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.
Coming around my senses torn
Its no illusion its here everyday I bleed
As long as you see it as long as you know
As long as you fake it nobody knows
Break down again I'm suffering
My heads out of sync and I can't hide the pain
Is this the end or is this the start
All that we sever
All that we are
Communication connected apart
Promises given the cross of a heart
Break down again I'm suffering
My heads out of sync
And I can't find the way I'll defend
I can't find a way out
Break down again I'm suffering
My heads out of sync
And I can't find the way I'll defend
I can't find a way out
Break Out
Its no illusion its here everyday I bleed
As long as you see it as long as you know
As long as you fake it nobody knows
Break down again I'm suffering
My heads out of sync and I can't hide the pain
Is this the end or is this the start
All that we sever
All that we are
Communication connected apart
Promises given the cross of a heart
Break down again I'm suffering
My heads out of sync
And I can't find the way I'll defend
I can't find a way out
Break down again I'm suffering
My heads out of sync
And I can't find the way I'll defend
I can't find a way out
Break Out
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Why wasn't this song on the english version?WHY?!?