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.
Invisible life.
Whenever you're close to me
I feel a trembling inside.
And then you approached me that day,
suddenly a piece of mind.
But I don't want to leave.
I'm not worthy of this higher being in the life.
I'm truly, holy, but I know I'm confined to this ground.
Invisible life.
Whenever the _____ my reality melts away.
I'm turning on the TV screen.
It appears we're all ok.
But I don't want to leave.
I'm not worthy of this higher being in the life.
I'm truly holy, but I know, I'm confined to this ground.
Cause I can hear this humble silence creeping to my house.
I know it feels like coming home.
But I can't go this time.
I'm taking my own chances to find truth between the lies.
Its kinda like just what it is.
So I've got to try.
Cause I can hear this humble silence creeping in your house.
I know it feels like coming home.
But I can't go this time.
I'm not worthy of this highness, feeling in the life.
I'm truly holy, but I know I'm confined to this ground.
Cause I can hear this humble silence creeping to my house.
I know it feels like coming home.
But I can't go this time.
Invisible life.
Whenever you're close to me
I feel a trembling inside.
And then you approached me that day,
suddenly a piece of mind.
But I don't want to leave.
I'm not worthy of this higher being in the life.
I'm truly, holy, but I know I'm confined to this ground.
Invisible life.
Whenever the _____ my reality melts away.
I'm turning on the TV screen.
It appears we're all ok.
But I don't want to leave.
I'm not worthy of this higher being in the life.
I'm truly holy, but I know, I'm confined to this ground.
Cause I can hear this humble silence creeping to my house.
I know it feels like coming home.
But I can't go this time.
I'm taking my own chances to find truth between the lies.
Its kinda like just what it is.
So I've got to try.
Cause I can hear this humble silence creeping in your house.
I know it feels like coming home.
But I can't go this time.
I'm not worthy of this highness, feeling in the life.
I'm truly holy, but I know I'm confined to this ground.
Cause I can hear this humble silence creeping to my house.
I know it feels like coming home.
But I can't go this time.
Invisible life.
Lyrics submitted by I N F E R N O
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If anyone wonders still, it's by a band called Sky.