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.
I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how, I can't remember why
I'm lyin' here tonight
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No, I can't stand the pain
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound, but no one hears me
I'm slippin' off the edge, I'm hangin' by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold
Onto a time when nothin' mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No, I can't
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, I've got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how, I can't remember why
I'm lyin' here tonight
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No, I can't stand the pain
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound, but no one hears me
I'm slippin' off the edge, I'm hangin' by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold
Onto a time when nothin' mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No, I can't
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes, I've got nowhere to run
The night goes on as I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life, I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
Lyrics submitted by yoocamel, edited by GameOver64
Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?) Lyrics as written by Pierre Bouvier Charles-andre Comeau
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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does this song have a name?or is it seriously called untitiled?....confused....
see that's what i thought when i first saw it on Pandora, but yeah it's honestly called "untitled".