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.
Hail mary
Heaven willing
Let a blanket
Cover everything
Hold us high
Hold aside
Mother don't let us die before the springtime
I don't need any love
'cause I've got the elements
Electric light
Electric license
I can add it all up
One plus one
Hail mary
Heaven willing
Let a blanket
Cover everything
Hold us high
Hold aside
Mother don't let us die before the springtime
I don't need any love
'cause I've got the elements
Electric light
Electric license
I can add it all up
One plus one
And your face fits
In the frame so
Like your footprints
In the fake snow
Sky sight now
A strobe light
Black to white then
Black to white and
Black to white then
Back to gray again
Hail mary
Heaven willing
Let a blanket
Cover everything
Hold us high
Hold aside
Mother don't let us die before the springtime
I don't need any love
'cause I've got the elements
Electric light
Electric license
I can add it all up
One plus one
And your face fits
In the frame so
Like your footprints
In the fake snow
Sky sight now
A strobe light
Black to white then
Black to white and
Black to white then
Back to gray again
And if you do not mind
I will not stay
If you can climb
I will find a way
If you do not mind
I will not stay
If you can climb
I will find a way
Hail mary
Heaven willing
Let a blanket
Cover everything
I can add it all up
One plus one
Heaven willing
Let a blanket
Cover everything
Hold us high
Hold aside
Mother don't let us die before the springtime
I don't need any love
'cause I've got the elements
Electric light
Electric license
I can add it all up
One plus one
Hail mary
Heaven willing
Let a blanket
Cover everything
Hold us high
Hold aside
Mother don't let us die before the springtime
I don't need any love
'cause I've got the elements
Electric light
Electric license
I can add it all up
One plus one
And your face fits
In the frame so
Like your footprints
In the fake snow
Sky sight now
A strobe light
Black to white then
Black to white and
Black to white then
Back to gray again
Hail mary
Heaven willing
Let a blanket
Cover everything
Hold us high
Hold aside
Mother don't let us die before the springtime
I don't need any love
'cause I've got the elements
Electric light
Electric license
I can add it all up
One plus one
And your face fits
In the frame so
Like your footprints
In the fake snow
Sky sight now
A strobe light
Black to white then
Black to white and
Black to white then
Back to gray again
And if you do not mind
I will not stay
If you can climb
I will find a way
If you do not mind
I will not stay
If you can climb
I will find a way
Hail mary
Heaven willing
Let a blanket
Cover everything
I can add it all up
One plus one
Lyrics submitted by Mopnugget
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Best Thermals song.