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.
We were practically unending
but we were ruined by practicality
We are forever, for all intents and purposes
done with whatever but you never intended to work on this
Oh well you never wanted anything so serious
And the autumn wind catches up to us
It was a summer romance, and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
Was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
(oh)
We were star crossed lovers from another time
in history with a thousand miles
wasn't too much to walk
and nine months worth the wait
but we belong to different seasons
with different reasons and they rise
And don't disappear from your memory
with the (fading of your tan line)
It was a summer romance, and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
Was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
3 months at Princeton and summer's long since forgotten
Do you ever wonder what you're missing
I keep holding my breath and wishing
you'll be coming home
to hold me and prove this all wrong
All right
It was a summer romance and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
It was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
September comes too soon.
but we were ruined by practicality
We are forever, for all intents and purposes
done with whatever but you never intended to work on this
Oh well you never wanted anything so serious
And the autumn wind catches up to us
It was a summer romance, and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
Was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
(oh)
We were star crossed lovers from another time
in history with a thousand miles
wasn't too much to walk
and nine months worth the wait
but we belong to different seasons
with different reasons and they rise
And don't disappear from your memory
with the (fading of your tan line)
It was a summer romance, and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
Was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
3 months at Princeton and summer's long since forgotten
Do you ever wonder what you're missing
I keep holding my breath and wishing
you'll be coming home
to hold me and prove this all wrong
All right
It was a summer romance and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
It was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
September comes too soon.
Lyrics submitted by liadyn
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