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.
How fast we burn
How fast we cry
The more we learn
The more we die
The more we learn
The more we cry
How fast we burn
How fast we die
I hear the planet crying now
I hear the planet crying now
I hear the planet crying now
I hear the planet crying now
I hear the planet crying now
I hear the planet crying now
How fast we cry
The more we learn
The more we die
The more we learn
The more we cry
How fast we burn
How fast we die
I hear the planet crying now
I hear the planet crying now
I hear the planet crying now
I hear the planet crying now
I hear the planet crying now
I hear the planet crying now
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Teen Angst Lyrics as written by Yann Gonzalez Anthony Gonzalez
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I don't know where everyone is getting these theories for the last couple of lines. It could be 'I hear the planet crying' could be right as M83 are French and tend to pronouce their 'the's as 'ze's. But to me it seems that they're singing 'I hear somebody crying'. It certainly makes a lot more sense than 'Hate is a kinda crazy world' or whatever. As for the 'keep out' part... anyone's guess :P
Just my thoughts.