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.
Although my lover lives
In a place that I can't live
I kinda find I like a life this lonely
It rips and pierces me
In places I can't see
I love the rip of nerves the rip that wakes me
So I'm dissatisfied
I love dissatisfy
I love to feel there's always more that I need
So come on home
So come on home
So come on home, home
You're where you want to be
I'm where I want to be
Come on we're chasing everything we've ever wanted
Replace you easily
Replace pathetically
I flirt with every flirty thing that falls my way
But how I needed you
When I needed you
Let's not forget we are so strong, so bloody strong
Come on home
So come on home
So come on home, home
Blue light falls upon your perfect skin
Falls and you draw back again
Falls and this is how I felt
And I cannot forget
And I cannot forget
Come on home
So come on home
But don't forget to leave
In a place that I can't live
I kinda find I like a life this lonely
It rips and pierces me
In places I can't see
I love the rip of nerves the rip that wakes me
So I'm dissatisfied
I love dissatisfy
I love to feel there's always more that I need
So come on home
So come on home
So come on home, home
You're where you want to be
I'm where I want to be
Come on we're chasing everything we've ever wanted
Replace you easily
Replace pathetically
I flirt with every flirty thing that falls my way
But how I needed you
When I needed you
Let's not forget we are so strong, so bloody strong
Come on home
So come on home
So come on home, home
Blue light falls upon your perfect skin
Falls and you draw back again
Falls and this is how I felt
And I cannot forget
And I cannot forget
Come on home
So come on home
But don't forget to leave
Lyrics submitted by _valerie
Come on Home Lyrics as written by Nicholas John Mccarthy Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, O/B/O DistroKid, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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