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.
解けてしまう意図を見つめ
文字に出来ない左手です
血を流す度に生きてる理由
見出す言葉が鮮やかで
手の中には愛すべき人さえも
華々しく散って
手の中には生きた意味刻んでも
虚しき華と知る
The final
Ah
一つ二つと増え続ける
何故に笑えない餌となる?
深き獄の心決して戻れはしない
明日を触れない自虐的敗北者
Suicide is the proof of life
手の中には愛すべき人さえも
華々しく散って
手の中には生きた意味刻んでも
虚しき華と散る
So I can't live, so I can't live
そう無くしたモノは
So I can't live, so I can't live
もう産まれない ah
So I can't live, so I can't live
生きてる証さえ
So I can't live, so I can't live
求められない歌
Let's put an end the final
未遂の蕾 咲かせよう
文字に出来ない左手です
血を流す度に生きてる理由
見出す言葉が鮮やかで
手の中には愛すべき人さえも
華々しく散って
手の中には生きた意味刻んでも
虚しき華と知る
The final
Ah
一つ二つと増え続ける
何故に笑えない餌となる?
深き獄の心決して戻れはしない
明日を触れない自虐的敗北者
Suicide is the proof of life
手の中には愛すべき人さえも
華々しく散って
手の中には生きた意味刻んでも
虚しき華と散る
So I can't live, so I can't live
そう無くしたモノは
So I can't live, so I can't live
もう産まれない ah
So I can't live, so I can't live
生きてる証さえ
So I can't live, so I can't live
求められない歌
Let's put an end the final
未遂の蕾 咲かせよう
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