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.
You need someone to hide behind
I don't mind, well I don't mind
You need to be alone to unwind
That's alright, that's alright
Sure I know it's hard
You know that it's that way for everyone
for everyone
Somethings go wrong
They sink so low you even blame the sun
Blame it at the ...
Of the shadows on the wall
They're not as bad as they appear
Could it be that it's the season of the shark
You need someone to help you through
well, I don't know, I don't know
Someone to take a chance for you
I don't know, I don't know
I want to be the one to make you fell okay right now
Someway somehow
When I fall short
I sink so low I even blame the clouds
Blocking out the sun
And the shadows on the wall
That is why you fell alone
Could it be that it's the season of the shark
Please don't be afraid
No matter how much out there scares you so
Scares you so
Just look around
If it's not me, then someone else you know
You're not alone at all
Ignore the shadows on the wall
They don't mean a thing
Could it be that it's the season
I believe that it's the season of the shark
Could it be that it's the seas
I don't mind, well I don't mind
You need to be alone to unwind
That's alright, that's alright
Sure I know it's hard
You know that it's that way for everyone
for everyone
Somethings go wrong
They sink so low you even blame the sun
Blame it at the ...
Of the shadows on the wall
They're not as bad as they appear
Could it be that it's the season of the shark
You need someone to help you through
well, I don't know, I don't know
Someone to take a chance for you
I don't know, I don't know
I want to be the one to make you fell okay right now
Someway somehow
When I fall short
I sink so low I even blame the clouds
Blocking out the sun
And the shadows on the wall
That is why you fell alone
Could it be that it's the season of the shark
Please don't be afraid
No matter how much out there scares you so
Scares you so
Just look around
If it's not me, then someone else you know
You're not alone at all
Ignore the shadows on the wall
They don't mean a thing
Could it be that it's the season
I believe that it's the season of the shark
Could it be that it's the seas
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This is about a person suffering from depression, and the narrator (Ira) is trying to comfort them, help them through it, by telling them that everybody feels down sometimes too, that they're not alone and they have friends/family who are there for them. That it's only a "season" and things can get better. Seems pretty obvious to me, but I guess it's not that obvious, since nobody else interprets it this way (although thujone is pretty close to me).