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.
Keep yourself alive, take all your time and you will survive mindless you say?
But it's your life that's insane
You lie to me, bloody days float around, my suppliant broken heart..
You've disappeared
Oh, I beg you to stay!
But what I need is inside of me
You lie, lie
Lies inside of me from my eyes, you wish to fade
You wish to fade my friend, my love in this night
Run away, run away from me now, hear me now
It's sad but I feel your liar heart
your liar heart
But it's your life that's insane
You lie to me, bloody days float around, my suppliant broken heart..
You've disappeared
Oh, I beg you to stay!
But what I need is inside of me
You lie, lie
Lies inside of me from my eyes, you wish to fade
You wish to fade my friend, my love in this night
Run away, run away from me now, hear me now
It's sad but I feel your liar heart
your liar heart
Lyrics submitted by Lateralus518
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