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.
Fall into you
Is all I seem to do
When I hit the bottle
'cause I'm afraid to be alone
Tear us in two
Is all it seems to do
As the anger fades
This house is no longer a home
Don't give up on the dream
Don't give up on the wanting
And everything that's true
Don't give up on the dream
Don't give up on the wanting
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you
Because I want you
Stumble into you
Is all I ever do
My memory's hazy
And I'm afraid to be alone
Tear us in two
Is all it's gonna do
As the headache fades
This house is no longer a home
Don't give up on the dream
Don't give up on the wanting
And everything that's true
Don't give up on the dream
Don't give up on the wanting
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you
Because I want you
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you
Because I want you
Fall into you
Is all I ever do
When I hit the bottle
'cause I'm afraid to be alone
Tear us in two
Tear us in two
Tear us in two
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you
Because I want you
Is all I seem to do
When I hit the bottle
'cause I'm afraid to be alone
Tear us in two
Is all it seems to do
As the anger fades
This house is no longer a home
Don't give up on the dream
Don't give up on the wanting
And everything that's true
Don't give up on the dream
Don't give up on the wanting
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you
Because I want you
Stumble into you
Is all I ever do
My memory's hazy
And I'm afraid to be alone
Tear us in two
Is all it's gonna do
As the headache fades
This house is no longer a home
Don't give up on the dream
Don't give up on the wanting
And everything that's true
Don't give up on the dream
Don't give up on the wanting
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you
Because I want you
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you
Because I want you
Fall into you
Is all I ever do
When I hit the bottle
'cause I'm afraid to be alone
Tear us in two
Tear us in two
Tear us in two
Because I want you to
Because I want you to
Because I want you
Because I want you
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Bathroomsurgery... it's never "the end" when it comes to music. different people get different meaning from songs. it all comes down to shit you've experienced in life and how you relate.