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.
Wake me up when it's over
Wake me up when it's done
When he's gone away and taken everything
Wake me up
Wake me up when the skies are clearing
When the water is still
'Cause I will not watch the ships sail away
So please say you will
If it were any other day
This wouldn't get the best of me
But today I'm not so strong
So lay me down with a sad song
And when it stops
Then you know I've been gone too long
But don't shake me awake
Don't bend me or I will break
Find me somewhere between my dreams
With the sun on my face
I will still feel it later on
But for now I'd rather be asleep
Wake me up when it's done
When he's gone away and taken everything
Wake me up
Wake me up when the skies are clearing
When the water is still
'Cause I will not watch the ships sail away
So please say you will
If it were any other day
This wouldn't get the best of me
But today I'm not so strong
So lay me down with a sad song
And when it stops
Then you know I've been gone too long
But don't shake me awake
Don't bend me or I will break
Find me somewhere between my dreams
With the sun on my face
I will still feel it later on
But for now I'd rather be asleep
Lyrics submitted by softasfire
Wake Me Up Lyrics as written by Norah Jones Lee Alexander
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