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.
If I was a sunset, I'd want to lay on your bed,
And watch the Hollywood lights flicker as it started to dim.
If I was a movie, you know I'd feel pretty good.
I'd watch you dancing all night in the dark where I stood.
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
You don't think about me
Miss Sunflower Blue
She's got the brown eyes, yeah, and they're pretty as hell
And they'll burn through your shirt if you're holding her still
She's got a lighter, and a lit cigarette
And if you're making her smile, that's just as high as you can get
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
You don't think about me
Miss Sunflower Blue
I'm still out on Sunset in a taxicab
I'm still at the movies, and I'm holding your hand
Still at an overpass view looking out at the lights
Still on an airplane, and I'm starting to cry
I don't think about you
If I was the evening, you know I'd send you a breeze
I'd let it whisper in your ear, kiss you and sing you to sleep
If I wasn't so screwed up, maybe all the words might have come
But I think the needing just took everything they wanted was sung
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
You don't think about me
Miss Sunflower Blue
And watch the Hollywood lights flicker as it started to dim.
If I was a movie, you know I'd feel pretty good.
I'd watch you dancing all night in the dark where I stood.
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
You don't think about me
Miss Sunflower Blue
She's got the brown eyes, yeah, and they're pretty as hell
And they'll burn through your shirt if you're holding her still
She's got a lighter, and a lit cigarette
And if you're making her smile, that's just as high as you can get
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
You don't think about me
Miss Sunflower Blue
I'm still out on Sunset in a taxicab
I'm still at the movies, and I'm holding your hand
Still at an overpass view looking out at the lights
Still on an airplane, and I'm starting to cry
I don't think about you
If I was the evening, you know I'd send you a breeze
I'd let it whisper in your ear, kiss you and sing you to sleep
If I wasn't so screwed up, maybe all the words might have come
But I think the needing just took everything they wanted was sung
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
You don't think about me
Miss Sunflower Blue
Lyrics submitted by dhelm
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This is one of the most beautiful songs ever.
Absolutely Vital