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.
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
崩れたBeauty 取り乱す背景
とてもじゃないけど笑えない
Night of pussy
造形の媚び 飲み込ます価値
麻痺したRealに笑えない
焼け付いた喉で
「もう飛べない」と君は言う
背に咲く「事情」抱き寄せても
きっと散らせないね
吐息に混ざる俺は偽善か愛か?
胸元から滲む目隠しの救い
零れそうな言葉 君には言えない
これ以上... これ以上は...
溶けそうな身体と裏腹に
心は解け合えないから
歩けない君はやがて
また俺に縋ってくる
焼け付いた喉で
「もう飛べない」そしてまた繰り返す
背に咲く「事情」抱き寄せても
きっと散らせないね
吐息に混ざる俺は偽善か愛か?
胸元から滲む目隠しの願い
零れそうな言葉 君に伝えたい
これ以上... これ以上は...
溶けそうな身体と裏腹に
心は解け合えぬ
君はドレスをまとう
影を背負ったアゲハ
夢を奪った歓楽の砂漠で
貴方さえ... 貴方さえ...と
俺を望んだ日々に付いた
消えぬ背の「重ね傷」と生きる
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
崩れたBeauty 取り乱す背景
とてもじゃないけど笑えない
Night of pussy
造形の媚び 飲み込ます価値
麻痺したRealに笑えない
焼け付いた喉で
「もう飛べない」と君は言う
背に咲く「事情」抱き寄せても
きっと散らせないね
吐息に混ざる俺は偽善か愛か?
胸元から滲む目隠しの救い
零れそうな言葉 君には言えない
これ以上... これ以上は...
溶けそうな身体と裏腹に
心は解け合えないから
歩けない君はやがて
また俺に縋ってくる
焼け付いた喉で
「もう飛べない」そしてまた繰り返す
背に咲く「事情」抱き寄せても
きっと散らせないね
吐息に混ざる俺は偽善か愛か?
胸元から滲む目隠しの願い
零れそうな言葉 君に伝えたい
これ以上... これ以上は...
溶けそうな身体と裏腹に
心は解け合えぬ
君はドレスをまとう
影を背負ったアゲハ
夢を奪った歓楽の砂漠で
貴方さえ... 貴方さえ...と
俺を望んだ日々に付いた
消えぬ背の「重ね傷」と生きる
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
Angel who concealed wound, yeah!
Devil who licks the wound, yeah!
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Swallowtail On The Death Valley Lyrics as written by 流鬼
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It was the intro to this song that I fell in love with first, but it's so catchy I really hope they do this track live.