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.
Lights, out of the darkness
What did you see?
What did you see?
And I, I don't see the likeness
I'm trying to see
I'm trying to see
If you believe me look in my eyes
As you delight me don't' breathe a sigh
I'm caught in the reason
I'm caught in the reason
You wanted a reason
You wanted a reason
For all the things I said
Its out of the question
Its out of the question
Right out of the question
Right out of the question
I'd rather stop being dead
This is the only thing I know
The writings on the wall
Its what we're standing for
So I
I'm getting to notice
I try to explain
I try to explain
If you believe me look in my eyes
As you delight me don't' breathe a sigh
I'm caught in the reason
I'm caught in the reason
You wanted a reason
You wanted a reason
For all the things I said
Its out of the question
Its out of the question
Right out of the question
Right out of the question
I'd rather stop being
Lights
Out of the darkness
What did you see?
What did you see?
And I
I don't see the likeness
I'm trying to see
I'm trying to see
I'm caught in the reason
I'm caught in the reason
You wanted a reason
You wanted a reason
For all the things I said
Its out of the question
Its out of the question
Right out of the question
Right out of the question
I'd rather stop being dead
This is the only thing I know
The writings on the wall
Its what we're standing for
What did you see?
What did you see?
And I, I don't see the likeness
I'm trying to see
I'm trying to see
If you believe me look in my eyes
As you delight me don't' breathe a sigh
I'm caught in the reason
I'm caught in the reason
You wanted a reason
You wanted a reason
For all the things I said
Its out of the question
Its out of the question
Right out of the question
Right out of the question
I'd rather stop being dead
This is the only thing I know
The writings on the wall
Its what we're standing for
So I
I'm getting to notice
I try to explain
I try to explain
If you believe me look in my eyes
As you delight me don't' breathe a sigh
I'm caught in the reason
I'm caught in the reason
You wanted a reason
You wanted a reason
For all the things I said
Its out of the question
Its out of the question
Right out of the question
Right out of the question
I'd rather stop being
Lights
Out of the darkness
What did you see?
What did you see?
And I
I don't see the likeness
I'm trying to see
I'm trying to see
I'm caught in the reason
I'm caught in the reason
You wanted a reason
You wanted a reason
For all the things I said
Its out of the question
Its out of the question
Right out of the question
Right out of the question
I'd rather stop being dead
This is the only thing I know
The writings on the wall
Its what we're standing for
Lyrics submitted by molko_rules, edited by WanderingWisp
Out of the Question Lyrics as written by James Roger Arguile Gareth Edward Jennings
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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ps. is it not "As you deny me don't breathe a sigh"