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 could sing you a song about the last five seconds of love
I could sing you a song about the last five seconds of love
I’m so shy
I left the morning after a key disaster
At the evening affair
Within the first five minutes alone
At the evening affair
Within the first five minutes alone
I was so tongue-tied
I gave the wrong impression of the wrong suggestion
Graduation day
Graduation day
You’d think by now I’d learn to stay away
You’re the friend of a friend
That’s the last I ever heard
Why do I try?
I stated my defenses from 1 to 99
I’d like to sing you a song about the last five seconds of love
I’d like to sing you a song about the last five seconds of love
With the sun in my eyes
I made a full confession
I learned my lesson well
Graduation day
Graduation day
Oh you’d think by now I’d learn
Don’t you think by now I’d learn to stay away?
Graduation day
Day
Day
Day
I could sing you a song about the last five seconds of love
I’m so shy
I left the morning after a key disaster
At the evening affair
Within the first five minutes alone
At the evening affair
Within the first five minutes alone
I was so tongue-tied
I gave the wrong impression of the wrong suggestion
Graduation day
Graduation day
You’d think by now I’d learn to stay away
You’re the friend of a friend
That’s the last I ever heard
Why do I try?
I stated my defenses from 1 to 99
I’d like to sing you a song about the last five seconds of love
I’d like to sing you a song about the last five seconds of love
With the sun in my eyes
I made a full confession
I learned my lesson well
Graduation day
Graduation day
Oh you’d think by now I’d learn
Don’t you think by now I’d learn to stay away?
Graduation day
Day
Day
Day
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