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.
吊るした紅月 今宵で幾つ wow oh
合わない肌と肌を食して深みのどこへ沈む
はだけた布をかき分けながら蛇は胎内へ深く
ひらりひらりと悲しげに舞う 染井吉野には成れる
汚れは満ちた糜爛の月と嘔吐の夜抉り取れ
覚えているのでしょう? 覚えているのでしょう?
目眩色 夜が始まり人が犇めく
柘榴色 棘を刺して彼方は消える
秘め事隠す未熟児の 吊るした紅月 今宵で幾つ
Bloody baby and sacrifice
Bloody baby and sacrifice
Bloody baby and sacrifice
Bloody baby and sacrifice, ah ah
覚えているのでしょう?
覚えているのでしょう?
覚えているのでしょう?
黄金色 棘の生えた蜘蛛に成りたい
涙色 記憶を巡らせて
目眩色 夜が始まり人が犇めく
柘榴色 棘を刺して彼方は消える
合わない肌と肌を食して深みのどこへ沈む
はだけた布をかき分けながら蛇は胎内へ深く
ひらりひらりと悲しげに舞う 染井吉野には成れる
汚れは満ちた糜爛の月と嘔吐の夜抉り取れ
覚えているのでしょう? 覚えているのでしょう?
目眩色 夜が始まり人が犇めく
柘榴色 棘を刺して彼方は消える
秘め事隠す未熟児の 吊るした紅月 今宵で幾つ
Bloody baby and sacrifice
Bloody baby and sacrifice
Bloody baby and sacrifice
Bloody baby and sacrifice, ah ah
覚えているのでしょう?
覚えているのでしょう?
覚えているのでしょう?
黄金色 棘の生えた蜘蛛に成りたい
涙色 記憶を巡らせて
目眩色 夜が始まり人が犇めく
柘榴色 棘を刺して彼方は消える
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video was awesome, and they were awesome when i saw them play it...best concert of my life...INWARD SCREAM 07