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.
Endless nights filled with misery
Sick of familiar patterns
Bruise after cut
Can't wash away my scars
This is the night of, salvation
On the Night of Salvation
This life always pained me
Tired of the same old routine
All lies I've told
Can't hide the little things
This is the night of, salvation
On the night of salvation
Life has been left behind me
I will not cower away
Adrenaline stronger than ever
Feel it all come together
On the night of, salvation
On the night of salvation
Life has been left behind me
I will not cower away
Sick of familiar patterns
Bruise after cut
Can't wash away my scars
This is the night of, salvation
On the Night of Salvation
This life always pained me
Tired of the same old routine
All lies I've told
Can't hide the little things
This is the night of, salvation
On the night of salvation
Life has been left behind me
I will not cower away
Adrenaline stronger than ever
Feel it all come together
On the night of, salvation
On the night of salvation
Life has been left behind me
I will not cower away
Lyrics submitted by thienosaurus
Salvation Lyrics as written by Robert Arnold Mark Hunter
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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It could be about suicide, but it could be about hitting the bottom, finally finding motivation and deciding to change your life and the patterns you live by. Mark sounds really pissed off, expressing his anger, so I think it's about radically changing your life for better.