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.
Passed down through ages
Sacred pages
Moral interpretations
Sacrosanct scriptures
These encryptions
Used for the evil of man
The disciples con to render his sons
Evoking the fear of creator
Throughout modern times
Ancient dated lies have controlled our lives
You"re no shepherd
Royal blood heresy
Abort dissected
Taint perception
Until it's origin is lost
Struggle for power
Has devoured
The messages preached in your psalms
The disciples con to render his sons
Evoking the fear of creator
Throughout modern times
Ancient dated lies have controlled our lives
You"re no shepherd
Royal blood heresy
Onward I pray
Falling from grace into sin
Stand on your own
To see them dethroned
This tyranny I have disowned
Falsified gospels
Slain the apostles
Don't live your life as their drone
The disciples con to render his sons
Evoking the fear of creator
Throughout modern times
Ancient dated lies have controlled our lives
You"re no shepherd
Royal blood heresy
Sacred pages
Moral interpretations
Sacrosanct scriptures
These encryptions
Used for the evil of man
The disciples con to render his sons
Evoking the fear of creator
Throughout modern times
Ancient dated lies have controlled our lives
You"re no shepherd
Royal blood heresy
Abort dissected
Taint perception
Until it's origin is lost
Struggle for power
Has devoured
The messages preached in your psalms
The disciples con to render his sons
Evoking the fear of creator
Throughout modern times
Ancient dated lies have controlled our lives
You"re no shepherd
Royal blood heresy
Onward I pray
Falling from grace into sin
Stand on your own
To see them dethroned
This tyranny I have disowned
Falsified gospels
Slain the apostles
Don't live your life as their drone
The disciples con to render his sons
Evoking the fear of creator
Throughout modern times
Ancient dated lies have controlled our lives
You"re no shepherd
Royal blood heresy
Lyrics submitted by Foo Man
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"The disciples con to render his sons Evoking the fear of creator Throughout modern times Ancient dated lies have controlled our lives You're no shepherd"
Basically saying that the " Disciples " Evoked fear of God into people for many years, Religion taking over our lives and making people live their lives according to god through Ancient Lies ( God, Jesus and Biblical Stories )
"Stand on your own To see them dethroned This tyranny I have disowned Falsified gospels Slain the apostles Don't live your life as their drone"
Saying people should stand on their own beliefs not on what they were taught to believe and " Dethrone " religion from the top beliefs, The last 3 lines of that verse are basically saying Dont live the way the apostles wrote it down in the bible, kill them from your thoughts and prove the gospels fake
Basically the song is about Religion being a Complete Lie