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.
zutto kurikaeshiteta zutto kanashimasete bakari datta
kitto anata sae mo kizutsukete boku wa ugokenu mama
anata ni fureru koto ga naze konna ni kurushii no desu ka?
kitto onaji koto wo kurikaeshita anata wo ushinatte shimau no ga kowakatta kara
yorisou koto de nuguou to shita wasure kirenakatta hi wo
anata wa nani mo kikazu ni kono te wo nigitte kureta ne
ashita anata no kimochi ga hanarete mo
kitto kawarazu aishite iru
ashita anata ni boku ga mienakute mo
kitto kawarazu aishite iru.
I will walk together, the future not promised
It keeps walking together, to future in which you are...
tsurai koto sae wasureru kurai
anata wo omotte iru
aenai yoru wo kazoeru tabi ni
kogareru mune
kake chigai no sabishisa tsunoru douka hitori kiri de nakanai de
donna ni hanareteite mo shinji aeru futari de iyou
douka kono mama waratteitai
anata wo kizutsuke sasenai de
toki ga tatsu tabi usurete itta
anna omoi kurikaeshita kunai
ashita anata no kimochi ga hanarete mo
kitto kawarazu aishite iru
ashita anata ni boku ga mienakute mo
kitto kawarazu aishite iru.
douka boku dake wo mitsumeteite
douka kono te ga tokenu you
I will walk together, the future not promised
It keeps walking together, to the future in which you are...
kitto anata sae mo kizutsukete boku wa ugokenu mama
anata ni fureru koto ga naze konna ni kurushii no desu ka?
kitto onaji koto wo kurikaeshita anata wo ushinatte shimau no ga kowakatta kara
yorisou koto de nuguou to shita wasure kirenakatta hi wo
anata wa nani mo kikazu ni kono te wo nigitte kureta ne
ashita anata no kimochi ga hanarete mo
kitto kawarazu aishite iru
ashita anata ni boku ga mienakute mo
kitto kawarazu aishite iru.
I will walk together, the future not promised
It keeps walking together, to future in which you are...
tsurai koto sae wasureru kurai
anata wo omotte iru
aenai yoru wo kazoeru tabi ni
kogareru mune
kake chigai no sabishisa tsunoru douka hitori kiri de nakanai de
donna ni hanareteite mo shinji aeru futari de iyou
douka kono mama waratteitai
anata wo kizutsuke sasenai de
toki ga tatsu tabi usurete itta
anna omoi kurikaeshita kunai
ashita anata no kimochi ga hanarete mo
kitto kawarazu aishite iru
ashita anata ni boku ga mienakute mo
kitto kawarazu aishite iru.
douka boku dake wo mitsumeteite
douka kono te ga tokenu you
I will walk together, the future not promised
It keeps walking together, to the future in which you are...
Lyrics submitted by Gazette_reitaXruki
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I love this song >__< It's so sad yet so nice.
The film clip is good too.