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.
He loses himself in the boxscores.
She can't decide what to wear.
There will be no realization today,
And she'll carry out her affair.
She dreams frequent and vividly.
He has no dreams at all.
She describes them to him every morning,
As he complains about hte mileage of his car.
They have no children to speak of,
And don't own their colonial home.
The color TV lulls one of them to sleep
While the other changes stations alone.
Hand in hand,
I lost her hand,
And cried the tears
Lovers understand.
Hand in hand,
I lost her hand,
And cried the tears
Lovers understand.
They could not afford a real honeymoon,
So they strolled hand-in-hand in the square.
She does the same with the guy at the office,
He likes the color of her hair.
He's quiet and tired a lot lately
He sets goals and doesn't follow through.
He stares at her picture on the fireplace,
And whispers a prayer to the room:
"There are no mistakes,"
He says, shrugging off,
"We just did what we had to do.
I don't think that I could get angry again;
At least not like I did in my youth."
Hand in hand,
I lost her hand,
And cried the tears
Lovers understand.
Hand in hand,
I lost her hand,
And cried the tears
Lovers understand.
Sur le quai son mouchoir
S'enfuit deja
Sous le jour qui s'allonge
S'estompe a l'horizon
She can't decide what to wear.
There will be no realization today,
And she'll carry out her affair.
She dreams frequent and vividly.
He has no dreams at all.
She describes them to him every morning,
As he complains about hte mileage of his car.
They have no children to speak of,
And don't own their colonial home.
The color TV lulls one of them to sleep
While the other changes stations alone.
Hand in hand,
I lost her hand,
And cried the tears
Lovers understand.
Hand in hand,
I lost her hand,
And cried the tears
Lovers understand.
They could not afford a real honeymoon,
So they strolled hand-in-hand in the square.
She does the same with the guy at the office,
He likes the color of her hair.
He's quiet and tired a lot lately
He sets goals and doesn't follow through.
He stares at her picture on the fireplace,
And whispers a prayer to the room:
"There are no mistakes,"
He says, shrugging off,
"We just did what we had to do.
I don't think that I could get angry again;
At least not like I did in my youth."
Hand in hand,
I lost her hand,
And cried the tears
Lovers understand.
Hand in hand,
I lost her hand,
And cried the tears
Lovers understand.
Sur le quai son mouchoir
S'enfuit deja
Sous le jour qui s'allonge
S'estompe a l'horizon
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