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're not the same, dear, as we used to be
The seasons have changed and so have we
And there's little we can say
Even less that we can do
To stop the ice from getting thinner under me and you
We buried our love in the wintery grave
A lone pair of snow was all that remained
Well we stayed by side as the days turned to weeks
And the ice kept getting thinner with every word that we'd speak
When spring arrived we were be taken by surprise
That the flows under our feet bled into the sea
And nothing was left for you and me
It's not the same, dear, that it seems to me
There's no where we can go with nothing underneath
And it saddens me to say what we both knew was true
That the ice was getting thinner under me and you
The ice was getting thinner under me and you
The seasons have changed and so have we
And there's little we can say
Even less that we can do
To stop the ice from getting thinner under me and you
We buried our love in the wintery grave
A lone pair of snow was all that remained
Well we stayed by side as the days turned to weeks
And the ice kept getting thinner with every word that we'd speak
When spring arrived we were be taken by surprise
That the flows under our feet bled into the sea
And nothing was left for you and me
It's not the same, dear, that it seems to me
There's no where we can go with nothing underneath
And it saddens me to say what we both knew was true
That the ice was getting thinner under me and you
The ice was getting thinner under me and you
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