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 just heard the world
Is breaking down into bits again
Tell me, what am I to do?
You just want me to stay here
So I'm just going to stay
The home, our last resort
I built a castle with an iron door
Lock the window, pull the shades
The hazed out sun won't help anyway
If the world is crumbling down
I don't want to be alone, no
Locked up in this place
I heard the world up late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how you're
Caught up in the fight of your life
Fear is bringing me here
The television got me seeing unclear
Bravery my neighbor, moved away
'Cause I don't need to be courageous today
And If that world is crumbling down
I don't want to be alone, no
Locked up in this place
When I heard the world up late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how you're
Caught up in the fight of your life
I heard the world up late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how you're
Caught up in the fight of your life
Nothing's gonna save me
I'm hanging from the nearest tree
Nothing's gonna save me
I'm hanging from the nearest tree
When I heard the world up late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how you're
Caught up in the fight of your life
I heard the world up late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how we're
Caught up in the fight of your life
When I heard the world of late night
See I'm holding breath tight
I'm trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how we're
We're caught up in the fight of our lives
I heard the world of late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care
We're caught up in the fight of our lives
Is breaking down into bits again
Tell me, what am I to do?
You just want me to stay here
So I'm just going to stay
The home, our last resort
I built a castle with an iron door
Lock the window, pull the shades
The hazed out sun won't help anyway
If the world is crumbling down
I don't want to be alone, no
Locked up in this place
I heard the world up late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how you're
Caught up in the fight of your life
Fear is bringing me here
The television got me seeing unclear
Bravery my neighbor, moved away
'Cause I don't need to be courageous today
And If that world is crumbling down
I don't want to be alone, no
Locked up in this place
When I heard the world up late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how you're
Caught up in the fight of your life
I heard the world up late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how you're
Caught up in the fight of your life
Nothing's gonna save me
I'm hanging from the nearest tree
Nothing's gonna save me
I'm hanging from the nearest tree
When I heard the world up late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how you're
Caught up in the fight of your life
I heard the world up late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how we're
Caught up in the fight of your life
When I heard the world of late night
See I'm holding breath tight
I'm trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care how we're
We're caught up in the fight of our lives
I heard the world of late night
Holding my breath tight
Trying to keep my head on right
There's a chill in the air
Nobody could care
We're caught up in the fight of our lives
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