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 want to know what he knows
I want to feel what he felt
I want to go where he's been
I want to know what he knows
I want to hear your secrets
I want you and I want him
Cause you smell like apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
and the edge in your affection broke my skin
but I want to know what he knows
and I want to touch what he touched
and call me by his name
Cause I know you made a promise
and told him he's your lover
make me feel the same
Cause you smell like apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
and I'm feeling so much younger than my years
and I want to know what he knows
and I want to go where he's been
I want you and I want him
So you said "go find some trouble"
and you would do the same
and we opened up our hearts and we could change
but you smell apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
and you smell like apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
I want to know what he knows
I want to feel what he felt
I want to touch what he touched
I want to go where he's been
I want you and I want him
I want to feel what he felt
I want to go where he's been
I want to know what he knows
I want to hear your secrets
I want you and I want him
Cause you smell like apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
and the edge in your affection broke my skin
but I want to know what he knows
and I want to touch what he touched
and call me by his name
Cause I know you made a promise
and told him he's your lover
make me feel the same
Cause you smell like apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
and I'm feeling so much younger than my years
and I want to know what he knows
and I want to go where he's been
I want you and I want him
So you said "go find some trouble"
and you would do the same
and we opened up our hearts and we could change
but you smell apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
and you smell like apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
I want to know what he knows
I want to feel what he felt
I want to touch what he touched
I want to go where he's been
I want you and I want him
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i always thought this song was about a widow who he liked, but she didnt wanna go back on her vows or like betray her dead husband. the whole religious thing makes a lot of sense though.