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.
Can you feel it crush you? Does it seem to bring the worst in you out?
There's no running away from these things that hold you down
Do they complicate you because they make you feel like this?
Of all the colors that you've shined, this is surely not your best
But you should know these colors that you're shining are
Surely not the best colors that you shine
Surely not the best colors that you shine
I know you feel alone, yeah, and no one else can figure you out
But don't you ever turn away from the ones that help you down
Well they'd love to save you, don't you know they love to see you smile?
But these colors that you've shined are surely not your style
But you should know these colors that you're shining are
Surely not the best colors that you shine
Surely not the best colors that you shine
I know you're feeling like you're lost
But you should know these colors that you're shining are
I know you're feeling like you're lost, you feel you've drifted way too far
Did you know these colors that you're shining are
Surely not the best colors that you shine
Surely not the best colors that you shine
Surely not the best (I know you're feeling like you're lost)
Colors that you shine (But you should know these colors that you're shining are)
Surely not the best (I know you're feeling like you're lost)
(You feel you've drifted way too far)
Did you know these colors that you're shining are
There's no running away from these things that hold you down
Do they complicate you because they make you feel like this?
Of all the colors that you've shined, this is surely not your best
But you should know these colors that you're shining are
Surely not the best colors that you shine
Surely not the best colors that you shine
I know you feel alone, yeah, and no one else can figure you out
But don't you ever turn away from the ones that help you down
Well they'd love to save you, don't you know they love to see you smile?
But these colors that you've shined are surely not your style
But you should know these colors that you're shining are
Surely not the best colors that you shine
Surely not the best colors that you shine
I know you're feeling like you're lost
But you should know these colors that you're shining are
I know you're feeling like you're lost, you feel you've drifted way too far
Did you know these colors that you're shining are
Surely not the best colors that you shine
Surely not the best colors that you shine
Surely not the best (I know you're feeling like you're lost)
Colors that you shine (But you should know these colors that you're shining are)
Surely not the best (I know you're feeling like you're lost)
(You feel you've drifted way too far)
Did you know these colors that you're shining are
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
"Cuz I can see through you, see your true colors, cuz inside you're ugly...." Oh shit, wrong song. All of their songs sound so generic. The guys got a good voice, its just run-of-the-mill. I can't get into these guys at all, but everyone I'm around likes them for some reason. Then they got "So Far Away" a rip-off of another Staind song but they still sound like Nickelback. Chad Kroeger is possessing different bands to take over the world.