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.
We've lost the minds
We came to know
Like cattle out in the cold
We begged for months
We begged to know
Show kindness never found
Now we all belong
In the Saturdays of our youth
Cause we all have lost
So don't feel so alien
We rise and fall
For pride and gain
Just defending ours, always defending ours
Well we must relate, no well we can't relate
We must relate, no well we can't relate
Now we all belong
In the Saturdays of our youth
Cause we all have lost
So don't feel so alien
Live in chaos
Now swinging claws
Closer, closer, let's see something new
Something new
Something new
Something new
Now we all belong
In the Saturdays of our youth
Cause we all have lost
So don't feel so alien
Now we all
Now we all
Now we all
Now we all belong
We came to know
Like cattle out in the cold
We begged for months
We begged to know
Show kindness never found
Now we all belong
In the Saturdays of our youth
Cause we all have lost
So don't feel so alien
We rise and fall
For pride and gain
Just defending ours, always defending ours
Well we must relate, no well we can't relate
We must relate, no well we can't relate
Now we all belong
In the Saturdays of our youth
Cause we all have lost
So don't feel so alien
Live in chaos
Now swinging claws
Closer, closer, let's see something new
Something new
Something new
Something new
Now we all belong
In the Saturdays of our youth
Cause we all have lost
So don't feel so alien
Now we all
Now we all
Now we all
Now we all belong
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Saturdays Lyrics as written by Samuel Loeffler Peter Loeffler
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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It sounds like he's talking about people who feel that the entire world is out to get them and they think they are the only person that feels as shitty as they do, depression. He's saying you're not the only one who's life sucks, there are others and if you realize this, it'll make things better.