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.
This troubled heartache, it won't go away
I think there might be something wrong with me
I take a deep breath and maybe this dark cloud'll shake me
God, please don't forsake me, I might be crazy
Am I losing my mind?
Sometimes I feel like things are getting worse in time
If I try will You open my eyes?
And make me a part of You, like You're a friend of mine
Next time I'm losing my mind
I'll remember that to find my way out
Is just a waste of time
In place of all my mistakes
You've seen through the shadows above me
No one could ever love me like You
If I finish what I started
Or get swept under the carpet
I'll still be thankful for all You've done
I'll take a note to remind me
But You know where You can find me
I'll probably end up right back here again
Am I losing my mind?
Sometimes I feel like things are getting worse in time
If I try will You open my eyes?
And make me a part of You, like You're a friend of mine
Next time I'm losing my mind
I'll remember that to find my way out
Is just a waste of time
In place of all my mistakes
You've seen through the shadows above me
No one could ever love
I'll be everything that You want me to except for perfect
I'm trying hard just to understand Your plan for me
I'll be everywhere that You want me to, unless I fall
I'm just trying to get my life back again
So, next time I'm losing my mind
I'll remember that to find my way out
Is just a waste of time
In place of all my mistakes
You've seen through the shadows above me
No one could ever love me
Next time I'm losing my mind
I'll remember that to find my way out
Is just a waste of time
In place of all my mistakes
You've seen through the shadows above me
No one could ever love me like You
I think there might be something wrong with me
I take a deep breath and maybe this dark cloud'll shake me
God, please don't forsake me, I might be crazy
Am I losing my mind?
Sometimes I feel like things are getting worse in time
If I try will You open my eyes?
And make me a part of You, like You're a friend of mine
Next time I'm losing my mind
I'll remember that to find my way out
Is just a waste of time
In place of all my mistakes
You've seen through the shadows above me
No one could ever love me like You
If I finish what I started
Or get swept under the carpet
I'll still be thankful for all You've done
I'll take a note to remind me
But You know where You can find me
I'll probably end up right back here again
Am I losing my mind?
Sometimes I feel like things are getting worse in time
If I try will You open my eyes?
And make me a part of You, like You're a friend of mine
Next time I'm losing my mind
I'll remember that to find my way out
Is just a waste of time
In place of all my mistakes
You've seen through the shadows above me
No one could ever love
I'll be everything that You want me to except for perfect
I'm trying hard just to understand Your plan for me
I'll be everywhere that You want me to, unless I fall
I'm just trying to get my life back again
So, next time I'm losing my mind
I'll remember that to find my way out
Is just a waste of time
In place of all my mistakes
You've seen through the shadows above me
No one could ever love me
Next time I'm losing my mind
I'll remember that to find my way out
Is just a waste of time
In place of all my mistakes
You've seen through the shadows above me
No one could ever love me like You
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
Waste of Time Lyrics as written by Stephony E. Smith Hailey Steele
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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