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.
I couldn't stay, the walls were creeping in on me
I can't explain the reason for it
I've worn so many faces it's hard to find which one is mine now,
run from so many places I don't know where I can go this time.
can't keep running away from myself.
Every day I feel you creeping in on me
I can't explain the reason for it....
well could this be love?
oh, I've run from so many places I don't know where I can go this time
can't keep running away from myself.
I can't explain the reason for it
I've worn so many faces it's hard to find which one is mine now,
run from so many places I don't know where I can go this time.
can't keep running away from myself.
Every day I feel you creeping in on me
I can't explain the reason for it....
well could this be love?
oh, I've run from so many places I don't know where I can go this time
can't keep running away from myself.
Lyrics submitted by looiz
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This song is about the way people try to run away from their true selves, "[wearing] so many faces" to escape, and how being in love can bring you back to your self. It acknowledges about how futile trying to run away is, because in the end you only end back up at your self. It's a song of acceptance to who you really are, particularly in the face of love.
It's an absolutely breathtakingly beautiful track, and my favourite from The Dusk Sessions.