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.
Everything is exactly what it seems
Everything is exactly what it seems
She's not hiding wings beneath her leather jacket
Everything is exactly what it seems
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
I thought I'd figured out how to change
But you never change
Everyone is exactly who they are
Everyone is exactly who they are
You're not straying far from who you were in high school
Everyone is exactly who they are
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
I thought I'd figured out how to change
But you never change
You never change
You never change
You never change
Everywhere is a place I've been before
Everywhere is a place I've been before
They've got the same fucking stores I always end up lost in
Everywhere is a place I've been before
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way
Everything is exactly what it seems
She's not hiding wings beneath her leather jacket
Everything is exactly what it seems
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
I thought I'd figured out how to change
But you never change
Everyone is exactly who they are
Everyone is exactly who they are
You're not straying far from who you were in high school
Everyone is exactly who they are
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
I thought I'd figured out how to change
But you never change
You never change
You never change
You never change
Everywhere is a place I've been before
Everywhere is a place I've been before
They've got the same fucking stores I always end up lost in
Everywhere is a place I've been before
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way downtown through the haze
Making my way downtown through the maze
Making my way
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