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.
Waiting for this jury to unwind
Cause its been so hard wearing my heart up my sleeve
Words won't say the sounds that I can hear
A thousand sunshine's on rainclouds
The truth is I'd believe and be
Forever and a day
So cold without you
"Lonely without you"
Whenever you're away
I'm starting to doubt you
"So cold, so cold"
Time has never been a friend of mine
But it has owed me a favor
Since everything was fine
And I'm desperate change,
As familiar as the moon
I'm feeling lonely and stable and
It's believed that soon I'll be
Forever and a day
Days are folding over night
Turning empty pages
But I don't see nothing
If I don't see you
Cause its been so hard wearing my heart up my sleeve
Words won't say the sounds that I can hear
A thousand sunshine's on rainclouds
The truth is I'd believe and be
Forever and a day
So cold without you
"Lonely without you"
Whenever you're away
I'm starting to doubt you
"So cold, so cold"
Time has never been a friend of mine
But it has owed me a favor
Since everything was fine
And I'm desperate change,
As familiar as the moon
I'm feeling lonely and stable and
It's believed that soon I'll be
Forever and a day
Days are folding over night
Turning empty pages
But I don't see nothing
If I don't see you
Lyrics submitted by woahmarlena
Forever and a Day Lyrics as written by Paul Mac Daniel Johns
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Pure pop song, that's for sure. But notice the use of the word "Pure." This is really a great song, something everyone can enjoy. I think it's great when a band goes ambitiously dark (like Radiohead) but this is very ambitious as well.