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.
You told me to walk your way
When I followed for that simple reason
Our fate was to stay
Together 'til our souls departed
Your will was my word
You tried to go against my speech
My word was you'd stay
Together 'til our souls departed
You had no choice
Was that my destiny
You belonged to me
In sickness and in health
I was your puppeteer
Was that the way it should be
Together 'til our souls departed
I would never change it
Not for anything in the dark world
Thank you for those days
I will keep them in the dark side of my mind
The day that you changed
I will condemn the day 'til I die
What about those words you said
Together 'til our souls departed
You had no choice
Was that my destiny
You belonged to me
In sickness and in health
I was your puppeteer
Was that the way it should be
Together 'til our souls departed
The rain clears my thoughts
I embrace it like the night I live in
I'm rather lost than possessed
You will learn the rules
This life is just a game we're playing
And we will lose
There is no way to move the pieces
You had no choice
Was that my destiny
You belonged to me
In sickness and in health
I was your puppeteer
Was that the way it should be
Together 'til our souls departed
I will keep them in the dark side of my mind
When I followed for that simple reason
Our fate was to stay
Together 'til our souls departed
Your will was my word
You tried to go against my speech
My word was you'd stay
Together 'til our souls departed
You had no choice
Was that my destiny
You belonged to me
In sickness and in health
I was your puppeteer
Was that the way it should be
Together 'til our souls departed
I would never change it
Not for anything in the dark world
Thank you for those days
I will keep them in the dark side of my mind
The day that you changed
I will condemn the day 'til I die
What about those words you said
Together 'til our souls departed
You had no choice
Was that my destiny
You belonged to me
In sickness and in health
I was your puppeteer
Was that the way it should be
Together 'til our souls departed
The rain clears my thoughts
I embrace it like the night I live in
I'm rather lost than possessed
You will learn the rules
This life is just a game we're playing
And we will lose
There is no way to move the pieces
You had no choice
Was that my destiny
You belonged to me
In sickness and in health
I was your puppeteer
Was that the way it should be
Together 'til our souls departed
I will keep them in the dark side of my mind
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