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 sky is full of darkness
As I start to dream
It's a horrible nightmare
But it's not a scream
IT'S A DREAM!!!
The devil made me do it
I can't help myself
You led me to it
Took me off yourself
Maybe i'd do it
There's no one else
I'll fess up to it
And won't blame myself
Battles won, and wars lost
The sunset is on fire
But if you don't fight
Satan will call you a liar
Are the means so conflicting?
They wipe out the common end?
Peace and brotherhood is what we're after all
So why are there so many believers dead?
Just a kid
He's seen it all
So innocent
Dreading the start of fall
Born to kill
Clutching gun in his hand
Born to be wild
Always fearing the man
As I start to dream
It's a horrible nightmare
But it's not a scream
IT'S A DREAM!!!
The devil made me do it
I can't help myself
You led me to it
Took me off yourself
Maybe i'd do it
There's no one else
I'll fess up to it
And won't blame myself
Battles won, and wars lost
The sunset is on fire
But if you don't fight
Satan will call you a liar
Are the means so conflicting?
They wipe out the common end?
Peace and brotherhood is what we're after all
So why are there so many believers dead?
Just a kid
He's seen it all
So innocent
Dreading the start of fall
Born to kill
Clutching gun in his hand
Born to be wild
Always fearing the man
Lyrics submitted by Pink_Floyd_fan
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