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.
Nice and high and far apart
Just like they said
I built this place with broken parts
Just like they said
You chip away the old version of you
You'd be surprised at what you can do
I'm safe in here, irrelevant
Just like they said
My voice just echoes off these walls
My voice just echoes off these walls
You feel me breathe, I am watching you
I see it all
The many ways you can't get to me
I see it all
I see the hell you put yourself through
Oh the things I could do, if I wanted to
My voice just echoes off these walls
My voice just echoes off these walls
I don't need anything at all
My voice just echoes off these walls
And I just slowly fade away
And I just slowly fade away
And I just slowly fade away
Away, away, away, away, away, away, away
You will never ever, ever
Ever get to me in here
You will never ever, ever
Ever get to me in here
You will never ever, ever
Ever get to me in here
You will never ever, ever
Ever get to me in
Just like they said
I built this place with broken parts
Just like they said
You chip away the old version of you
You'd be surprised at what you can do
I'm safe in here, irrelevant
Just like they said
My voice just echoes off these walls
My voice just echoes off these walls
You feel me breathe, I am watching you
I see it all
The many ways you can't get to me
I see it all
I see the hell you put yourself through
Oh the things I could do, if I wanted to
My voice just echoes off these walls
My voice just echoes off these walls
I don't need anything at all
My voice just echoes off these walls
And I just slowly fade away
And I just slowly fade away
And I just slowly fade away
Away, away, away, away, away, away, away
You will never ever, ever
Ever get to me in here
You will never ever, ever
Ever get to me in here
You will never ever, ever
Ever get to me in here
You will never ever, ever
Ever get to me in
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I always thought of The Slip as a duplicitous album. A continuation of the concept of Year Zero, and yet at the same time a chronicling of personal struggles and his emotions. It makes for a very engaging and rewarding album if you listen to it closely.