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.
This song is about you
And my life now without you
And my reasons just for living
And forgiving being known all alone
If you do it well you better do it right
If you're screwed up well you
Better screw it tight
It's the way that you're living
I'm forgetting what I know and I know
Do you have what you want? No, you don't
You can do what you want but you won't
How can you live with yourself
Now that you're all alone?
When you stare at your face in the glass
When you're driving in your
Car and you crash
Do you know where you're going
When it's over and done?
(I dedicate this cord to)
And my life now without you
And my reasons just for living
And forgiving being known all alone
If you do it well you better do it right
If you're screwed up well you
Better screw it tight
It's the way that you're living
I'm forgetting what I know and I know
Do you have what you want? No, you don't
You can do what you want but you won't
How can you live with yourself
Now that you're all alone?
When you stare at your face in the glass
When you're driving in your
Car and you crash
Do you know where you're going
When it's over and done?
(I dedicate this cord to)
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No explanation here, I just want to say that opening riff is fuckin' awesome.