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 tried, and I can't run no more
So tell Katie it's her that I adore
And as long as I love her best
I'm that much further west
And since, since she's been gone
I've done less right than I've done wrong
I ain't that much worse than the rest
Just that much further west
And the boys, they don't need my help
They can play these songs by themselves
Well I ain't that much worse than the rest
Just that much further west
Out west the only sky is blue
So tell Katie that I'll see her soon
Til then, the thoughts that I have left
Are that much further west
So tell Katie it's her that I adore
And as long as I love her best
I'm that much further west
And since, since she's been gone
I've done less right than I've done wrong
I ain't that much worse than the rest
Just that much further west
And the boys, they don't need my help
They can play these songs by themselves
Well I ain't that much worse than the rest
Just that much further west
Out west the only sky is blue
So tell Katie that I'll see her soon
Til then, the thoughts that I have left
Are that much further west
Lyrics submitted by flesh99, edited by HellionChild
That Much Further West Lyrics as written by Benjamin Nichols
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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i love songs like this, that have so much emotion in them