see.
She is cold,
she does not have the power to sustain my life,
upon her I would die.
Love non absolute love.
Love imperfect love.
Love non absolute love.
Love imperfect love.
An inner closeness,
a mutual respect,
the power of trust.
The thunder of laughter,
shared words,
we are the same,
we are so different.
I dared not
look at her,
speak to her,
but I did.
I dared not
look at her,
speak to her,
but I did.
Fact's a fact,
man was not meant for the moon,
this one fear,
it was like an open wound.
We are so close,
the distance between us is a kiss,
a kiss that does not exist,
a soft gentle petal flying on the wild wings of the wind.
A single petal from the violent grace
of the flower of woe.
May we all vomit at the stench of its perfume.
Lyrics submitted by x_melancholy_x, edited by nullCore
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