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.
Let's you and I stay awake all night
We can pretend we feel safe in bed
We can drink till we're happy again
A lifeless smile, with no in and no out
I think I can
Can taste blood in
In the back of my throat
On day three without sleep
We can pretend we don't envy the dead
We can hold our wrists to the sky
To greet a new day, with no in and no out
We can pretend we feel safe in bed
We can drink till we're happy again
A lifeless smile, with no in and no out
I think I can
Can taste blood in
In the back of my throat
On day three without sleep
We can pretend we don't envy the dead
We can hold our wrists to the sky
To greet a new day, with no in and no out
Lyrics submitted by Cameron5tevens
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seriously? no one has said anything abuot this?
this song makes me want to be with someone and just lay there. i think the idea of what it's about is pretty obvious - just being with someone and not caring about anything else.