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.
Smother your breath with cheap champagne
The stewardess will bring me two of the same
These sort of things project through my microphone
Projecting love into your stereo
I won't go unheard or unknown
[Chorus]
Carry me like jet planes crossing the sea
You fly so high that my eyes can hardly see you
Lock on to me
And cabin pressure's high from body heat (x2)
This chemistry will keep us glued to our seats
It's got this boy shaking in both of his knees
A loss of breath from extreme altitude
Of the signals that you're sending
Help me follow you
I won't go unheard or unknown
[Chorus]
Carry me like jet planes crossing the sea
You fly so high that my eyes can hardly see you
Lock on to me
Mayday, mayday
We're going down in flames
Maybe, maybe
This is destiny
Repeat, repeat
Just what you want from me
I can make tonight the best of your life
Oh, without a fight
[Chorus]
Carry me like jet planes crossing the sea
You fly so high that my eyes can hardly see you
Lock on to me
Mayday, mayday
We're going down in flames
Maybe, maybe
This is destiny, yeah
The stewardess will bring me two of the same
These sort of things project through my microphone
Projecting love into your stereo
I won't go unheard or unknown
[Chorus]
Carry me like jet planes crossing the sea
You fly so high that my eyes can hardly see you
Lock on to me
And cabin pressure's high from body heat (x2)
This chemistry will keep us glued to our seats
It's got this boy shaking in both of his knees
A loss of breath from extreme altitude
Of the signals that you're sending
Help me follow you
I won't go unheard or unknown
[Chorus]
Carry me like jet planes crossing the sea
You fly so high that my eyes can hardly see you
Lock on to me
Mayday, mayday
We're going down in flames
Maybe, maybe
This is destiny
Repeat, repeat
Just what you want from me
I can make tonight the best of your life
Oh, without a fight
[Chorus]
Carry me like jet planes crossing the sea
You fly so high that my eyes can hardly see you
Lock on to me
Mayday, mayday
We're going down in flames
Maybe, maybe
This is destiny, yeah
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
Edinboro Lyrics as written by Joseph Matthew Lussa Daniel James Stevens
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Mayday, mayday We're going down in flames
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