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.
Raise the guns
At every self made suspicion
Build the bombs
Corrupt policy's decision
That's the sound
Of integrity breaking its back
In a country
Founded as a thievery act
Raise the guns
At every self made suspicion
Build the bombs
Corrupt policy's decision
Times are dark/
With our children spoon-fed ignorance
Inheritance/
Of an anxious trigger finger
Raise the guns
At every self made suspicion
Build the bombs
Corrupt policy's decision
Our leaders preach if we disagree
We're the traitors of society
Homophobia, racism, and sexism
Systems breed supremacy
Ignition
Inception
Burning is a fuse to destruction
Break the walls of ignorance
To disarm the world for it's last chance
Ignition
Inception
Burning is a fuse to destruction
Break the walls of ignorance
To disarm the world for it's last chance
Time again for a war
On an enemy that isn't real
Greedy selfish warlords
Feed the agenda, death's the meal
That's the sound
Impending fear crawling up your spine
In a country
Where nothing is truly made clear
Raise the guns
At every self made suspicion
Build the bombs
Corrupt policy's decision
Our leaders preach if we disagree
We're the traitors of society
Homophobia, racism, and sexism
Our systems breed supremacy
Ignition
Inception
Burning is a fuse to destruction
Break the walls of ignorance
To disarm the world for it's last chance
Ignition
Inception
Burning is a fuse to destruction
Break the walls of ignorance
To disarm the world for it's last chance
At every self made suspicion
Build the bombs
Corrupt policy's decision
That's the sound
Of integrity breaking its back
In a country
Founded as a thievery act
Raise the guns
At every self made suspicion
Build the bombs
Corrupt policy's decision
Times are dark/
With our children spoon-fed ignorance
Inheritance/
Of an anxious trigger finger
Raise the guns
At every self made suspicion
Build the bombs
Corrupt policy's decision
Our leaders preach if we disagree
We're the traitors of society
Homophobia, racism, and sexism
Systems breed supremacy
Ignition
Inception
Burning is a fuse to destruction
Break the walls of ignorance
To disarm the world for it's last chance
Ignition
Inception
Burning is a fuse to destruction
Break the walls of ignorance
To disarm the world for it's last chance
Time again for a war
On an enemy that isn't real
Greedy selfish warlords
Feed the agenda, death's the meal
That's the sound
Impending fear crawling up your spine
In a country
Where nothing is truly made clear
Raise the guns
At every self made suspicion
Build the bombs
Corrupt policy's decision
Our leaders preach if we disagree
We're the traitors of society
Homophobia, racism, and sexism
Our systems breed supremacy
Ignition
Inception
Burning is a fuse to destruction
Break the walls of ignorance
To disarm the world for it's last chance
Ignition
Inception
Burning is a fuse to destruction
Break the walls of ignorance
To disarm the world for it's last chance
Lyrics submitted by SwornDemon
Ignition Lyrics as written by Jason Suecof Corey Beaulieu
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Yes I love this album, but I do love Ascendancy more. And darkAlias, I don't know if you're joking or not, but I don't they're condemning any of those things; I think they're speaking from the point of view of individuals in those positions. I think this song has a double entendre really, talking about a literal war, with everybody shooting off bombs and fighting over petty things, and the war against that which is different and misunderstood. I do agree that the clean vocals don't make it bad. MKH sounds a lot like James Hetfield, but once you've heard the album quite a bit, you won't even remember that lol.