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.
Excuse me, but I've got a request
Could you take the gag off of my mouth
I admit that I'm fairly impressed
'Cause you're the best at blocking me out
I believe that we weren't quite done
I know it's hard to hear me out again
I realize, you're not the only one
Who's terrified of life from end to end
Hey hey, can you hear anything I say
I'm feeling unwanted, that's not what I wanted
And attention to me is something you refuse to pay
'Cause I just can't believe the way that this
Continues to go on
I say I wish you didn't always think I'm wrong
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
Until you see things through from end to end
Excuse me, but isn't this the way
That things always turn into something good
You've tried to ignore the things I say
But in the end you found you never could
Hey hey, can you hear anything I say
You search for the short-cut, you live life but for what
I love you and hope you will find the truth some day
'Cause I just can't believe the way that this
Continues to go on
I say I wish you didn't always think I'm wrong
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
Until you see things through from end to end
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
To get you on my good side again
And tell me what will it take
To get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
To forget what you knew
Just let him find you
And then you'll see things through from end to end
Could you take the gag off of my mouth
I admit that I'm fairly impressed
'Cause you're the best at blocking me out
I believe that we weren't quite done
I know it's hard to hear me out again
I realize, you're not the only one
Who's terrified of life from end to end
Hey hey, can you hear anything I say
I'm feeling unwanted, that's not what I wanted
And attention to me is something you refuse to pay
'Cause I just can't believe the way that this
Continues to go on
I say I wish you didn't always think I'm wrong
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
Until you see things through from end to end
Excuse me, but isn't this the way
That things always turn into something good
You've tried to ignore the things I say
But in the end you found you never could
Hey hey, can you hear anything I say
You search for the short-cut, you live life but for what
I love you and hope you will find the truth some day
'Cause I just can't believe the way that this
Continues to go on
I say I wish you didn't always think I'm wrong
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
Until you see things through from end to end
So tell me
Tell me what will it take to get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
To get you on my good side again
And tell me what will it take
To get this through your head
And tell me what will it take
To forget what you knew
Just let him find you
And then you'll see things through from end to end
Lyrics submitted by not_blonde
From End to End Lyrics as written by Matthew Thiessen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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