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.
I made a habit of never making promises
That aren't easy to keep
And there you have it but now I'm making one
That is to keep you here with me
'Cause every second that goes by
I feel it's just a waste of time if I'm not with you
If home is where the heart is
Then my home is where you are
But it's getting, oh, so hard
To spend these days without my heart
So I'm taking you with me
Anywhere that I could ever want to be
For the rest of my life
I want you there with me
And if there ever comes a time
When I should have to leave
I hope you know
That I, I'm taking you with me
And so I'm trying to hold it all together
And make it through the day
When I'm just dying to drop it all and take your hand
So we can run away
From all the miles and the hours
That seem to endlessly devour
The time that I could be with you
If home is where the heart is
Then my home is where you are
But it's getting, oh, so hard
To spend these days without my heart
So I'm taking you with me
Anywhere that I could ever want to be
For the rest of my life
I want you there with me
And if there ever comes a time
When I should have to leave
I hope you know
That I, I'm taking you with me
Every second that goes by
Is one more second off my life
And it couldn't be more clear
I'm literally dying without you here
And every second that goes by
Is one more second off my life
And it couldn't be more clear
I'm dying without you here
Yeah, every second that goes by
Yeah, every second that goes by
So I'm taking you with me
Anywhere that I could ever want to be
For the rest of my life
I want you there with me
And if there ever comes a time
When I should have to leave
I hope you know
That I, I'm taking you with me
That aren't easy to keep
And there you have it but now I'm making one
That is to keep you here with me
'Cause every second that goes by
I feel it's just a waste of time if I'm not with you
If home is where the heart is
Then my home is where you are
But it's getting, oh, so hard
To spend these days without my heart
So I'm taking you with me
Anywhere that I could ever want to be
For the rest of my life
I want you there with me
And if there ever comes a time
When I should have to leave
I hope you know
That I, I'm taking you with me
And so I'm trying to hold it all together
And make it through the day
When I'm just dying to drop it all and take your hand
So we can run away
From all the miles and the hours
That seem to endlessly devour
The time that I could be with you
If home is where the heart is
Then my home is where you are
But it's getting, oh, so hard
To spend these days without my heart
So I'm taking you with me
Anywhere that I could ever want to be
For the rest of my life
I want you there with me
And if there ever comes a time
When I should have to leave
I hope you know
That I, I'm taking you with me
Every second that goes by
Is one more second off my life
And it couldn't be more clear
I'm literally dying without you here
And every second that goes by
Is one more second off my life
And it couldn't be more clear
I'm dying without you here
Yeah, every second that goes by
Yeah, every second that goes by
So I'm taking you with me
Anywhere that I could ever want to be
For the rest of my life
I want you there with me
And if there ever comes a time
When I should have to leave
I hope you know
That I, I'm taking you with me
Lyrics submitted by _hideandseek
I'm Taking You with Me Lyrics as written by Matthew Thiessen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
P.S. they're a mainstream Christian band. they were a Christian band until Mmhmm came out, they pulled into mainstream. ;)
I don't really agree with that... mmhmm has I so hate consequences (Oh God, Oh God I needed you), Life After Death and Taxes (the title of the song speaks for itself), Be My Escape (clearly about God), and When I Go Down (and life is now worth living if only because of you, and when they say that i am dead and gone it won't be further from the truth)
Then on Five Score... Deathbed... i think that's more than enough, and all the other ones have stuff in it, like Give and Bite My Tongue, but true, there are alot of relationship songs, but there were ones like that on the old album too... like 17 Magazine, Sadie Hawkins Dance, and Mood Rings (just picking one off each of the previous albums)