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'm gonna take a stab at this
Sure you will be alright
Make a decision with a kiss
Baby I have false spite
And when I trek alone back home
I make sure that I trek in the snow
Would it fall?
Tissue and bones, it was a trick
This isn't a gunfight
Checking it off my list
Unable to rewrite
Five years cast once and far alone
Hope I'm ready, able to make my own
Goodbye
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
Sure you will be alright
Make a decision with a kiss
Baby I have false spite
And when I trek alone back home
I make sure that I trek in the snow
Would it fall?
Tissue and bones, it was a trick
This isn't a gunfight
Checking it off my list
Unable to rewrite
Five years cast once and far alone
Hope I'm ready, able to make my own
Goodbye
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
They go, we go, I want you to know what I did, I did
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this is probably my favorite song off the album by a lot.
agreed!
So beautiful, but this album is really good. 2009 = great year for music thus far.