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 keeping quiet 'till there is no more sirens
Lately it's been hard to keep the hinges on with all the noise
I'll find my words when there is no one talking
The room is spinning I have got no choice
Be patience I am getting to the point
I can't remember when the earth turned slowly
So I just waited with the lights turned out again
I lost my place but I can't stop this story
I'll find my way but until then I'm only spinning
I'm keeping quiet till the phone stops ringing
Lately it's hard to disconnect I just want something real
I'll find my words if I could just stop thinking
The room is spinning I have got no choice
Be patience I am getting to the point
I can't remember when the earth turned slowly
So I just waited with the lights turned out again
I lost my place but I can't stop this story
I'll find my way but until then I'm only spinning
Spin beneath the roof top
Hold on, wait until the room stops spinning
I can't remember when the earth turned slowly
So I just waited with the lights turned out again
I lost my place but I can't stop this story
I'll find my way, but in the end were only
I keep forgetting when the earth turned slowly
So I just waited till the lights come on again
I lost my place but I can't stop this story
I'll find my way but until then I'm only spinning
Lately it's been hard to keep the hinges on with all the noise
I'll find my words when there is no one talking
The room is spinning I have got no choice
Be patience I am getting to the point
I can't remember when the earth turned slowly
So I just waited with the lights turned out again
I lost my place but I can't stop this story
I'll find my way but until then I'm only spinning
I'm keeping quiet till the phone stops ringing
Lately it's hard to disconnect I just want something real
I'll find my words if I could just stop thinking
The room is spinning I have got no choice
Be patience I am getting to the point
I can't remember when the earth turned slowly
So I just waited with the lights turned out again
I lost my place but I can't stop this story
I'll find my way but until then I'm only spinning
Spin beneath the roof top
Hold on, wait until the room stops spinning
I can't remember when the earth turned slowly
So I just waited with the lights turned out again
I lost my place but I can't stop this story
I'll find my way, but in the end were only
I keep forgetting when the earth turned slowly
So I just waited till the lights come on again
I lost my place but I can't stop this story
I'll find my way but until then I'm only spinning
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