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.
And finally the silence,
looking out
looking back across the sky,
Trying to find a meaning,
knowing that I just left it all behind
Still I smell a lingering softness
Where did she go,
how did she go,
I want to know
I want to know that she'll be coming
here to me
Come on,
without you
I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come On, you know that we belong
come on, come on, come on, come on
Thinking back before her,
I never knew the meaning of alone
Still the flag is feeling foreign,
I live the day to escape into a phone
Speaking of a world not real then
where did she go
how did she go,
I want to know
I want to know that she'll be coming
here to me
Come on,
without you
I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come On, you know that we belong
come on, come on
Cause each of the kisses and my heart...
She's coming,
She's coming here to me,
I'm needing,
desiring to kiss her now,
I'm living for her,
breathing for her,
singing for her fairytale.
Come on,
without you
I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come On, you know that we belong
come on, come on
looking out
looking back across the sky,
Trying to find a meaning,
knowing that I just left it all behind
Still I smell a lingering softness
Where did she go,
how did she go,
I want to know
I want to know that she'll be coming
here to me
Come on,
without you
I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come On, you know that we belong
come on, come on, come on, come on
Thinking back before her,
I never knew the meaning of alone
Still the flag is feeling foreign,
I live the day to escape into a phone
Speaking of a world not real then
where did she go
how did she go,
I want to know
I want to know that she'll be coming
here to me
Come on,
without you
I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come On, you know that we belong
come on, come on
Cause each of the kisses and my heart...
She's coming,
She's coming here to me,
I'm needing,
desiring to kiss her now,
I'm living for her,
breathing for her,
singing for her fairytale.
Come on,
without you
I'll never feel the love inside of me
Come On, you know that we belong
come on, come on
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