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.
We're wasting precious time
The clock is ticking
Can you hear the countdown
With every hour
Give me the power
I need the strength to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x2]
Never before, never again
Behold this travesty
Never before, never again
Behold adversary [x2]
Befriend my enemies
My pulse is racing
I can hear my heart beat
Is this the last time
You get to be mine
I lack the will to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x2]
Never before, never again
Behold this travesty
Never before, never again
Behold adversary [x2]
No more sorrows, no tomorrow's
I've never felt alive before
With every hour
Give me the power
I need the strength to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x3]
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
Born to die
To die [x3]
The clock is ticking
Can you hear the countdown
With every hour
Give me the power
I need the strength to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x2]
Never before, never again
Behold this travesty
Never before, never again
Behold adversary [x2]
Befriend my enemies
My pulse is racing
I can hear my heart beat
Is this the last time
You get to be mine
I lack the will to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x2]
Never before, never again
Behold this travesty
Never before, never again
Behold adversary [x2]
No more sorrows, no tomorrow's
I've never felt alive before
With every hour
Give me the power
I need the strength to carry on
On and on
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
We're all born to die
Born to die [x3]
No more I care to live
When I'm just born to die
Born to die
To die [x3]
Lyrics submitted by Here_2_Hear
End of Days Lyrics as written by Jason James Michael Paget
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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I love bulet an i think tht mat tuk is amazin an his lyrics r jst awsom bt i dont get this bit "this is the last time you get to be mine i lack the will to carry on" who is your in it???? the song is amazing an im surprised nt much people have comented on it :)