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.
He took the stable,
Bred me to be a mare.
Made the brethren able,
Gave me a room.
I never asked him.
I never meant meant to stay.
He dressed the table,
Wore a dress to be my mare.
There's no permanence
When you never leave the stall.
He ran to other wars,
Won't write me at all.
I want to kill him,
I want to cut his brain,
And when it's over,
I know I'll feel okay.
He was a champion;
We were riding side by side.
Into the frontier.
He left me without a ride.
Where did the hour go
When the champions intercede?
He stole the cargo,
Took every chance to leave.
There's no permanence
When you never leave the stall.
He ran to other wars,
Won't write me at all.
I want to kill him,
I want to cut his brain,
And when it's over,
I know I'll feel okay.
I want to kill him,
I want to cut his face,
And when it's over,
I know I'll feel okay.
I want,
I want,
I want,
I want.
Bred me to be a mare.
Made the brethren able,
Gave me a room.
I never asked him.
I never meant meant to stay.
He dressed the table,
Wore a dress to be my mare.
There's no permanence
When you never leave the stall.
He ran to other wars,
Won't write me at all.
I want to kill him,
I want to cut his brain,
And when it's over,
I know I'll feel okay.
He was a champion;
We were riding side by side.
Into the frontier.
He left me without a ride.
Where did the hour go
When the champions intercede?
He stole the cargo,
Took every chance to leave.
There's no permanence
When you never leave the stall.
He ran to other wars,
Won't write me at all.
I want to kill him,
I want to cut his brain,
And when it's over,
I know I'll feel okay.
I want to kill him,
I want to cut his face,
And when it's over,
I know I'll feel okay.
I want,
I want,
I want,
I want.
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on second thought, the father figure is probably his brother.. and i'm to lazy to reinterpret, so i hope that doesnt skew my interpretation too much.