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.
We died for you just not to give a second glance,
but i know you'll be back again for me to ruin you
for you to destroy me...
Love is our motto, love is you and me
I still wonder if your day's well spent where you go and where you'll be,
kill the man it's been so long, he hasn't slept and his bloodshot eyes are killing me,
but don't go out tonight for the fear of messing up
put another scar in his heart,
but i know exactly what you'll try to say to me tonight
we're all sick for love's sake
and for all shame he's shown we'll all break and lie down and die again for another embrace
and i still wonder where you rest your head, where your eyes close, where you lay
kill the story, kill the song, forget her face
no more bloodshot eyes that rain
don't go to sleep tonight for the fear of waking up in someone else's arms,
but i know exactly what you were trying to say to me,
and you shot eyes that have broken my soul
a wintery glance that cut me in two but i still walk around and wonder where you'll be,
and then i sing that i know exactly what you were trying to say to me
true love all you brag about...
i don't feel true love...
but i know you'll be back again for me to ruin you
for you to destroy me...
Love is our motto, love is you and me
I still wonder if your day's well spent where you go and where you'll be,
kill the man it's been so long, he hasn't slept and his bloodshot eyes are killing me,
but don't go out tonight for the fear of messing up
put another scar in his heart,
but i know exactly what you'll try to say to me tonight
we're all sick for love's sake
and for all shame he's shown we'll all break and lie down and die again for another embrace
and i still wonder where you rest your head, where your eyes close, where you lay
kill the story, kill the song, forget her face
no more bloodshot eyes that rain
don't go to sleep tonight for the fear of waking up in someone else's arms,
but i know exactly what you were trying to say to me,
and you shot eyes that have broken my soul
a wintery glance that cut me in two but i still walk around and wonder where you'll be,
and then i sing that i know exactly what you were trying to say to me
true love all you brag about...
i don't feel true love...
Lyrics submitted by Bergy
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I absolutely love this song. Its amazing. Secret Lives is amazing live too.