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.
Stepping up
No excuses are welcome
Take the cog
Its not your time to show the
World you've come
Prisoners are not an option
So draw your guns
And show them who I am
Just another taste
Will heal everything
My arsenal has just been tapped
I found the cure
To insecurity
The phoenix will be released
Stare them down
Nothing can hold me back
Blocking all
Light that shields fear
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Show them why
You are the one who's strong
The crowd is getting restless
Conveying lack of heart
There's only one way to win
The purest flame
That's ever touched my lips
Will drag this fire out of me
can't believe how I am
Falling down, falling down
I thought I wouldn't be
So dependent, so dependent
Now I am giving in
To my weakness, to my weakness
Can't stop giving in, giving in
To my weakness, to my weakness
Is this me
Succumb to weakness
Is this me
Succumb to weakness
Is this me
Running far
Run from all my problems
That haunt in me
Must escape
Taking the only poison
That sets me free
Running far
Running from all my problems
That haunt in me
Must escape
Taking the only poison
That sets me free
No excuses are welcome
Take the cog
Its not your time to show the
World you've come
Prisoners are not an option
So draw your guns
And show them who I am
Just another taste
Will heal everything
My arsenal has just been tapped
I found the cure
To insecurity
The phoenix will be released
Stare them down
Nothing can hold me back
Blocking all
Light that shields fear
Powered by
A source like no other
Show them why
You are the one who's strong
The crowd is getting restless
Conveying lack of heart
There's only one way to win
The purest flame
That's ever touched my lips
Will drag this fire out of me
can't believe how I am
Falling down, falling down
I thought I wouldn't be
So dependent, so dependent
Now I am giving in
To my weakness, to my weakness
Can't stop giving in, giving in
To my weakness, to my weakness
Is this me
Succumb to weakness
Is this me
Succumb to weakness
Is this me
Running far
Run from all my problems
That haunt in me
Must escape
Taking the only poison
That sets me free
Running far
Running from all my problems
That haunt in me
Must escape
Taking the only poison
That sets me free
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