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.
Who's that drugged-up queen?
The nation called, the poisoned scene is back
But where've you been?
Oh baby, wake up
I'll talk for the queen
At Poisoned Falls, the royal scene
I bet they'll hiss like fiends
Oh baby, wake up
All I think about is hold on
I am the song, the merry holding on
Days die in the myriad possible
I think you're jealous
I'm the head of the queen
I float around the night unseen
And I know when to scream
Oh baby, wake up
I'll talk for the queen
At Poisoned Falls, the royal scene
I bet they'll hiss like fiends
Oh baby, wake up
All I think about is hold on
I am the song, the merry holding on
Days die in the myriad possible
I think you're jealous
The nation called, the poisoned scene is back
But where've you been?
Oh baby, wake up
I'll talk for the queen
At Poisoned Falls, the royal scene
I bet they'll hiss like fiends
Oh baby, wake up
All I think about is hold on
I am the song, the merry holding on
Days die in the myriad possible
I think you're jealous
I'm the head of the queen
I float around the night unseen
And I know when to scream
Oh baby, wake up
I'll talk for the queen
At Poisoned Falls, the royal scene
I bet they'll hiss like fiends
Oh baby, wake up
All I think about is hold on
I am the song, the merry holding on
Days die in the myriad possible
I think you're jealous
Lyrics submitted by double sharks
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frog eyes is definately an accquired taste, but they grow on you after some time. i would LOVE the tabs for this song if anyone could find them.