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.
Last stop
Montauk
Try to get
Back on track
No vacation
Don't give up
Just don't look back
If you're looking for an answer, dig in
I have said too much already
I cannot win
This could go on for forever on end
There's nowhere to turn
Nowhere to begin this isn't a joke it's merely a sin
There is no way to say it all
Play it again and say it all
I said a little
The rest is a riddle
Our night's too short to say it all
Play it again and say it all
You know the punch line
It's all in the punchline
Pale wind blowing
Cutting right
To the core
You're so patient
When the wreck washed ashore
If you ever need forgiveness, I give
I have done so many incomprehensible things
This could go on for forever on end
There's nowhere to run
Nowhere to escape
Don't tell me you knew until we awake
There is no way to say it all
Play it again and say it all
I said a little
The rest is a riddle
Our night's too short to say it all
Play it again and say it all
Do you know the punchline?
It's all in the punchline
Now and again we can leave it all behind
Now and again we can leave it all behind
There is no way to say it all
Play it again and say it all
I said a little
The rest is a riddle
Our night's too short to play it all
Say it again and play it all
You know the punchline
It's all in the punchline
I said a little
The rest is a riddle
You know the punchline
It's all in the punchline
I said a little the rest is a riddle
You know the punchline, it's all in the punchline
Montauk
Try to get
Back on track
No vacation
Don't give up
Just don't look back
If you're looking for an answer, dig in
I have said too much already
I cannot win
This could go on for forever on end
There's nowhere to turn
Nowhere to begin this isn't a joke it's merely a sin
There is no way to say it all
Play it again and say it all
I said a little
The rest is a riddle
Our night's too short to say it all
Play it again and say it all
You know the punch line
It's all in the punchline
Pale wind blowing
Cutting right
To the core
You're so patient
When the wreck washed ashore
If you ever need forgiveness, I give
I have done so many incomprehensible things
This could go on for forever on end
There's nowhere to run
Nowhere to escape
Don't tell me you knew until we awake
There is no way to say it all
Play it again and say it all
I said a little
The rest is a riddle
Our night's too short to say it all
Play it again and say it all
Do you know the punchline?
It's all in the punchline
Now and again we can leave it all behind
Now and again we can leave it all behind
There is no way to say it all
Play it again and say it all
I said a little
The rest is a riddle
Our night's too short to play it all
Say it again and play it all
You know the punchline
It's all in the punchline
I said a little
The rest is a riddle
You know the punchline
It's all in the punchline
I said a little the rest is a riddle
You know the punchline, it's all in the punchline
Lyrics submitted by strykerchick
Say It All Lyrics as written by Sondre Lerche Vaular
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The way this song speaks to me🥺🥺when I sing it I feel like I relate
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I think it's cold wind rather than pale wind.