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.
I've seen the way that the sun sets in your face
Our love is too big for us to break
You've got me wishing for the stars in outer space
I'm holding onto this life and love and for
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this struggle behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark days
I've seen the way that the rain spits in your face
Just falling upon your lips to taste
If I could give to you the stars in outer space
I'm holding onto this life and love and for
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this struggle behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark days
Another time and place
To put this struggle behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark days
So far away, so far away
So far away
Look into your heart
And let time heal this pain
We're not so far away
We're not so far away
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this struggle behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark days
Another time and place
To put this struggle behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark, light of these dark
Light of these dark days
All as one, you made me come home
And all this, I'm one to never follow
In all this, I'm one who will ever love you
All this I'm done, all this I'm done
Our love is too big for us to break
You've got me wishing for the stars in outer space
I'm holding onto this life and love and for
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this struggle behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark days
I've seen the way that the rain spits in your face
Just falling upon your lips to taste
If I could give to you the stars in outer space
I'm holding onto this life and love and for
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this struggle behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark days
Another time and place
To put this struggle behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark days
So far away, so far away
So far away
Look into your heart
And let time heal this pain
We're not so far away
We're not so far away
The possibility, you and me, let me be
I need to find a way
To put this struggle behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark days
Another time and place
To put this struggle behind us
Can't spend my life in shame
Making light of these dark, light of these dark
Light of these dark days
All as one, you made me come home
And all this, I'm one to never follow
In all this, I'm one who will ever love you
All this I'm done, all this I'm done
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