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.
will you walk straight?
we're not like them
to pull them in, make it seem like your in trouble
make a sound, fake it enough.
what made you so scared?
maybe your mistaken for someone who cares
if you remember, remember
i've been trying to get back to the center
i'm sure it's not like it was before
to make them drink, tell them that it's only water
no one leaves 'till we figure this out
what made you so scared?
maybe your mistaken for someone who cares
if you remember, remember
i've been trying to get back to the center
i'm sure it's not like it was before
patience
both we and our words are over produced by influence
by influence
patience
both we and our words are over produced by influence
by influence
by influence
i'm only asking if you remember, remember
i've been trying to get back to the center
and i'm sure it's not like it was.
we're not like them
to pull them in, make it seem like your in trouble
make a sound, fake it enough.
what made you so scared?
maybe your mistaken for someone who cares
if you remember, remember
i've been trying to get back to the center
i'm sure it's not like it was before
to make them drink, tell them that it's only water
no one leaves 'till we figure this out
what made you so scared?
maybe your mistaken for someone who cares
if you remember, remember
i've been trying to get back to the center
i'm sure it's not like it was before
patience
both we and our words are over produced by influence
by influence
patience
both we and our words are over produced by influence
by influence
by influence
i'm only asking if you remember, remember
i've been trying to get back to the center
and i'm sure it's not like it was.
Lyrics submitted by birdhouse978
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you got it all wrong. lol. the whole album was based on the movie Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. they said it in an interview. if you've seen the movie, all their lyrics make sense.
this song is based on the scene where kirsten dust and other dudes were partying inside the room of jim carrey while his memories were being erased.