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.
I chronicled the days you made me want to live
Memorize the way that it felt and then I turned into this kiss
Tonight I'm wearing my best smile and hope to make me worth your while
I'll be the best mistake you'll ever make
From the lack of sleep and the bloodshot eyes
To the nervous kiss and the butterflies
Does this make any sense at all?
She said (she said), she said
We're not sleeping and I'm not breathing
If this means anything at all
I won't let you leave me anymore
If this holds insignificance
I'll have the hearse follow the ambulance
No medicine exists to make my lungs work again
Let's shake and burn, like an addict
My hearings dead, only static
If I said your smiles all that mattered
Would you save my life?
We're not sleeping and I'm not breathing
If this means anything at all
Don't let me leave you anymore
We're not sleeping and I'm not breathing
If this means anything at all
Don't let me leave you anymore
We're not sleeping and I'm not breathing
If this means anything at all
Don't let me leave you anymore
We're not sleeping and I'm not breathing
If this means anything at all
Don't let me leave you anymore
Don't let me leave you anymore
Memorize the way that it felt and then I turned into this kiss
Tonight I'm wearing my best smile and hope to make me worth your while
I'll be the best mistake you'll ever make
From the lack of sleep and the bloodshot eyes
To the nervous kiss and the butterflies
Does this make any sense at all?
She said (she said), she said
We're not sleeping and I'm not breathing
If this means anything at all
I won't let you leave me anymore
If this holds insignificance
I'll have the hearse follow the ambulance
No medicine exists to make my lungs work again
Let's shake and burn, like an addict
My hearings dead, only static
If I said your smiles all that mattered
Would you save my life?
We're not sleeping and I'm not breathing
If this means anything at all
Don't let me leave you anymore
We're not sleeping and I'm not breathing
If this means anything at all
Don't let me leave you anymore
We're not sleeping and I'm not breathing
If this means anything at all
Don't let me leave you anymore
We're not sleeping and I'm not breathing
If this means anything at all
Don't let me leave you anymore
Don't let me leave you anymore
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