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.
We know a place where no planes go
We know a place where no ships go
(Hey) No cars go
(Hey) No cars go
Where we know
We know a place no spaceships go
We know a place where no subs go
(Hey) No cars go
(Hey) No cars go
Where we know
(Hey)
(Hey)
(Go, go)
(Hey) Us kids know
(Hey) No cars go
Where we know
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
I don't want any pushing, and I don't want any shoving
We're gonna do this in an orderly manner
Women and children
Women and children
Women and children, let's go
Old folks, let's go
Babies needing cribs, let's go
We know a place where no ships go
(Hey) No cars go
(Hey) No cars go
Where we know
We know a place no spaceships go
We know a place where no subs go
(Hey) No cars go
(Hey) No cars go
Where we know
(Hey)
(Hey)
(Go, go)
(Hey) Us kids know
(Hey) No cars go
Where we know
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
I don't want any pushing, and I don't want any shoving
We're gonna do this in an orderly manner
Women and children
Women and children
Women and children, let's go
Old folks, let's go
Babies needing cribs, let's go
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Since the album is criticizing society, I think that this song is telling you that the place where you can escape our materialistic society is in those few moments you contemplate to yourself in your room in the dark before going to sleep.