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 sat on a swingset side by side
Suspended from this rusted frame like puppets
The beach light flickered out and died
You stared at your feet as I looked at you and smiled
We saw the first two moons that night
One in the water and one up in the sky
And I live for nights I'm staring at the stars
Wearing words upon my heart for you to read it
And I think no matter how far away we are
The nights you look inside your heart
And you'll remember
Remember me
We saw a shooting star that night
You quietly asked me what I had wished for
I wanted times I won't forget
With hopes and hearts and lucky cigarettes
I got my wish
Cause I'm still staring at the stars
Wearing words upon my heart for you to read it
And I think no matter how far away we are
The nights you look inside your heart
And you'll remember
Remember me
And I still keep waking up
You were the best dream that I ever had
While standing up against this window pane
I look at you and I know that I've lived
Cause I'm still staring at the stars
Wearing words upon my heart for you to read it
And I think no matter how far away we are
The nights you look inside your heart
And you'll remember
Remember me
Cause I'm still staring at the stars
Wearing words upon my heart for you to read it
And I think no matter how far away we are
The nights you look inside your heart
And you'll remember
Remember me
Suspended from this rusted frame like puppets
The beach light flickered out and died
You stared at your feet as I looked at you and smiled
We saw the first two moons that night
One in the water and one up in the sky
And I live for nights I'm staring at the stars
Wearing words upon my heart for you to read it
And I think no matter how far away we are
The nights you look inside your heart
And you'll remember
Remember me
We saw a shooting star that night
You quietly asked me what I had wished for
I wanted times I won't forget
With hopes and hearts and lucky cigarettes
I got my wish
Cause I'm still staring at the stars
Wearing words upon my heart for you to read it
And I think no matter how far away we are
The nights you look inside your heart
And you'll remember
Remember me
And I still keep waking up
You were the best dream that I ever had
While standing up against this window pane
I look at you and I know that I've lived
Cause I'm still staring at the stars
Wearing words upon my heart for you to read it
And I think no matter how far away we are
The nights you look inside your heart
And you'll remember
Remember me
Cause I'm still staring at the stars
Wearing words upon my heart for you to read it
And I think no matter how far away we are
The nights you look inside your heart
And you'll remember
Remember me
Lyrics submitted by wiseaimee
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does anyone know where i can get this song?