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.
It's not so much a storm
But just a cloud that lives inside of me
He doesn't disturb so easily these days
But when he wakes he goes the distance.
In a marathon it takes too long
Open containers that sing songs
You'll never dream again
But you can pray
I guess we only settle in to what we know
I guess we always settle in, we know.
But there is comfort in a world
Where darkness is the only thing we see
And cold is all we have to breathe
Where expectations keep us company
With the light we take to the outside
Will it die? I somehow hide of out control.
(we lost control).
It's not about the sky
Or the clouds that walk all over me
They don't give up too easily these days
But when they break they go to pieces.
For a pond blood here in north set barns
Under a sky that knows no stars
You'll never shine again
But you will stay.
But just a cloud that lives inside of me
He doesn't disturb so easily these days
But when he wakes he goes the distance.
In a marathon it takes too long
Open containers that sing songs
You'll never dream again
But you can pray
I guess we only settle in to what we know
I guess we always settle in, we know.
But there is comfort in a world
Where darkness is the only thing we see
And cold is all we have to breathe
Where expectations keep us company
With the light we take to the outside
Will it die? I somehow hide of out control.
(we lost control).
It's not about the sky
Or the clouds that walk all over me
They don't give up too easily these days
But when they break they go to pieces.
For a pond blood here in north set barns
Under a sky that knows no stars
You'll never shine again
But you will stay.
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i think its about hopelessness. kinda like winterkiss said, but not so upbeat. its about giving into all the shit thats around you, getting used to it.