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.
People think that we don't understand
What it takes to want to be a man
I don’t care much for that
I don’t know why
Just a fight or just a waste of time
Hiding things that no one wants to find
I don’t know much of that
I don’t care why
Goin’ against your mind (16x)
When I was a kid I saw a light
Floating high above the trees one night
Thought it was an alien
Turned out to be just God
If you’re not sure who not to believe
Who has better reasons to deceive
They're really good at it
That's all they do
Goin’ against your mind (16x)
And he was there
No he was there
What it takes to want to be a man
I don’t care much for that
I don’t know why
Just a fight or just a waste of time
Hiding things that no one wants to find
I don’t know much of that
I don’t care why
Goin’ against your mind (16x)
When I was a kid I saw a light
Floating high above the trees one night
Thought it was an alien
Turned out to be just God
If you’re not sure who not to believe
Who has better reasons to deceive
They're really good at it
That's all they do
Goin’ against your mind (16x)
And he was there
No he was there
Lyrics submitted by Dramamine01, edited by trinitone
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