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.
NO PAIN NO GAIN shinjireba uragirarete
NO PAIN NO GAIN ataereba ubawareteku
ALL FAKE ALL LIE giseisha ga aware da nante
ALL FAKE ALL LIE tada soitsu ga baka na dake sa
I SHOULD JUST ASK FOR WHAT THIS WORLD WHERE IT HAD ROTTED
Kizutsuku no ga [IYA] de mata hito wo zetsubou ni someru
Shimesareta hikari ga boku ni areba
saketa ai mo shinda hito mo kako no kizu mo suterareru no ni
dare mo ga kakusu yowasa ni
obie soshite kimi wo motome kimi wo kizutsuke mogakiteru
NO PAIN NO GAIN nandomo shinde shimaou to
NO PAIN NO GAIN fuzama na kizuato wa fuete iku bakari
I SHOULD JUST ASK FOR WHAT THIS WORLD WHERE IT HAD ROTTED
[KOKORO] "sukuu" mono wo motomete iru no kamoshirenai
Nigedasu koto dake wa mou dekinai
tatoe hito no yoku to ura to wana to basei ni korosarete mo
kotae ga chikazuku hodo ni
akai kizu to kuroi uso to shiroi kioku ga tsukisasaru
Kareta sekai de surechigatta usugitanai gizensha-tachi yo
ore no urami, hitsuu no kono sakebi wa kikoete iru no ka?
I SHOULD JUST ASK FOR WHAT THIS WORLD WHERE IT HAD ROTTED
"Kore ga shinjitsu ka?" to hidoku mijime ni omoetekita
Itami wo kanjinai boku de areba
saketa ai mo shinda hito mo kako no kizu mo suterareru no ni
daremo ga kakusu yowasa ni
obie soshite kimi wo motome kimi wo kizutsukete
Kimi wo dakishimeta ano hi kara boku wa
kanashii hodo kimi wo uso ni kaete shimau yo
futari ga ima sure chigatteiku
toki no naka de tagaini mita kayagaki wo miushinatta
NO PAIN NO GAIN ataereba ubawareteku
ALL FAKE ALL LIE giseisha ga aware da nante
ALL FAKE ALL LIE tada soitsu ga baka na dake sa
I SHOULD JUST ASK FOR WHAT THIS WORLD WHERE IT HAD ROTTED
Kizutsuku no ga [IYA] de mata hito wo zetsubou ni someru
Shimesareta hikari ga boku ni areba
saketa ai mo shinda hito mo kako no kizu mo suterareru no ni
dare mo ga kakusu yowasa ni
obie soshite kimi wo motome kimi wo kizutsuke mogakiteru
NO PAIN NO GAIN nandomo shinde shimaou to
NO PAIN NO GAIN fuzama na kizuato wa fuete iku bakari
I SHOULD JUST ASK FOR WHAT THIS WORLD WHERE IT HAD ROTTED
[KOKORO] "sukuu" mono wo motomete iru no kamoshirenai
Nigedasu koto dake wa mou dekinai
tatoe hito no yoku to ura to wana to basei ni korosarete mo
kotae ga chikazuku hodo ni
akai kizu to kuroi uso to shiroi kioku ga tsukisasaru
Kareta sekai de surechigatta usugitanai gizensha-tachi yo
ore no urami, hitsuu no kono sakebi wa kikoete iru no ka?
I SHOULD JUST ASK FOR WHAT THIS WORLD WHERE IT HAD ROTTED
"Kore ga shinjitsu ka?" to hidoku mijime ni omoetekita
Itami wo kanjinai boku de areba
saketa ai mo shinda hito mo kako no kizu mo suterareru no ni
daremo ga kakusu yowasa ni
obie soshite kimi wo motome kimi wo kizutsukete
Kimi wo dakishimeta ano hi kara boku wa
kanashii hodo kimi wo uso ni kaete shimau yo
futari ga ima sure chigatteiku
toki no naka de tagaini mita kayagaki wo miushinatta
Lyrics submitted by yoru
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