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.
Oh girl I don't know all the reasons why
I found the answer lookin' in your eye
I go out walking all day long
Take away this lonely man soon he will be gone
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free
Yes I can see you girl can you see me
You don't need to know what I do all day
It's as much as I know watch it waste away
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free
Yes I can see you girl can you see me
Go and see the sorcerer look into a ball
You may find the answer written on the wall
The left one was a dancer can you see the answer, oh
Put her in a mansion on top of the hill
Please don't make her do things against her will
I found something special I don't know why
Looking into her pretty little eye
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free
I found the answer lookin' in your eye
I go out walking all day long
Take away this lonely man soon he will be gone
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free
Yes I can see you girl can you see me
You don't need to know what I do all day
It's as much as I know watch it waste away
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free
Yes I can see you girl can you see me
Go and see the sorcerer look into a ball
You may find the answer written on the wall
The left one was a dancer can you see the answer, oh
Put her in a mansion on top of the hill
Please don't make her do things against her will
I found something special I don't know why
Looking into her pretty little eye
Cause I'll tell you everything about being free
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Amen. The song hits that 'homeless' feeling- she is his home, and without his home, he is forced to wander without a purpose. Really powerful and REALLY catchy.