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.
I can’t stand to wave goodbye
Bite my tongue between the byes
I don’t wanna be your hero
Cause there’s nothing left to save
It’s harder to be the one who will stay
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
I know I’m not an easy read
Shades of you I see in me
Do you hide between the minutes
Cue your nights so you wont lose
Oh my god I hope you do
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
Plastic stars and rented hearts
Can you feel it
I don’t feel it
Hear me sing my lungs are shot
Given all that I got
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
I can’t stand to wave goodbye
Bite my tongue between the byes
I don’t wanna be your hero
Cause there’s nothing left to save
It’s harder to be the one who will stay
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
I know I’m not an easy read
Shades of you I see in me
Do you hide between the minutes
Cue your nights so you wont lose
Oh my god I hope you do
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
Plastic stars and rented hearts
Can you feel it
I don’t feel it
Hear me sing my lungs are shot
Given all that I got
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
You don’t even know
I can’t stand to wave goodbye
Lyrics submitted by one_more_girl5, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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