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 never knew what it was like to be alone
I never wanted you to go back home
I'm so damn sorry for everything I did
I was just a stupid kid
These girls sing songs that I will never know
How love can last if you only let it grow
We're broken too like the fending of heart
But we only had a start
And my heart finds peace tonight
And my soul finds comfort there
In the knowledge that you'll someday
Maybe be alright
I never wanted you to be alone
I never thought I could break a happy home
I'm so damn sorry for everything I did
But I'm still that stupid kid
And my heart finds peace tonight
And my soul finds comfort there
In the knowledge that you'll someday maybe
Someday maybe
Someday maybe be alright
Alright
I never wanted you to go back home
I'm so damn sorry for everything I did
I was just a stupid kid
These girls sing songs that I will never know
How love can last if you only let it grow
We're broken too like the fending of heart
But we only had a start
And my heart finds peace tonight
And my soul finds comfort there
In the knowledge that you'll someday
Maybe be alright
I never wanted you to be alone
I never thought I could break a happy home
I'm so damn sorry for everything I did
But I'm still that stupid kid
And my heart finds peace tonight
And my soul finds comfort there
In the knowledge that you'll someday maybe
Someday maybe
Someday maybe be alright
Alright
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It's "How love can last if you only let it grow" not "How love can last if you only let it go".
My favorite song of his though. The sound, lyrics, just everything. Very calming.