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.
Every second seems so meaningless
Just like a whirlwind of dust
And all you witness is a part of me
The one that I distrust
I am the fallen one
And I don't give a fuck at all
So just step aside
Digging your every sin
But as I look into your empty eyes
And taste the coldness of your heart
I feel the poison rushing through my veins
Slashing my soul apart
I am the fallen one
And I don't give a fuck at all
So just step aside
Digging your every sin
In my mental crawl
I fell from grace and cursed your name
Burnt to ashes just to rise again
I fed my lust upon your anger
And shed my seed into your embers
(And still feels like the first time)
Entwine the sense in this place of anger
And for a very last time
Let me see your soul burning
And as I kneel among the ruins of
The chambers of the morgue
I know that I'll be here waiting for centuries to come
I am the fallen one
And I don't give a fuck at all
So just step aside
Digging your every sin
In my mental crawl
Just like a whirlwind of dust
And all you witness is a part of me
The one that I distrust
I am the fallen one
And I don't give a fuck at all
So just step aside
Digging your every sin
But as I look into your empty eyes
And taste the coldness of your heart
I feel the poison rushing through my veins
Slashing my soul apart
I am the fallen one
And I don't give a fuck at all
So just step aside
Digging your every sin
In my mental crawl
I fell from grace and cursed your name
Burnt to ashes just to rise again
I fed my lust upon your anger
And shed my seed into your embers
(And still feels like the first time)
Entwine the sense in this place of anger
And for a very last time
Let me see your soul burning
And as I kneel among the ruins of
The chambers of the morgue
I know that I'll be here waiting for centuries to come
I am the fallen one
And I don't give a fuck at all
So just step aside
Digging your every sin
In my mental crawl
Lyrics submitted by Pendulum
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Clean vocals between the lines of the chorus are missing, I'm not sure exactly what they say, but this is what I got:
I don't even know your name I want to be your friend (something I can't quite understand)
This is what I hear for the chorus:<br /> <br /> I am the fallen one<br /> ( ??? )<br /> And I don't give a fuck at all<br /> ( I want to spit in your face )<br /> So just step aside<br /> ( and I won't lie anymore )<br /> Digging your every sin<br /> In my mental crawl