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.
You are standing here as true as you were born on this earth.
Don't pin all your hopes and your dreams on somebody else's lives.
The Southern cross is twinkling and watching us.
Far beyond, so far away from us.
The Southern Cross is a holy light.
We are the crusaders of the Southern Cross.
Go, if you come up against a hurdle.
Fight, fight for the things you believe in.
Passion, Joy, Sorrow, pain and tears.
All they will be pabulum of your life.
Go, if you come under the wet yourself.
Fight, fight for the person you believe in.
Destiny is calling you...
“Obey me, or defy me”
The Southern cross is twinkling and watching us.
Far beyond, so far away from us.
The Southern Cross is a holy light.
We are the crusaders of the Southern Cross.
Go, if you come up against a hurdle.
Fight, fight for the things you believe in.
Passion, Joy, Sorrow, pain and tears.
All they will be pabulum of your life.
Go, if you come under the wet yourself.
Fight, fight for the person you believe in.
Destiny is calling you...
“Obey me, or defy me”
Is there a thing which is superior to love in this world?
A man is living with loving someone and then being loved by others.
We are standing here as true as we were born on this earth.
The moment of yesterday when we lived is never waste.
Go, if you come up against a hurdle.
Fight, fight for the things you believe in.
Passion, Joy, Sorrow, pain and tears.
All they will be pabulum of your life.
Go, if you come under the wet yourself.
Fight, fight for the person you believe in.
Destiny is calling you...
“Obey me, or defy me”
This little time that you live here
may be treasure when you are old.
Go, if you come away from your way.
Find, find your own way that you believe in.
Destiny is challenging you...
“Obey me, or defy me”
We cannot turn back to our past.
We cannot change our past.
However, we're heading for the future.
So, let us reach out our hands.....our hands!
Don't pin all your hopes and your dreams on somebody else's lives.
The Southern cross is twinkling and watching us.
Far beyond, so far away from us.
The Southern Cross is a holy light.
We are the crusaders of the Southern Cross.
Go, if you come up against a hurdle.
Fight, fight for the things you believe in.
Passion, Joy, Sorrow, pain and tears.
All they will be pabulum of your life.
Go, if you come under the wet yourself.
Fight, fight for the person you believe in.
Destiny is calling you...
“Obey me, or defy me”
The Southern cross is twinkling and watching us.
Far beyond, so far away from us.
The Southern Cross is a holy light.
We are the crusaders of the Southern Cross.
Go, if you come up against a hurdle.
Fight, fight for the things you believe in.
Passion, Joy, Sorrow, pain and tears.
All they will be pabulum of your life.
Go, if you come under the wet yourself.
Fight, fight for the person you believe in.
Destiny is calling you...
“Obey me, or defy me”
Is there a thing which is superior to love in this world?
A man is living with loving someone and then being loved by others.
We are standing here as true as we were born on this earth.
The moment of yesterday when we lived is never waste.
Go, if you come up against a hurdle.
Fight, fight for the things you believe in.
Passion, Joy, Sorrow, pain and tears.
All they will be pabulum of your life.
Go, if you come under the wet yourself.
Fight, fight for the person you believe in.
Destiny is calling you...
“Obey me, or defy me”
This little time that you live here
may be treasure when you are old.
Go, if you come away from your way.
Find, find your own way that you believe in.
Destiny is challenging you...
“Obey me, or defy me”
We cannot turn back to our past.
We cannot change our past.
However, we're heading for the future.
So, let us reach out our hands.....our hands!
Lyrics submitted by MaxLancer
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The vocalist to this band needs to learn english. The rest of the band is pretty talented, though.