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.
Hover through the foggy vapours,
Until I see you in a dream,
Singing animals to sleep...
By the way, it's over without you.
I'm in the way, I'm in the way.
I'm in the way, I'm in the way.
Lights out to midnight.
Sleep all day
(yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Sha la la la)
Dark and quiet, only the owls are watching,
Only the sky is up and I'm leaving for a place
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
From Another time, just to be near you, just to be near you, just to be near you
(sha la la la la la la la la..)
I'm in the way, I'm in the way.
I'm in the way, I'm in the way, I'm in the way.
I'm in the way, I'm in the way...
Don't become the one you hated.
Death is absolutely safe, billion bibles mark the last page.
I've gotta move through the days without you here
I get a shock, shock hurts to heal
I've gotta move through the weeks without you here
I get a shock, shock hurts to heal
I've gotta move through the months without you here
I get a shock, shock hurts to heal
I've gotta move through the weeks without you here,
I get a shock, shock hurts to heal
I've gotta move through the weeks without you here
I get a shock, shock hurts to heal
Shock, shock hurts to heal
Hurts to heal
Hurts to heal
Hurts to heal
Until I see you in a dream,
Singing animals to sleep...
By the way, it's over without you.
I'm in the way, I'm in the way.
I'm in the way, I'm in the way.
Lights out to midnight.
Sleep all day
(yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Sha la la la)
Dark and quiet, only the owls are watching,
Only the sky is up and I'm leaving for a place
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
From Another time, just to be near you, just to be near you, just to be near you
(sha la la la la la la la la..)
I'm in the way, I'm in the way.
I'm in the way, I'm in the way, I'm in the way.
I'm in the way, I'm in the way...
Don't become the one you hated.
Death is absolutely safe, billion bibles mark the last page.
I've gotta move through the days without you here
I get a shock, shock hurts to heal
I've gotta move through the weeks without you here
I get a shock, shock hurts to heal
I've gotta move through the months without you here
I get a shock, shock hurts to heal
I've gotta move through the weeks without you here,
I get a shock, shock hurts to heal
I've gotta move through the weeks without you here
I get a shock, shock hurts to heal
Shock, shock hurts to heal
Hurts to heal
Hurts to heal
Hurts to heal
Lyrics submitted by tinylittlewords
The Last Page Lyrics as written by Emily Haines
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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when i first heard this song, i thought it was the most bizarre love song she could have ever written to her lover.
but then i realized, it's definitely to her father.
it's really person, but the ending is relatable to anyone suffering a distance (such as here and post-death) with someone so dearly loved.