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.
Mother says
Sister says
D'ya mind if I laugh at you?
D'ya mind if I sing with you?
Daddy says
Brother says
Make us proud of you
Do something we can't do
Do it
John waits
Barry hates
They think I'm headed for a fall
They hope I'm headed for a fall
Peter says
Julie says
I think it's time you stop stalling
We think it's time you start falling
Fall
Sister says
D'ya mind if I laugh at you?
D'ya mind if I sing with you?
Daddy says
Brother says
Make us proud of you
Do something we can't do
Do it
John waits
Barry hates
They think I'm headed for a fall
They hope I'm headed for a fall
Peter says
Julie says
I think it's time you stop stalling
We think it's time you start falling
Fall
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Pride Lyrics as written by Leslie Pattinson Ian Stephen Mcculloch
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These lyrics sound pretty specific. Anybody have a clue if they're about Ian or if they're true.