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.
Leader of the master race
Tried to capture the world
A psychic with nightmares
Couldn't state his prophecies
They killed in the name of god
Dead bodies on the fields
Screaming
He lost the war
With hate inside
For sure, he'll burn in hell
Killing innocence was holy sin
For sure, he'll burn in hell
Genocide in the state
With an emotion of hate
We call him Antichrist
Who is against what is right
They killed in the name of god
Dead bodies on the fields
Screaming
He lost the war
With hate inside
For sure, he'll burn in hell
Killing innocence was holy sin
For sure, he'll burn in hell
He lost the war
With hate inside
For sure, he'll burn in hell
Killing innocence was holy sin
For sure, he'll burn in hell
He lost the war (he lost the war)
With hate inside
For sure, he'll burn in hell
Killing innocence was holy sin
For sure, he'll burn in hell
Tried to capture the world
A psychic with nightmares
Couldn't state his prophecies
They killed in the name of god
Dead bodies on the fields
Screaming
He lost the war
With hate inside
For sure, he'll burn in hell
Killing innocence was holy sin
For sure, he'll burn in hell
Genocide in the state
With an emotion of hate
We call him Antichrist
Who is against what is right
They killed in the name of god
Dead bodies on the fields
Screaming
He lost the war
With hate inside
For sure, he'll burn in hell
Killing innocence was holy sin
For sure, he'll burn in hell
He lost the war
With hate inside
For sure, he'll burn in hell
Killing innocence was holy sin
For sure, he'll burn in hell
He lost the war (he lost the war)
With hate inside
For sure, he'll burn in hell
Killing innocence was holy sin
For sure, he'll burn in hell
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About Hitler?
"Leader of the 'Master Race'" - Hitler and his Aryan theory "Tried to capture the world" - Nazi party tried taking over the world "He lost the war" - Hitler did indeed lose WWII "Genocide in the state" - He committed genocide on the Jews in Germany "We call him Anti-Christ" - quite right we do.
That sounds like a plausible topic. And he certainly will burn in Hell for his crimes.
Hitler is a beast is a bastard He'l burn in Hell, because he's a monster
Hitler is a beast is a bastard He'l burn in Hell, because he's a monster
The riffs in this song are amazing and the solo is also incredible, no less from Gus G. and this song is most definitly about Hitler.
Yeah I got the Hitler thing too. The only confusing part for me is the 'in the name of God' bit
Hitler fought in the name of the Christian God. He wanted everyone on earth to be Christian as he was a devout Christian himself. Firewind is most likely and atheist band based on their lyrics for "Ark of Lies"