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.
Ten out of ten for a race already run
Bleeding the world cause they can't figure out what's wrong
So come back down from your daydream high
Lost for words when you sympathize
There's a million ways to believe you tried
Well I'm unsatisfied
Unsatisfied
Just sick and tired of all I've tried
Unsatisfied
So long since someone lit up your life
So long since you heard from the world outside
Tell yourself its a part of the plan
Knock you low to find out where you stand
There's a million ways to believe you can
Well I'm unsatisfied
Unsatisfied
Just sick and tired of all I've tried
Unsatisfied
You should look where you're going
Or where you're gonna hide
You should be feeling something
Of another life
Unsatisfied
Unsatisfied
Unsatisfied
So why'd you want to hide
Every little lie
Keeps it inside
Unsatisfied
Bleeding the world cause they can't figure out what's wrong
So come back down from your daydream high
Lost for words when you sympathize
There's a million ways to believe you tried
Well I'm unsatisfied
Unsatisfied
Just sick and tired of all I've tried
Unsatisfied
So long since someone lit up your life
So long since you heard from the world outside
Tell yourself its a part of the plan
Knock you low to find out where you stand
There's a million ways to believe you can
Well I'm unsatisfied
Unsatisfied
Just sick and tired of all I've tried
Unsatisfied
You should look where you're going
Or where you're gonna hide
You should be feeling something
Of another life
Unsatisfied
Unsatisfied
Unsatisfied
So why'd you want to hide
Every little lie
Keeps it inside
Unsatisfied
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it`s a great song coz i also put my feelings into it.