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.
try and pretend
to remember when you're scared you say
now, do you think that we could be these
people who lose everything
and don't forget, pretend you're scared
pretend it well
i'm finally at the place i'm staying
i finally have a place to call my own
i'm trying not to lose my reasons
i'm planning to remember all i know
you know if i lose my faith
it comes back
i hope he knows i tried
try and pretend
to erase the past five years you lived
now, do you think that it would be the same
would you make the same mistakes
or would you learn from them
if it weren't for you
do you think that we could be
the kind that takes everything
for better or worse or what we say
we know we make the same mistakes
the ones that really brought us here
now don't you think that we would change
we always make the same mistakes
the ones that win
they run this way
to remember when you're scared you say
now, do you think that we could be these
people who lose everything
and don't forget, pretend you're scared
pretend it well
i'm finally at the place i'm staying
i finally have a place to call my own
i'm trying not to lose my reasons
i'm planning to remember all i know
you know if i lose my faith
it comes back
i hope he knows i tried
try and pretend
to erase the past five years you lived
now, do you think that it would be the same
would you make the same mistakes
or would you learn from them
if it weren't for you
do you think that we could be
the kind that takes everything
for better or worse or what we say
we know we make the same mistakes
the ones that really brought us here
now don't you think that we would change
we always make the same mistakes
the ones that win
they run this way
Lyrics submitted by AllStarMe
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i already submitted this, douchie