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.
Someone please turn the lights back on
I've been wandering here for days
Disconnected, and in search for new air to breathe in
I don't think I can fix this
Don't think I could change
But that's the problem
We never speak to Him
Our closing walls have caged us in
And I can't quite remember
This was the first time I didn't say enough
This was the only time I kept it close enough
Brace yourself!
Come on and brace yourself!
They're not waking
They're not waking up
They're not waking
They're not waking
(Oh, my god)
Oh, my god
I hate the me that I've become
This needy useless forgetting one
Truthfully
I can't be the me
The me that I've washed up to be
Don't stop breathing
The walls have just begun to spin
Just let the water calm you this time
It's all around you
Just open your eyes and take a look
It will never kill you, not this time
Don't stop breathing
Just let the water calm you
Don't stop breathing, not this time
It's all around you
It's all around you
We're surrounded for all I care
Brace yourself right now
Lights out
Random breathing
I can't keep swimming
Can't keep my head up
I've been wandering here for days
Disconnected, and in search for new air to breathe in
I don't think I can fix this
Don't think I could change
But that's the problem
We never speak to Him
Our closing walls have caged us in
And I can't quite remember
This was the first time I didn't say enough
This was the only time I kept it close enough
Brace yourself!
Come on and brace yourself!
They're not waking
They're not waking up
They're not waking
They're not waking
(Oh, my god)
Oh, my god
I hate the me that I've become
This needy useless forgetting one
Truthfully
I can't be the me
The me that I've washed up to be
Don't stop breathing
The walls have just begun to spin
Just let the water calm you this time
It's all around you
Just open your eyes and take a look
It will never kill you, not this time
Don't stop breathing
Just let the water calm you
Don't stop breathing, not this time
It's all around you
It's all around you
We're surrounded for all I care
Brace yourself right now
Lights out
Random breathing
I can't keep swimming
Can't keep my head up
Lyrics submitted by madcaddy11
Moving for the Sake of Motion Lyrics as written by Christopher Dudley Aaron Gillespie
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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