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.
We're gonna burn your cities
Gonna bring your systems down
I'm gonna drown my pity
Turn this to a ghost town
And when you know there's nothing
Your gonna run like all the rest
Pack your bags and turn your back on all the friends you had left
And it's time for us to live
Yeah!
Its my time, this is just a declaration
Of what I've felt (whoa!)
We won't back down
It's my time, this is just your resignation
From our lives (whoa!)
We won't back down!
We're gonna drown your ego
You're the legend no ones knows
You're an honest faker now (You re an honest faker now!)
So now I'll drown my pity
In a pool of sorrow and shame
And you've gotta let me live
Yeah!
Its my time, this is just a declaration
Of what I've felt (whoa!)
We won't back down
It's my time, this is just your resignation
From our lives (whoa!)
We won't back down!
We won't back down!
It's time to forget
What makes sick
Deep inside of me
It's time to forget
What makes sick
Deep inside of me
Yeah!
And you've gotta me let me live
Yeah!
Its my time, this is just a declaration
Of what I've felt (whoa!)
We won't back down
It's my time, this is just your resignation
From our lives (whoa!)
We won't back down!
We won't back down! [Repeat: x3]
Gonna bring your systems down
I'm gonna drown my pity
Turn this to a ghost town
And when you know there's nothing
Your gonna run like all the rest
Pack your bags and turn your back on all the friends you had left
And it's time for us to live
Yeah!
Its my time, this is just a declaration
Of what I've felt (whoa!)
We won't back down
It's my time, this is just your resignation
From our lives (whoa!)
We won't back down!
We're gonna drown your ego
You're the legend no ones knows
You're an honest faker now (You re an honest faker now!)
So now I'll drown my pity
In a pool of sorrow and shame
And you've gotta let me live
Yeah!
Its my time, this is just a declaration
Of what I've felt (whoa!)
We won't back down
It's my time, this is just your resignation
From our lives (whoa!)
We won't back down!
We won't back down!
It's time to forget
What makes sick
Deep inside of me
It's time to forget
What makes sick
Deep inside of me
Yeah!
And you've gotta me let me live
Yeah!
Its my time, this is just a declaration
Of what I've felt (whoa!)
We won't back down
It's my time, this is just your resignation
From our lives (whoa!)
We won't back down!
We won't back down! [Repeat: x3]
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We Won't Back Down Lyrics as written by Craig Edward Mabbitt Max Green
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"It's my time, this is just a declaration. [Of our vows.]"
"We're gonna drown your ego You're [the legend] no one knows You're an honest [fake, I know]"
"In a pool of [sorrow and shame] [Until the day I forget your name]"
I think that covers everything. :]