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.
don't try to hide
the mistakes i made this time
but please try and listen
cus i'm breaking my heart tonight
so you can see whats inside
cus wherever you go, well that's where i'll go
i'd do so much i'll show but you won't know
so heres a song to show for the things ive blown
but im sorry so... thats the only way that i know
and all ive learned is
what we hate we make, what we hate we make
theres no time for hating but what we hate we make
something is about to change
i can feel it in my heart today
and you know its not the first time
but i bet it won't be the same
cus right now im at an all time low
so heres a song just so you won't go
cus that the only thing that i know
and i will start with a verse
then a bridge, write a chorus
so we all can sing along
with everythign we got
but between you and me this song would be
written for us but i know thats not enough
to say im sorry
what we hate we make, what we hate we make
theres no time for hating but what we hate we make
and you will know what you will be
and yeah, you will know what you mean to me
yeah you will know that truthfully
i am sorry.
the mistakes i made this time
but please try and listen
cus i'm breaking my heart tonight
so you can see whats inside
cus wherever you go, well that's where i'll go
i'd do so much i'll show but you won't know
so heres a song to show for the things ive blown
but im sorry so... thats the only way that i know
and all ive learned is
what we hate we make, what we hate we make
theres no time for hating but what we hate we make
something is about to change
i can feel it in my heart today
and you know its not the first time
but i bet it won't be the same
cus right now im at an all time low
so heres a song just so you won't go
cus that the only thing that i know
and i will start with a verse
then a bridge, write a chorus
so we all can sing along
with everythign we got
but between you and me this song would be
written for us but i know thats not enough
to say im sorry
what we hate we make, what we hate we make
theres no time for hating but what we hate we make
and you will know what you will be
and yeah, you will know what you mean to me
yeah you will know that truthfully
i am sorry.
Lyrics submitted by vindicated
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i love the part when the girls choir sings. "What we hate, we make". Its a quote to live by.