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.
Carousels make laps each night
Like drunks we spin until we're sick
Creepy clowns from one horse towns
Can make their livings on a trick
Night covers all our tracks
To break some fragile backs
So we tell some lies and then we hide from light
One night I fell asleep
I woke up on that sunny street
At first I thought I couldn't
But now I see
That the shadows kept me hidden
From the light that calls my name
All the creatures stood above me
Now I'm crawling towards the sun
Candy lips that taste too sweet
Were sour in the summer heat
As the night fell I heard church bells
Say it's time to leave
Out on the town we went to carry out missions
Neither you or I would ever know sunlight
One night I fell asleep
I woke up on that sunny street
At first I thought I couldn't
But now I see
That the shadow's kept me hidden
From the light that calls my name
All the creatures stood above me
Now I'm crawling towards the sun
In the nightlight, we still shine bright (x4)
One night I fell asleep
I woke up on that sunny street
At first I thought I couldn't
But now I see
That the shadow's kept me hidden
From the light that calls my name
All the creatures stood above me
Now I'm crawling towards the sun
Like drunks we spin until we're sick
Creepy clowns from one horse towns
Can make their livings on a trick
Night covers all our tracks
To break some fragile backs
So we tell some lies and then we hide from light
One night I fell asleep
I woke up on that sunny street
At first I thought I couldn't
But now I see
That the shadows kept me hidden
From the light that calls my name
All the creatures stood above me
Now I'm crawling towards the sun
Candy lips that taste too sweet
Were sour in the summer heat
As the night fell I heard church bells
Say it's time to leave
Out on the town we went to carry out missions
Neither you or I would ever know sunlight
One night I fell asleep
I woke up on that sunny street
At first I thought I couldn't
But now I see
That the shadow's kept me hidden
From the light that calls my name
All the creatures stood above me
Now I'm crawling towards the sun
In the nightlight, we still shine bright (x4)
One night I fell asleep
I woke up on that sunny street
At first I thought I couldn't
But now I see
That the shadow's kept me hidden
From the light that calls my name
All the creatures stood above me
Now I'm crawling towards the sun
Lyrics submitted by tjwells
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Q: BOBOBOBOBOB! is 'Crawling towards the sun' about your fear of leaving the house? I sometimes make attempts of figuring out what songs mean. i know 'Out through the curtan' is but in 'crawling towards the sun' I think theres a few refrences (asked by mindy) A: no... its about a different situation in which i felt underappreciated and decided to go out on my own. (answered by bob)
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