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 waved your hand and it was done
Said, "Let it be" and there it was
A mountain so high, it broke through the sky
A canyon so deep, it'd bring a man to his knees
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles and hopeless dreams come true
You made the heavens and the stars
Everything; come on, how hard could it be
To make her love me?
I said some things I shouldn't have
Tried everything to win her back
I'm human, I messed up
Is she gone? Are we done?
Forgiveness, another chance
That's all I want
It's in your hands
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles and hopeless dreams come true
You made the heavens and the stars
Everything; come on, how hard could it be
To make her love me?
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles and hopeless dreams come true
You made the heavens and the stars
Everything; come on, how hard could it be
To make her love me?
To make her love me, yeah, yeah
To make her love me, ooo, ooo, ooo
Said, "Let it be" and there it was
A mountain so high, it broke through the sky
A canyon so deep, it'd bring a man to his knees
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles and hopeless dreams come true
You made the heavens and the stars
Everything; come on, how hard could it be
To make her love me?
I said some things I shouldn't have
Tried everything to win her back
I'm human, I messed up
Is she gone? Are we done?
Forgiveness, another chance
That's all I want
It's in your hands
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles and hopeless dreams come true
You made the heavens and the stars
Everything; come on, how hard could it be
To make her love me?
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles and hopeless dreams come true
You made the heavens and the stars
Everything; come on, how hard could it be
To make her love me?
To make her love me, yeah, yeah
To make her love me, ooo, ooo, ooo
Lyrics submitted by DARE U 2 MOVE
To Make Her Love Me Lyrics as written by Neil Thrasher Jay Demarcus
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pretty self explanatory i think.. a guy is asking god how he can do such amazing things to the world. and he wants god to make her love him again. because he has "tried everything to win her back". but nothing is working. gods his last chance.
I love this song. Self-explanatory.. As Jaimerz90 said.
One of my favorites.
I asked this question just the other night. I think everyone has at one point and time in their life, and if you havent yet, you will. God is very powerful and blesses us with so much, especially the power of love.