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.
""Their shadows burnt into the walls So many lives reduced to ashes So many homes razed to the ground A shine like from a thousand suns Betrayed by their proud leaders And executed by atrocious enemies So many homes so many lives A silence sense of guilt should rise A thousand books all full with vindications Simple explanations and coloured declarations Where silent sense of guilt should rise But a victor's story can not lie One modest truth they teach their children Again a victor's story it can not lie! See these branded generations Hear their bells are tolling Hear hear them calling""
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Like A Thousand Suns Lyrics as written by Maik Weichert
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in my opinion it concerns generally totalitarian systems in the world, not only during II World War