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.
A setting sun that paints a tie-dyed sky
A feather bed, an ancient lullaby
A kiss good night from one whose
love is true
That’s the kind of day I wish for you
A field of flowers dancing in the spring
A little creek, a tree, an old rope swing
Cotton candy clouds against the blue
That’s the kind of day I wish for you
First love with all its storm
Raging like fire within
Tossing your heart to chance
You swear the dance will never end
But then it does and someone says goodbye
And after all those empty nights you cried
The morning that you wake up good as new
That’s the kind of day I wish for you
The faith of knowing deep inside your heart
That heaven holds more than
just some stars
Someone’s up there watching over you
That’s the kind of day I wish for you
A feather bed, an ancient lullaby
A kiss good night from one whose
love is true
That’s the kind of day I wish for you
A field of flowers dancing in the spring
A little creek, a tree, an old rope swing
Cotton candy clouds against the blue
That’s the kind of day I wish for you
First love with all its storm
Raging like fire within
Tossing your heart to chance
You swear the dance will never end
But then it does and someone says goodbye
And after all those empty nights you cried
The morning that you wake up good as new
That’s the kind of day I wish for you
The faith of knowing deep inside your heart
That heaven holds more than
just some stars
Someone’s up there watching over you
That’s the kind of day I wish for you
Lyrics submitted by waif
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I agree with you, daug. That's exactly what it's about! I love this song so much! It's so beautiful.