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.
Is this really my place in the world?
The waking hours I dream
and search for something more around me.
I cannot hide the broken face
that once veiled the broken mind.
But we all lie so well, it's alright.
Do you hate the strenght to follow
that fading star?
Like a guiding light it shined so bright.
Now everything turns hollow and insecure,
the foundation's about to break,
when your star is fading.
I thought it was buried six feet deep,
but now the soil is shaking.
It is time to ressurect.
A hand emerges, grabs by your throat,
drags you down to dig the dirt.
To battle with your fears and demons.
Do you hate the strenght to follow
that fading star?
Like a guiding light it shined so bright.
Now everything turns hollow and insecure,
the foundation's about to break,
when your star is fading.
What's left when the foundations break?
Will I land on a clean slate?
What's real when the truth got
twisted in my head?
Was I blind or just misled?
The waking hours I dream
and search for something more around me.
I cannot hide the broken face
that once veiled the broken mind.
But we all lie so well, it's alright.
Do you hate the strenght to follow
that fading star?
Like a guiding light it shined so bright.
Now everything turns hollow and insecure,
the foundation's about to break,
when your star is fading.
I thought it was buried six feet deep,
but now the soil is shaking.
It is time to ressurect.
A hand emerges, grabs by your throat,
drags you down to dig the dirt.
To battle with your fears and demons.
Do you hate the strenght to follow
that fading star?
Like a guiding light it shined so bright.
Now everything turns hollow and insecure,
the foundation's about to break,
when your star is fading.
What's left when the foundations break?
Will I land on a clean slate?
What's real when the truth got
twisted in my head?
Was I blind or just misled?
Lyrics submitted by Vesiolio
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