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.
The caves of our mouths are forest darkness
And the air in between is overflowing
And the rushing wolverine flies past
His shiny shiny teeth
And she is kind, and he is free and full of knowing
She is sure
She is sure
The caves of our mouths are bear’s bellies
And the air in between is spewing comets
And the dancing centaur queen flies past
Her tiny tiny teeth
And he is kind, and she is free and wants to show him
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
Find him in the bat’s mouth
He is singing in her bat's mouth
He is shaking and dancing in her bat mouth
Getting tired and sleepy in her bat mouth
And she's holding him tight in her bat arms
She is wrapping him up in her bat arms
And she’s thanking her mother sea
"Thank you, mother sea, for letting him see the sea in me"
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
And the air in between is overflowing
And the rushing wolverine flies past
His shiny shiny teeth
And she is kind, and he is free and full of knowing
She is sure
She is sure
The caves of our mouths are bear’s bellies
And the air in between is spewing comets
And the dancing centaur queen flies past
Her tiny tiny teeth
And he is kind, and she is free and wants to show him
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
Find him in the bat’s mouth
He is singing in her bat's mouth
He is shaking and dancing in her bat mouth
Getting tired and sleepy in her bat mouth
And she's holding him tight in her bat arms
She is wrapping him up in her bat arms
And she’s thanking her mother sea
"Thank you, mother sea, for letting him see the sea in me"
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
She is sure
Lyrics submitted by ElbowCrumbs, edited by Stockholm
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It says all the lyrics there - but... what is it about?