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.
Well the witches stare with their limbs akimbo
Silhouettes of statues up in the window
Call me to come here with a crooked crescendo
But I don't
Devotees dance among the pantomime on the promenade
Into a tabernacle on the lawn
But I don't follow
Because she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
Midnight moved across the people's park
And I fled the fire like a spinning spark
Up onto a porch in the dark
She was waiting right there for me
She knows that my hands are empty
As I go past the mothers of envy
And I don't have to fumble in the dark for my keys
I believe she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
The pupils gather in the yard
Around the pulpit made of cards
And waited for their leader's words
But his words didn't make much sense
His mouth spat out a fist of daggers
And his tongue swirled in a southern swagger
And I looked at all the people gathered
But they were all in a trance
And she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
I was thrown before the court of canes
Tossed my soul to the furnace flames
Where all my heros had been slain, exiled, or put in prison
Because they rose above the mess
And because their power posed a threat
And because they spoke of something else
When everybody else didn't
The music fills the space between
The deities and the prophecies
Of our bodies pressed seamlessly
Silent in the shade
She looks at me so fearlessly
And I take it all too seriously
But it all becomes so clear to me
And makes me understand
That she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
Yeah she's mine, all mine, all mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
Yeah she's mine
Silhouettes of statues up in the window
Call me to come here with a crooked crescendo
But I don't
Devotees dance among the pantomime on the promenade
Into a tabernacle on the lawn
But I don't follow
Because she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
Midnight moved across the people's park
And I fled the fire like a spinning spark
Up onto a porch in the dark
She was waiting right there for me
She knows that my hands are empty
As I go past the mothers of envy
And I don't have to fumble in the dark for my keys
I believe she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
The pupils gather in the yard
Around the pulpit made of cards
And waited for their leader's words
But his words didn't make much sense
His mouth spat out a fist of daggers
And his tongue swirled in a southern swagger
And I looked at all the people gathered
But they were all in a trance
And she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
I was thrown before the court of canes
Tossed my soul to the furnace flames
Where all my heros had been slain, exiled, or put in prison
Because they rose above the mess
And because their power posed a threat
And because they spoke of something else
When everybody else didn't
The music fills the space between
The deities and the prophecies
Of our bodies pressed seamlessly
Silent in the shade
She looks at me so fearlessly
And I take it all too seriously
But it all becomes so clear to me
And makes me understand
That she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
Yeah she's mine, all mine, all mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mm
Yeah she's mine
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oops i messed up the line "devotees dance among the fancy minds on the promenade":
fancy minds should be pantomimes
Gotta love the George Bush-basing:
the pupils gather in the yard around the pulpit made of cards and waited for their leader's words but his words didn't make much sense
his mouth it spat out a fist of daggers and his tongue is swirled in a southern swagger and i looked at all the people gathered but they were all in a trance
Irregardless of your viewpoint, that paints quite a picture
Not it at all, could easily be commentary on "the goose that becomes plump and fat and doesn't use its wings to fly" i.e. bashing religion and all those who blindly follow it.
this song is so sweet. these lines are perfection:
the music fills the space between the deities and the prophecies of our bodies pressed endlessly silent in the sand
Gotta love the George Bush-basing:
the pupils gather in the yard around the pulpit made of cards and waited for their leader's words but his words didn't make much sense
his mouth it spat out a fist of daggers and his tongue is swirled in a southern swagger and i looked at all the people gathered but they were all in a trance
Irregardless of your viewpoint, that paints quite a picture
Irregardless isn't a word, my friend ;)
does anyone have any ideas on what the court of canes reference means?
"i was thrown before the court of canes"
Court of canes...
Alluding to the fact that the people in power are old fashioned and not ready to make changes, maybe?
court of canes?
probably means that he stood up againt all the bs the "leader" had said and done and for that he was punished, like those before him: "where all my heroes had been slain, exiled, or put in prison"
@halachaka <br /> <br /> The courts(judgements of those on the darker sides of life “<br /> Cains(killed Abel) <br /> Hero’s killed on in prison <br /> Christ’s disciples
has anybody ever noticed how much this song sounds like bob dylan's I want you? they sound really similar, and some of the words make sense with each other, though not too much, maybe it's a response to dylan... what do you think?
would someone plz explain the first three verses for me?? i'm at a loss.
@jennifer1385 The occult is bullying someone chosen by God <br /> <br /> Witches stare with their weirdness - silhouette statues - a false front - a planned witchcraft event where it seems there are more people involved <br /> They call on him to align with the.ok and Bully her, but he knows she’s there partly for him
i think i might have cracked the "i was thrown before the court of canes" line
What is a court? a place where something is judged, a place where truths come out, an event is judged
canes could be short for hurricanes, and seeing how the rest of the song bashes on bush, the line is probably talking about the bad circumstances of katrina
in essence, i saw the truth of how apathetic our government can be during katrina and it broke my heart
-let me know your thoughts
@ksquared “Cains” Cain and Abel