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 lie here paralytic
Inside this soul
Screaming for you till
My throat is numb
I wanna break out
I need a way out
I don't believe that it's gonna be this way
The worst is
The waiting
In this world I'm suffocating
Feel Your presence
Filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take You in
I've died
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Right now
Right now
I lie here lifeless
In this cocoon
Shedding the skin 'cause
I'm ready to
I wanna break out
I found a way out
I don't believe that it's gonna be this way
The worst is
The waiting
In this world I'm suffocating
Feel Your presence
Filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take You in
I've died
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
(I came alive somehow)
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when I'm gonna breathe you in
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'm gonna feel alive
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when this fear will end
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'll feel alive
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
(I came alive somehow) right now!
(I came alive somehow) right now!
(I came alive somehow)
Inside this soul
Screaming for you till
My throat is numb
I wanna break out
I need a way out
I don't believe that it's gonna be this way
The worst is
The waiting
In this world I'm suffocating
Feel Your presence
Filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take You in
I've died
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Right now
Right now
I lie here lifeless
In this cocoon
Shedding the skin 'cause
I'm ready to
I wanna break out
I found a way out
I don't believe that it's gonna be this way
The worst is
The waiting
In this world I'm suffocating
Feel Your presence
Filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take You in
I've died
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
(I came alive somehow)
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when I'm gonna breathe you in
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'm gonna feel alive
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when this fear will end
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'll feel alive
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
(I came alive somehow) right now!
(I came alive somehow) right now!
(I came alive somehow)
Lyrics submitted by Mischief_3lf
Rebirthing Lyrics as written by Brian Howes John Cooper
Lyrics © Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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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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