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.
You say you wander your own land
But when I think about it, I don't see how you can.
You're aching, you're breaking and I can see the pain in your eyes
Says everybody's changing and I don't know why.
So little time, try to understand that I'm
Yeah, I'm trying to make a move just to stay in the game.
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing and I don't feel the same.
You're gone from here
Soon you will disappear, fading into beautiful light
'Cause everybody's changing and I don't feel right.
So little time, try to understand that I'm
Yeah, I'm trying to make a move just to stay in the game.
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing and I don't feel the same.
(Solo)
So little time, try to understand that I'm
Yeah, I'm trying to make a move just to stay in the game.
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing and I don't feel the same.
Yeah, everybody's changing and I don't feel the same.
But when I think about it, I don't see how you can.
You're aching, you're breaking and I can see the pain in your eyes
Says everybody's changing and I don't know why.
So little time, try to understand that I'm
Yeah, I'm trying to make a move just to stay in the game.
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing and I don't feel the same.
You're gone from here
Soon you will disappear, fading into beautiful light
'Cause everybody's changing and I don't feel right.
So little time, try to understand that I'm
Yeah, I'm trying to make a move just to stay in the game.
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing and I don't feel the same.
(Solo)
So little time, try to understand that I'm
Yeah, I'm trying to make a move just to stay in the game.
I try to stay awake and remember my name
But everybody's changing and I don't feel the same.
Yeah, everybody's changing and I don't feel the same.
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