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 saw a savior
A savior come my way
I thought I'd see it
At the cold light of day
But now I realize that I'm
Only for me
If only I could see
You turn myself to me
And recognize the poison in my heart
There is no other place
No one else I face
The remedy, it will agree, with how I feel
Here am I reflecting
What more can I say?
For I am guilty
For the voice that I obey
Too scared to sacrifice a choice
Chosen for me
If only I could see
You turn myself to me
And recognize the poison in my heart
There is no other place
No one else I face
The remedy, it will agree, with how I feel
A savior come my way
I thought I'd see it
At the cold light of day
But now I realize that I'm
Only for me
If only I could see
You turn myself to me
And recognize the poison in my heart
There is no other place
No one else I face
The remedy, it will agree, with how I feel
Here am I reflecting
What more can I say?
For I am guilty
For the voice that I obey
Too scared to sacrifice a choice
Chosen for me
If only I could see
You turn myself to me
And recognize the poison in my heart
There is no other place
No one else I face
The remedy, it will agree, with how I feel
Lyrics submitted by Anarchitect
Machine Gun Lyrics as written by Geoffrey Paul Barrow Beth Gibbons
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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