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.
And we drove, on a wet and windy road
To the coast, to a dirty seaside town
Found a room, in a hotel by the sea
Unpacked our bags,
And then she looked at me, and I said
'Let me, let you, let me down again'
She said 'no'
'Let me, let you, let me down again'
She said 'no'
'Please draw the curtains,
Unplug the phone
Let's mess the sheets
And give our hearts a home
We are both adults,
Our eyes are open wide
Let's push away
The world outside'
Moving to the west end was a big, big, big mistake
We lost all our money and we got mostly heartache
Some nights she would sigh, and place her head upon my lap
And she would cry,
I couldn't stop her shaking, I said
'Let me, let you, let me down again'
She said 'no'
'Let me, let you, let me down again',
She said 'no'
'Please draw the curtains,
Unplug the phone
Let's mess the sheets
And give our hearts a home
We are both adults,
Our eyes are open wide
Let's push away
The world outside'
'Let me, let you, let me down again...'
To the coast, to a dirty seaside town
Found a room, in a hotel by the sea
Unpacked our bags,
And then she looked at me, and I said
'Let me, let you, let me down again'
She said 'no'
'Let me, let you, let me down again'
She said 'no'
'Please draw the curtains,
Unplug the phone
Let's mess the sheets
And give our hearts a home
We are both adults,
Our eyes are open wide
Let's push away
The world outside'
Moving to the west end was a big, big, big mistake
We lost all our money and we got mostly heartache
Some nights she would sigh, and place her head upon my lap
And she would cry,
I couldn't stop her shaking, I said
'Let me, let you, let me down again'
She said 'no'
'Let me, let you, let me down again',
She said 'no'
'Please draw the curtains,
Unplug the phone
Let's mess the sheets
And give our hearts a home
We are both adults,
Our eyes are open wide
Let's push away
The world outside'
'Let me, let you, let me down again...'
Lyrics submitted by pinkglove
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i also love that line, but kind of see it in a different way. i think he's talking to someone who's dumped him before, but he still wants to get back together with her, even though he knows she's probably going to end up dumping him again in the end anyway. he needs her that much.