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 wrong time, the wrong place
Your talent scouts my lonely face
Of all the things I can't replace
Your talent scouts my lonely face, yeah
Well, it's alright, although I know you lied
I don't mind, oh
It's alright, although I know you lied
I don't mind, oh
The wrong time, the wrong place
Your talent scouts my lonely face
Of all the things I can't escape
Your talent scouts my lonely face, yeah
Well, I'm alright, although I know you lied
I don't mind, oh
If my life flashed before my eyes
Do you think I'd mind? No
And now, you don't need mine
You let us down, you watched us die
Now, I hang around
With people I don't even know
Well, it's alright, although I know you lied
I don't mind, oh
The wrong time, the wrong place
(It's alright, flashed before my eyes)
Your talent scouts my lonely face
(Do you think I'd mind? Yeah)
Your talent scouts my lonely face
Of all the things I can't replace
Your talent scouts my lonely face, yeah
Well, it's alright, although I know you lied
I don't mind, oh
It's alright, although I know you lied
I don't mind, oh
The wrong time, the wrong place
Your talent scouts my lonely face
Of all the things I can't escape
Your talent scouts my lonely face, yeah
Well, I'm alright, although I know you lied
I don't mind, oh
If my life flashed before my eyes
Do you think I'd mind? No
And now, you don't need mine
You let us down, you watched us die
Now, I hang around
With people I don't even know
Well, it's alright, although I know you lied
I don't mind, oh
The wrong time, the wrong place
(It's alright, flashed before my eyes)
Your talent scouts my lonely face
(Do you think I'd mind? Yeah)
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My Life Flashed Before My Eyes Lyrics as written by Ross Anthony Jarman Gary John Jarman
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WHAT! First comment!?! I thought Our Bovine Public was best off the new album, but My Life Flashed Before My Eyes is in close contention. This is a brilliant song, but I had really hard time trying to decipher these lyrics. I'm pretty sure the song has something to do with judging, and that he doesn't care what people think of him. You know how there are those people who think their word is law and that what they say about people can make or break a person's reputation; I know i'm flipping the lyrics around but; Do you think I'd mind if my life flashed before my eyes, NO!. He doesn't care what people say or think.