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.
Why can't they understand
It was always more than being in a band
I came here tonight to find my friends
Didn't they put a stake right through our hearts
Hold me close through the rain
I'll play the second set and the sense walk out again
Why is it so wrong to be sure
Rip the stake out from my stylish heart
If they come to find me
I will fall into peices
If they come to find me
I'll sneak out the window
It's not right
It's not right
Its not right
Its not right
Taking it up and taking it back
Taking it up and taking it back
Taking it up and taking it back
Taking it up and taking it back
It was always more than being in a band
I came here tonight to find my friends
Didn't they put a stake right through our hearts
Hold me close through the rain
I'll play the second set and the sense walk out again
Why is it so wrong to be sure
Rip the stake out from my stylish heart
If they come to find me
I will fall into peices
If they come to find me
I'll sneak out the window
It's not right
It's not right
Its not right
Its not right
Taking it up and taking it back
Taking it up and taking it back
Taking it up and taking it back
Taking it up and taking it back
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I love this song.