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.
She sits beside her
Stares out across the waves as she's digging in the sand
And looks around her
And knows the crazy world would never understand
And she says,
"Please would you find me
I've lost my way
Please would you save me now"
He wakes to find that he's out of love again
And it's time for him to run
And back inside her
He feels his innocence slowly setting with the sun
And he says,
"Please would you save me
I'll lose my way
Please would you help me to escape"
And their answers lie in a setting sun
And the reasons why will remain unknown
'Cause we live our lives 'till we come undone
We just have to believe
We just have to believe
We just have to believe
Stares out across the waves as she's digging in the sand
And looks around her
And knows the crazy world would never understand
And she says,
"Please would you find me
I've lost my way
Please would you save me now"
He wakes to find that he's out of love again
And it's time for him to run
And back inside her
He feels his innocence slowly setting with the sun
And he says,
"Please would you save me
I'll lose my way
Please would you help me to escape"
And their answers lie in a setting sun
And the reasons why will remain unknown
'Cause we live our lives 'till we come undone
We just have to believe
We just have to believe
We just have to believe
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Setting of the Sun Lyrics as written by Benjamin I. Jelen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song is me. It just kinda is the way i feel about everything "knows the crazy world will never understand" It's a song to relate to and understand.