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 all alone tonight,
No stars are shining on me
I'm thinkin' I'd be alright
If somebody would just call me, yeah
I know that I'm not crazy,
Everybody must get this way, sometimes
So look around,
For the people in your life that say
Save Me
I need somebody's help here
Thought it would be alright but
I'm not pullin' through on my own
Is anyone around who can Save Me
I'm fallin' down it's crazy
If this is the pain God gave me,
I'm cool with that,
But wont somebody Save Me
I guess you missed the signs,
But honey I can never blame you
I don't want ya feelin' guilty,
That'd keep you in pain too (oh)
Now I can't hear you when I'm far away, away
So maybe you could learn from this,
And help somebody else someday
Cause I'm human after all
And I could not catch my fall
And nobody ever came around my way
To check up on me and see if I was doin' alright
Nobody came to Save Me
Save Me
I need somebody's help here
Thought it would be alright but
I'm not pullin' through on my own
Is anyone around who can Save Me
I'm fallin' down it's crazy
If this is the pain God gave me,
I'm cool with that,
But wont somebody Save Me
Save Me from my demons
Save Me from myself
Save Me, somebody Save Me
I need someones help
(oh)
Save Me
I need somebody's help here
Thought it would be alright but
I'm not pullin' through on my own
Is anyone around who can Save Me
I'm fallin' down it's crazy
If this is the pain God gave me,
I'm cool with that,
But wont somebody Save Me (wont somebody save me)
Save Me
I need somebody's help here
Thought it would be alright but
I'm not pullin' through on my own
Is anyone around who can Save Me
I'm fallin' down it's crazy
If this is the pain God gave me,
I'm cool with that,
But wont somebody Save Me
(oh)
No stars are shining on me
I'm thinkin' I'd be alright
If somebody would just call me, yeah
I know that I'm not crazy,
Everybody must get this way, sometimes
So look around,
For the people in your life that say
Save Me
I need somebody's help here
Thought it would be alright but
I'm not pullin' through on my own
Is anyone around who can Save Me
I'm fallin' down it's crazy
If this is the pain God gave me,
I'm cool with that,
But wont somebody Save Me
I guess you missed the signs,
But honey I can never blame you
I don't want ya feelin' guilty,
That'd keep you in pain too (oh)
Now I can't hear you when I'm far away, away
So maybe you could learn from this,
And help somebody else someday
Cause I'm human after all
And I could not catch my fall
And nobody ever came around my way
To check up on me and see if I was doin' alright
Nobody came to Save Me
Save Me
I need somebody's help here
Thought it would be alright but
I'm not pullin' through on my own
Is anyone around who can Save Me
I'm fallin' down it's crazy
If this is the pain God gave me,
I'm cool with that,
But wont somebody Save Me
Save Me from my demons
Save Me from myself
Save Me, somebody Save Me
I need someones help
(oh)
Save Me
I need somebody's help here
Thought it would be alright but
I'm not pullin' through on my own
Is anyone around who can Save Me
I'm fallin' down it's crazy
If this is the pain God gave me,
I'm cool with that,
But wont somebody Save Me (wont somebody save me)
Save Me
I need somebody's help here
Thought it would be alright but
I'm not pullin' through on my own
Is anyone around who can Save Me
I'm fallin' down it's crazy
If this is the pain God gave me,
I'm cool with that,
But wont somebody Save Me
(oh)
Lyrics submitted by xthatxkiddx
Save Me Lyrics as written by Fernando Garibay Andrew Williams
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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