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.
Sink down in myriads
Are you aware of a creator?
Bitter inward stride against distress
Privation of pain and sorrow
If a life tomorrow becomes
The grave is dug today
Saved from waves of time we float
Against distant hights in the blue
Your spirit lifeless body animates
And by the ashes seal your fate
Bit by bit my body will decay
In the dark hole called my grave I will not stay
In my rotten brain the will to live remain
Now I am deceased and you are left alive
But in truth I am the living one and you're the one to die
Now I am all alone and only the clouds will hear me cry
I will rise again...
Alone I embrace myself
I will claim my revenge
Are you aware of a creator?
Bitter inward stride against distress
Privation of pain and sorrow
If a life tomorrow becomes
The grave is dug today
Saved from waves of time we float
Against distant hights in the blue
Your spirit lifeless body animates
And by the ashes seal your fate
Bit by bit my body will decay
In the dark hole called my grave I will not stay
In my rotten brain the will to live remain
Now I am deceased and you are left alive
But in truth I am the living one and you're the one to die
Now I am all alone and only the clouds will hear me cry
I will rise again...
Alone I embrace myself
I will claim my revenge
Lyrics submitted by Legion1349
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