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't believe it's really you
Been so long, you look good
I hear you're doing really well
Don't ask me, let me tell you
How I've been since when you left
Since you left me for dead
Finally every tear has dried
I've wiped you from my life
Do you remember all the times you said you'd call me
'Cause I remember all the reasons people warned me
And now I hear you saying that you still adore me
But if you think I'd ever get with you again
Then you can just
Love me, love me
Feed the flame
If you want me back again
Burns in the sky, higher and higher
Baby, can you play with fire?
(Come on and feel the sky)
Love me, love me
(Come on and feel the sky)
If you want me
You never know just what you got
'Till it's gone, you forgot
But I'm not falling for the game
Boys like you never change
You made me feel I wasn't enough
Wasn't enough for your love
But it was insecurity that made you run
It wasn't me
So don't you sit there trying
To give me more excuses
I don't have time 'cause it's
I'm off to play in Houston
And I'm too busy with a million things I'm doing
You can't make up for what you've done
But you still try to be the one
Love me, love me
Feed the flame
If you want me back again
Burns in the sky, higher and higher
Baby, can you play with fire?
Oh, by the way
By the way I've found someone who gives me space
Keeps me safe, makes me sane
Found someone to take your place
Now I'm safe in his arms
And I decide
Only he can play with fire
Love me, love me
Feed the flame
If you want me back again
Burns in the sky, higher and higher
Baby, can you play with fire?
Been so long, you look good
I hear you're doing really well
Don't ask me, let me tell you
How I've been since when you left
Since you left me for dead
Finally every tear has dried
I've wiped you from my life
Do you remember all the times you said you'd call me
'Cause I remember all the reasons people warned me
And now I hear you saying that you still adore me
But if you think I'd ever get with you again
Then you can just
Love me, love me
Feed the flame
If you want me back again
Burns in the sky, higher and higher
Baby, can you play with fire?
(Come on and feel the sky)
Love me, love me
(Come on and feel the sky)
If you want me
You never know just what you got
'Till it's gone, you forgot
But I'm not falling for the game
Boys like you never change
You made me feel I wasn't enough
Wasn't enough for your love
But it was insecurity that made you run
It wasn't me
So don't you sit there trying
To give me more excuses
I don't have time 'cause it's
I'm off to play in Houston
And I'm too busy with a million things I'm doing
You can't make up for what you've done
But you still try to be the one
Love me, love me
Feed the flame
If you want me back again
Burns in the sky, higher and higher
Baby, can you play with fire?
Oh, by the way
By the way I've found someone who gives me space
Keeps me safe, makes me sane
Found someone to take your place
Now I'm safe in his arms
And I decide
Only he can play with fire
Love me, love me
Feed the flame
If you want me back again
Burns in the sky, higher and higher
Baby, can you play with fire?
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