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 can't believe the things that happen to me
I guess that I should have seen a long, long time ago
Letters you write don't help me get through the night
So I'll just turn out the light
And sleep here all alone
All the love, all the love in the world
All the love, I'll be sending you girl
All the love
All the love in the world
Time after time I put my life on the line
But I ain't committed no crime, so take what you can find
Forget what I say 'cause I'll keep running away
I only live for today, but I'm one day behind
All the love, all the love in the world
All the love, I'll be sending you girl
All the love
All the love in the world
These are the words that I whisper on every first night
But that day you left me
Those words were on that same flight
I can't believe the things that happen to me
I guess that I should have seen a long, long time ago
Letters you write don't help me get through the night
So I'll just turn out the light
And sleep here all alone
All the love, all the love in the world
All the love, I'll be sending you girl
All the love
All the love in the world
I guess that I should have seen a long, long time ago
Letters you write don't help me get through the night
So I'll just turn out the light
And sleep here all alone
All the love, all the love in the world
All the love, I'll be sending you girl
All the love
All the love in the world
Time after time I put my life on the line
But I ain't committed no crime, so take what you can find
Forget what I say 'cause I'll keep running away
I only live for today, but I'm one day behind
All the love, all the love in the world
All the love, I'll be sending you girl
All the love
All the love in the world
These are the words that I whisper on every first night
But that day you left me
Those words were on that same flight
I can't believe the things that happen to me
I guess that I should have seen a long, long time ago
Letters you write don't help me get through the night
So I'll just turn out the light
And sleep here all alone
All the love, all the love in the world
All the love, I'll be sending you girl
All the love
All the love in the world
Lyrics submitted by unfocusedmind
All the Love Lyrics as written by John Fredrick Spinks
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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