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.
Dream baby for me
I'll be waiting here for you
Pack your things, fly to me
Scatter me across the sky
I'll shine all night
And just like a star
I'll fall for you
Baby if you want me to
I'd do anything for you
Just say the words and I'd give you the world
Yeah, but that's not good enough
Starlit sea will be our dance floor
And birds will sing our song
And your scars, your scars will heal
For You
Baby if you want me to
I'd do anything for you
And just say the words, and I'd give you the world
Yeah, but that's not good enough
And Baby if you wanted me to, why not say so
Let me go cause I can't shine bright enough for you
I shine for you
I fall
Dream baby for me
I'll be waiting here for you
I'll be waiting here for you
Pack your things, fly to me
Scatter me across the sky
I'll shine all night
And just like a star
I'll fall for you
Baby if you want me to
I'd do anything for you
Just say the words and I'd give you the world
Yeah, but that's not good enough
Starlit sea will be our dance floor
And birds will sing our song
And your scars, your scars will heal
For You
Baby if you want me to
I'd do anything for you
And just say the words, and I'd give you the world
Yeah, but that's not good enough
And Baby if you wanted me to, why not say so
Let me go cause I can't shine bright enough for you
I shine for you
I fall
Dream baby for me
I'll be waiting here for you
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that looks like a boyband song.