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.
When I was surrounded by the world
You were the only one who came
And you were the only one astounded
Which kept me grounded
As the other girls trashed my very name
Then I looked over just in time
To see her smiling back at me and saying everything's okay
As long as you're inside my blue veins
Your blue veins
Yeah, and the feeling that you gave me
No matter what I do or where I go
It always will remain
And those who would enslave me
To get to me must get past you and will have no luck
'Cause you protect me from all pain
(It's true ya know, but)
You're the most beautiful, yeah the most beautiful thing
'Cause anything else can't compare
It must be the blood that's running through your blue veins
Your blue veins
Your blue veins
And I know you won't deceive me
Like the rest and there's nothing you need to explain
You always were the first one to believe me
When I said to you girl, I think it's gonna rain
But I could be wrong
Yeah, but all of these things
All these things
They're all truly nice but ain't nothing
Ain't nothing compared to the love
That's running through your little blue veins
Your blue veins
You were the only one who came
And you were the only one astounded
Which kept me grounded
As the other girls trashed my very name
Then I looked over just in time
To see her smiling back at me and saying everything's okay
As long as you're inside my blue veins
Your blue veins
Yeah, and the feeling that you gave me
No matter what I do or where I go
It always will remain
And those who would enslave me
To get to me must get past you and will have no luck
'Cause you protect me from all pain
(It's true ya know, but)
You're the most beautiful, yeah the most beautiful thing
'Cause anything else can't compare
It must be the blood that's running through your blue veins
Your blue veins
Your blue veins
And I know you won't deceive me
Like the rest and there's nothing you need to explain
You always were the first one to believe me
When I said to you girl, I think it's gonna rain
But I could be wrong
Yeah, but all of these things
All these things
They're all truly nice but ain't nothing
Ain't nothing compared to the love
That's running through your little blue veins
Your blue veins
Lyrics submitted by Zerovermars
Blue Veins Lyrics as written by John Anthony White Brendan Benson
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Song is definitely not about heroin. Jack White and Brenden Benson are not about that, in this album.