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.
All the night her dream
passes by my bed
undeniable, and all she said
she wrote the letter
hard to find love
since you arrived here
harder to find the love
then pull your body near
She wrote the letter
down
She wrote the letter
down
I know I know I know
you felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
the planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
all the sins they knew no better
I know I know I know
all that I've lost
is bound to pass
dying to know
too afraid to ask
she wrote the letter
Hard to find love
when your a walking blind in here
go wash your heart in the river
till the water runs clear
she wrote the letter
down
she wrote the letter
down
she wrote the letter
down
I know I know I know
you felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
the planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
when the sins all know no better
I know I know I know
Love, I just want to say it right
Love, I just want to say it right
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
passes by my bed
undeniable, and all she said
she wrote the letter
hard to find love
since you arrived here
harder to find the love
then pull your body near
She wrote the letter
down
She wrote the letter
down
I know I know I know
you felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
the planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
all the sins they knew no better
I know I know I know
all that I've lost
is bound to pass
dying to know
too afraid to ask
she wrote the letter
Hard to find love
when your a walking blind in here
go wash your heart in the river
till the water runs clear
she wrote the letter
down
she wrote the letter
down
she wrote the letter
down
I know I know I know
you felt a change in my heart
I know I know I know
the planets ripped you apart
I know I know I know
when the sins all know no better
I know I know I know
Love, I just want to say it right
Love, I just want to say it right
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Lyrics submitted by UncleJoe
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AH! How can more people not have commented on this song, I absolutley love it!
Anyway I'm not exactly sure what the EXACT meaning of this song is, I have a few ideas though, I'm not exactly in the moos to write them all down though so I'll just sat a few.
The song is obviously about a relationship...
Paragraph 1 may mean that the girl is either dreaming about the boy.... Or they are 'sleeping' together.
Paragraph 2 may mean, he's with the girl as a friends with benefits situation, but he wants more of a relationship & she doesn't, but he can't bring himself to be with another girl because he wants her so.... Explains how she makes it hard for him to find love...........
I'm crazy curious what the letters about though!!!!