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.
Just another afternoon and im choking down tea for two
when youve flown so far away and you know im waiting
when the consequence of rage
comes crashing through the living room floor
when i thought id found a life seems ive been mistaken
so i take the paid holiday
but i just cant set foot on the plane
well your voice gets in the way
so ill drive cross country
I see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful and
I see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful
well my suits been pressed and cleaned
and ive never seen people before
well we'll wander through the town
and we'll sing our sad songs
as i lower you into the ground
well youve never seen these people before
with the bullets falling all around
and they sing their sad songs
i see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful and
I see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful
i just keep moving keep moving
see me watching me watching
see me waiting from the window
and i thinkim falling falling
just keep driving driving
and theres nothing to forget now
see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful
i see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful
hold on
hold on
hold on
hold on
hold on
hold on
hold on
hold on
when youve flown so far away and you know im waiting
when the consequence of rage
comes crashing through the living room floor
when i thought id found a life seems ive been mistaken
so i take the paid holiday
but i just cant set foot on the plane
well your voice gets in the way
so ill drive cross country
I see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful and
I see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful
well my suits been pressed and cleaned
and ive never seen people before
well we'll wander through the town
and we'll sing our sad songs
as i lower you into the ground
well youve never seen these people before
with the bullets falling all around
and they sing their sad songs
i see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful and
I see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful
i just keep moving keep moving
see me watching me watching
see me waiting from the window
and i thinkim falling falling
just keep driving driving
and theres nothing to forget now
see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful
i see you fall I see you fall
i never seen you look so beautiful
hold on
hold on
hold on
hold on
hold on
hold on
hold on
hold on
Lyrics submitted by SuZ
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