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 feel this familiar hunger
Cover my mind, carry my conscience away
My beloved skin is aging
Heal me pure virgin
With that life giving blood of yours
Salva me
The light of the moon gives me strength
Cold winds chant, "Nosferatu"
Tired of my eternal hunger
My soul is crying, my soul is crying,
"Salva me, salva me
"Salva me, salva me, salva me"
Cover my mind, carry my conscience away
My beloved skin is aging
Heal me pure virgin
With that life giving blood of yours
Salva me
The light of the moon gives me strength
Cold winds chant, "Nosferatu"
Tired of my eternal hunger
My soul is crying, my soul is crying,
"Salva me, salva me
"Salva me, salva me, salva me"
Lyrics submitted by azkm
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