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.
Walk tall beneath these trees boy
You monolith not scarred by fallout
Us wolves were right behind you and lucifer will never find you
Oh no!
the moon, let it guide you, when selene comes, we'll alll know how to fight
Dear fenrir, my saviour, come and eat the ones, we know who taste the best
I know just where you've been boy, I've watched you by the stream
And don't be afraid of the dark 'cause the darkness is simply a womb for the lonely
Swallow your pride and walk with us through the trees and hills
Oh yes! your english eyes they are turning red
I I I I oh I I I I
the moon, let it guide you and I shall find you a home in our heartland, a heart in our homeland
Until the moon is down, until the moon is down
You monolith not scarred by fallout
Us wolves were right behind you and lucifer will never find you
Oh no!
the moon, let it guide you, when selene comes, we'll alll know how to fight
Dear fenrir, my saviour, come and eat the ones, we know who taste the best
I know just where you've been boy, I've watched you by the stream
And don't be afraid of the dark 'cause the darkness is simply a womb for the lonely
Swallow your pride and walk with us through the trees and hills
Oh yes! your english eyes they are turning red
I I I I oh I I I I
the moon, let it guide you and I shall find you a home in our heartland, a heart in our homeland
Until the moon is down, until the moon is down
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this song has been the soundtrack of my life for the past two weeks. saw/heard him perform this live a few weeks ago, and it just...there are not words big enough to describe those minuits..