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.
Rain falls, quickly wetting my hair and clothes
My cries fall upon her deaf ears
More tears
Let me in, please, it's cold
I'm freezing out here
I miss you, my dear
You're all his and I'm all yours
Like it or not, I'm all you've got
Everyone will make mistakes
Without the sour, the sweet wouldn't taste as...
Sweet tangerine
Will you please come back to me?
Cause I don't think that these feelings are gonna leave
Light cuts through the clouds
And haunts me like bad dreams
Outside, looking in
I'm feeling lost and cold as a sin
A shred of a hope, a little bit of sweetness
Anything please, except for defeat
If I could, I'd lock you up and toss out the key
It's just you and me
Everyone will make mistakes
And I know I have
Without the sour, the sweet wouldn't taste as...
Sweet tangerine
Will you please come back to me?
Cause I don't think these feelings are gonna to leave
Sweet melody
You'll be singing in your sleep
But this time you're not listening to a word I say
Crept through the curtains as quick as the cold winds
Slowly exploring the room where you sleep
The stare of your portrait
The passing of your scent
Left me no choice but to stay
I will dissolve into the dark beneath your bed
My hands will wait for a taste of your skin
Sweet tangerine
Will you please come back to me?
Cause I don't think these feelings are gonna to leave
Sweet melody
You'll be singing in your sleep
But this time you're not listening to a word I say
A word I say
My cries fall upon her deaf ears
More tears
Let me in, please, it's cold
I'm freezing out here
I miss you, my dear
You're all his and I'm all yours
Like it or not, I'm all you've got
Everyone will make mistakes
Without the sour, the sweet wouldn't taste as...
Sweet tangerine
Will you please come back to me?
Cause I don't think that these feelings are gonna leave
Light cuts through the clouds
And haunts me like bad dreams
Outside, looking in
I'm feeling lost and cold as a sin
A shred of a hope, a little bit of sweetness
Anything please, except for defeat
If I could, I'd lock you up and toss out the key
It's just you and me
Everyone will make mistakes
And I know I have
Without the sour, the sweet wouldn't taste as...
Sweet tangerine
Will you please come back to me?
Cause I don't think these feelings are gonna to leave
Sweet melody
You'll be singing in your sleep
But this time you're not listening to a word I say
Crept through the curtains as quick as the cold winds
Slowly exploring the room where you sleep
The stare of your portrait
The passing of your scent
Left me no choice but to stay
I will dissolve into the dark beneath your bed
My hands will wait for a taste of your skin
Sweet tangerine
Will you please come back to me?
Cause I don't think these feelings are gonna to leave
Sweet melody
You'll be singing in your sleep
But this time you're not listening to a word I say
A word I say
Lyrics submitted by Stupendous_Man
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