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.
Big city lights don't shine for me no more
Yeh know somebody took my angel
And now shes gone for sure...
Theres a broken lamp post where we used to hang
Its on the corner of broken trust
Down by the river bank
Somehow we lost our way on the darkest street
Now we sit here every night
And listen to the band and can you hear them say ?
Big city lights don't shine for me no more
You know somebody took my angel
And now shes gone for sure
They say somebody else who couldn't save themself
Big city lights don't shine for me no more
If you ever come to our town
Where no angel plays
You know she'll take you under her wing
Then she'll just fly away
Just like she broke the heart of everyone she trust
Now we sit here every night listen to the band
and can you here us say ?
Listen to us say !
Big City lights don't shine for me no more
You know somebody took my angel
And now shes gone for sure
They say somebody else who couldn't save themself
Big city lights don't shine for me no more
No, No!
Big City lights dont shine for me no more
You know somebody took my angel
And now shes gone for sure
They say somebody else who couldn't save themself
Big City lights don't shine for me no more
Big city lights...
Big city lights.....
Yeh know somebody took my angel
And now shes gone for sure...
Theres a broken lamp post where we used to hang
Its on the corner of broken trust
Down by the river bank
Somehow we lost our way on the darkest street
Now we sit here every night
And listen to the band and can you hear them say ?
Big city lights don't shine for me no more
You know somebody took my angel
And now shes gone for sure
They say somebody else who couldn't save themself
Big city lights don't shine for me no more
If you ever come to our town
Where no angel plays
You know she'll take you under her wing
Then she'll just fly away
Just like she broke the heart of everyone she trust
Now we sit here every night listen to the band
and can you here us say ?
Listen to us say !
Big City lights don't shine for me no more
You know somebody took my angel
And now shes gone for sure
They say somebody else who couldn't save themself
Big city lights don't shine for me no more
No, No!
Big City lights dont shine for me no more
You know somebody took my angel
And now shes gone for sure
They say somebody else who couldn't save themself
Big City lights don't shine for me no more
Big city lights...
Big city lights.....
Lyrics submitted by SilverSaint
Big City Lights Lyrics as written by Christopher Robertson Ben Wells
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