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'll bury my face in my hands
I'm sifting through thoughts that i have
And nothing's making sense
I Called it off, called it quits
and this is the melody i'm stuck with
And nothing's making sense
If you think i forgot what went wrong
Well you better think that through
Cos i'm done writing love songs for you
I turned of my heart, from my mouth
I'm watching your car leave my house
and I've seen that look before
(your begging please say something)
but my _ can't take no more
Do you remember what we were?
I think you forgot what went wrong
Well you better think that through
Cos I'm done writing love songs for you, you, you
Because you once said we'd never fall apart
If i remember it i you swore a brand new start
As we laid on that bed New Jersey raining hearts
we would talk through the movie and out favorite part
so tell me how did it get this far?
I think I forgot what went wrong
Well you better think that through
Cos I'm done writing love songs for you, you, you
If you think i forgot what went wrong
Well you better think that through
Cos i'm done writing love songs for you
(I won't write it for you)
If you think i forgot what went wrong
Well you better think that through
Cos i'm done writing love songs for you
I'm sifting through thoughts that i have
And nothing's making sense
I Called it off, called it quits
and this is the melody i'm stuck with
And nothing's making sense
If you think i forgot what went wrong
Well you better think that through
Cos i'm done writing love songs for you
I turned of my heart, from my mouth
I'm watching your car leave my house
and I've seen that look before
(your begging please say something)
but my _ can't take no more
Do you remember what we were?
I think you forgot what went wrong
Well you better think that through
Cos I'm done writing love songs for you, you, you
Because you once said we'd never fall apart
If i remember it i you swore a brand new start
As we laid on that bed New Jersey raining hearts
we would talk through the movie and out favorite part
so tell me how did it get this far?
I think I forgot what went wrong
Well you better think that through
Cos I'm done writing love songs for you, you, you
If you think i forgot what went wrong
Well you better think that through
Cos i'm done writing love songs for you
(I won't write it for you)
If you think i forgot what went wrong
Well you better think that through
Cos i'm done writing love songs for you
Lyrics submitted by muddie08
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