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.
I can only keep this feeling for a minute
Can only stare at a Polaroid so long
Before the chromofilm blurs and the smiles
On our faces are gone
I crossed a line 5 yrs in the making
That the biggest eraser can't clear
And Iâ??m rewinding every time
I whispered that in your ear
As I laid on you
And your naked body
Looked just like I wanted it to
And I wanna be the inspiration
For your room going silent
I wanna feel you erupt
When I play your song
I wanna move you to tears when I say
"It's over, goodnight"
And the rest of your life
I get mad at myself for not acting myself
I get jealous at the thought of you out
I donâ??t want you to think that its all that Iâ??m
Thinking about
But goddamn I do
And every time that I hear someone laugh,
It sounds just like you
And I wanna be the inspiration
For your room going silent
I wanna feel you erupt
When I play your song
I wanna move you to tears when I say
"It's over, goodnight"
And the rest of your life
Can only stare at a Polaroid so long
Before the chromofilm blurs and the smiles
On our faces are gone
I crossed a line 5 yrs in the making
That the biggest eraser can't clear
And Iâ??m rewinding every time
I whispered that in your ear
As I laid on you
And your naked body
Looked just like I wanted it to
And I wanna be the inspiration
For your room going silent
I wanna feel you erupt
When I play your song
I wanna move you to tears when I say
"It's over, goodnight"
And the rest of your life
I get mad at myself for not acting myself
I get jealous at the thought of you out
I donâ??t want you to think that its all that Iâ??m
Thinking about
But goddamn I do
And every time that I hear someone laugh,
It sounds just like you
And I wanna be the inspiration
For your room going silent
I wanna feel you erupt
When I play your song
I wanna move you to tears when I say
"It's over, goodnight"
And the rest of your life
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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i think he just wants the person he loves/d to care about him or show that they cared about him. he just wants to be noticed by the girl.
It's a little unclear though, it sounds like they're either going to break up or they've already broken up...