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're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory, now
Call all your friends
And tell them you're never coming back
Cause this is the end
Pretend that you want it
Don't react
The damage is done
The police are coming too slow now
I would have died
I would have loved you all my life
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory, now
Where have you gone,
The beach is so cold in winter here
And where have I gone,
I wake in Montauk with you near
Remember the day
Cause this is what dreams should always be
I just want to stay
I just want to keep this dream in me
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory
Wake up, it's time, little girl, wake up
All the best of what we've done is yet to come
Wake up, it's time, little girl, wake up
Just remember who I am in the morning
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory, now
Call all your friends
And tell them you're never coming back
Cause this is the end
Pretend that you want it
Don't react
The damage is done
The police are coming too slow now
I would have died
I would have loved you all my life
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory, now
Where have you gone,
The beach is so cold in winter here
And where have I gone,
I wake in Montauk with you near
Remember the day
Cause this is what dreams should always be
I just want to stay
I just want to keep this dream in me
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory
Wake up, it's time, little girl, wake up
All the best of what we've done is yet to come
Wake up, it's time, little girl, wake up
Just remember who I am in the morning
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory
You're losing your memory now
Lyrics submitted by nknh, edited by Junius, Axxie, CaitieRose707
Losing Your Memory Lyrics as written by Ryan Kulchinsky
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If you just read the lyrics it seems as if maybe it's about someone who runs away. "Your losing your memory now," may refer to her, after time, forgetting her home (settling in to wherever she now lives) and what ever it was she was running from.
In the song, he seems to be challenging her to come home, and telling her he misses her, even if she's slowly forgetting him.
It could also be that in the song he's talking to a friend that doing something harmful to themselves (maybe using or something) and they're slowly drifting away. This is how I see it, makes me think of my best friend.
"Call all your friends And tell them you're never coming back Cause this is the end Pretend that you want it Don't react The damage is done The police are coming too slow now I would have died I would have loved you all my life" Could be him saying, sort of in anger and hurt at what the person is doing, that that person is deserting their friends.
"You're losing your memory now" would be referring to memory loss from the drug.
"Where have you gone, The beach is so cold in winter here" is about them being "gone" rather than physically gone.
"Remember the day Cause this is what dreams should always be I just want to stay I just want to keep this dream in me" is saying to remember times before getting into all this trouble, and that's how it should be. That's what dreams should be.
Then the verse about waking up and "the best of what we've done is yet to come" is about getting out of the trouble and living for real.
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