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'm stuck with writing songs
just to forget
what they really were about
and these words are bringing me
so deeply in dead
that i dont think i could take my way out
i couldnt breathe you in
like i need to
and the words dont mean a thing
so i'll sing this song to you
for the last time
and my heart is torn in two
thinking of days spent without you
and there is nothing left to prove
im counting all the things i could have done
to make you see
that i wanted us to be
what i go to sleep and dream of
i want you to know i'd die for you
i'd die for you
i couldnt breathe you in
like i need to
and the words dont mean a thing
so i'll sing this song to you
for the last time
and my heart is torn in two
thinking of days spent without you
and there is nothing left to prove
and if you are alone
make sure you're not lonely
cause if you are i blame myself
for never being home
i know im not the only one
who will treat you like they should
like you deserve
im stuck with writing songs
just to forget
so i'll sing this song to you
for the last time
and my heart is torn in two
thinking of days spent without you
and there is nothing left to prove
there is nothing
there is nothing
there is nothing left to prove
just to forget
what they really were about
and these words are bringing me
so deeply in dead
that i dont think i could take my way out
i couldnt breathe you in
like i need to
and the words dont mean a thing
so i'll sing this song to you
for the last time
and my heart is torn in two
thinking of days spent without you
and there is nothing left to prove
im counting all the things i could have done
to make you see
that i wanted us to be
what i go to sleep and dream of
i want you to know i'd die for you
i'd die for you
i couldnt breathe you in
like i need to
and the words dont mean a thing
so i'll sing this song to you
for the last time
and my heart is torn in two
thinking of days spent without you
and there is nothing left to prove
and if you are alone
make sure you're not lonely
cause if you are i blame myself
for never being home
i know im not the only one
who will treat you like they should
like you deserve
im stuck with writing songs
just to forget
so i'll sing this song to you
for the last time
and my heart is torn in two
thinking of days spent without you
and there is nothing left to prove
there is nothing
there is nothing
there is nothing left to prove
Lyrics submitted by gator_nation
Last Time Lyrics as written by John Vesely
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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haha thats the one im listening to from youtube.