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.
When I looked out today
And saw that the sky was gray
I thought about the way
You loved days like this
And driving into town
It really started coming down
Bringing me back around
To all that I miss
It feels like it's raining you
It feels like its rainin you
I didn't even run inside
Or worry about staying dry
Besides there's nowhere I can hide
These feeling now. Running down my face
Takes me to another place
I can't think of a better way to drown
It feels like its raining you
I can't explain it. But i am baptized anew
It feels like its raining you and
If i had my way. It would do the this every day
I would never see the sun. Because the closest i get
To holding you again is ever time that sky opens up
It feels like its raining you I can't explain it
But I am baptized anew. It feels like its raining you
It feels like its raining you
And saw that the sky was gray
I thought about the way
You loved days like this
And driving into town
It really started coming down
Bringing me back around
To all that I miss
It feels like it's raining you
It feels like its rainin you
I didn't even run inside
Or worry about staying dry
Besides there's nowhere I can hide
These feeling now. Running down my face
Takes me to another place
I can't think of a better way to drown
It feels like its raining you
I can't explain it. But i am baptized anew
It feels like its raining you and
If i had my way. It would do the this every day
I would never see the sun. Because the closest i get
To holding you again is ever time that sky opens up
It feels like its raining you I can't explain it
But I am baptized anew. It feels like its raining you
It feels like its raining you
Lyrics submitted by shallremain, edited by FootrotFlats97
Rainin' You Lyrics as written by Tim Owens Brad Paisley
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group
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This is a beautiful song! I think he is saying that is consumed with missing a person/thoughts of a person and he is using rain as a metaphor for that all consuming feeling. I even think he may be missing this person due to a death. Especially in the line " Because the closest i get to holding you again is everytime that sky opens up" Like, the person he misses is in Heaven. It is really sweet but sad, too.