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.
Jessica says she'd wait for me
I'd be eighteen when
She is turning twenty-three
Decorates her room with greeting cards
They burn up when she turns the light on in the dark
Trying to remember love that never really was
When the milk tasted like perfume
You had been drinking from the carton
I'd be eighteen when
She is turning twenty-three
Decorates her room with greeting cards
They burn up when she turns the light on in the dark
Trying to remember love that never really was
When the milk tasted like perfume
You had been drinking from the carton
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"Apparently"? Why do people always assume that every song with a personal story is autobiographical? And even if this one was, I wouldn't jump to conclusions about Kaki King's sexual orientation. Things are quite often more ambiguious than "homo" and "hetero". This song is great, anyhow, one of those bittersweet songs I love. It expresses the feeling well: a distant reminiscence of lost love that seems almost like a dream.
I will try to decipher "My Insect Life", it is a little hard though...