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.
Suicide is in my blood
It always was
but it doesn't evaporate in the light any more
And this world is no place
For a mind or a thought
No its not
Well thats been said before
But space and the woods still know who I am
And I know they don't owe me anything
Not after what I've done
Put on my radiation suit and slip away
I'm on the run from what I've become
And this life (like suicide)
Runs at a lot of different speeds
And I know they don't owe me anything
Not after what I've done
Late on a Monday night
I'm on the grapevine
Beating around the bush
Adds to the bassline
Thinking about the time
When I was dancing slow
And out of control
Im shit hot so say what you think about me
Im not gonna cry cos i dont care
Im shit hot so say what you think about me
Im not gonna cry cos I, I ,I
I've done nothing
I've done nothing
But they forgive anything
Like how I don't stop you
Breaking my arms
And chopping me down
So I fit in your laptop
I've done nothing
It always was
but it doesn't evaporate in the light any more
And this world is no place
For a mind or a thought
No its not
Well thats been said before
But space and the woods still know who I am
And I know they don't owe me anything
Not after what I've done
Put on my radiation suit and slip away
I'm on the run from what I've become
And this life (like suicide)
Runs at a lot of different speeds
And I know they don't owe me anything
Not after what I've done
Late on a Monday night
I'm on the grapevine
Beating around the bush
Adds to the bassline
Thinking about the time
When I was dancing slow
And out of control
Im shit hot so say what you think about me
Im not gonna cry cos i dont care
Im shit hot so say what you think about me
Im not gonna cry cos I, I ,I
I've done nothing
I've done nothing
But they forgive anything
Like how I don't stop you
Breaking my arms
And chopping me down
So I fit in your laptop
I've done nothing
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beating around the bush (dance?) to the bassline