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.
Come to me my love
One more night
Come on
'Cause I don't wanna be without
Without you
In the air tonight
So cold and strange
Winter of loss
When I have changed
She is floating out too soon
So soon
In our room
Inside
With these ones
I want to hide
She is floating out too fast
Too fast
Come to me
My love
One more night
Come on
'Cause I just wanna talk with you
Again
Come to me
My love
One more night
Come on
'Cause I just wanna hold you close
Again
One more night
Come on
'Cause I don't wanna be without
Without you
In the air tonight
So cold and strange
Winter of loss
When I have changed
She is floating out too soon
So soon
In our room
Inside
With these ones
I want to hide
She is floating out too fast
Too fast
Come to me
My love
One more night
Come on
'Cause I just wanna talk with you
Again
Come to me
My love
One more night
Come on
'Cause I just wanna hold you close
Again
Lyrics submitted by Orangsoda2
Floating Lyrics as written by Mark Edward Kozelek
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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There is a melacholic sadness in this song. The lyrics evoke a feeling of parting from a loved one. The reason could be anything the listener can identify according to his/her own experience. Truly a beautiful heart-renedered song.