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.
Shake it out, shake it out
God, I need another round, another round, another round
Another I could feel it now
I felt the Lord in my father's house
And I can see, I can see
Standing we were seventeen, make it clean
Are you the living ghost of what I need?
Are you gonna get the best of me?
We will see
'Cause I'm done being done with the funerals, at least for now
Are you tired of being alone? Are you tired of being alone?
Shake it out, shake it out
Tired of another and another
Wasn't really what I wanted, so we bled it out
Over the floor of my neighbor's house
And I could see, I could see
God, I've never seen a thing so complete
I am the living ghost of what you need
I am everything eternally, God, just speak
'Cause I'm done being done with the funerals, at least for now
Are you tired of being alone? Are you tired of being alone?
So speak to me
Oh god, you gotta shake it out, shake it out (shake it)
You gotta take it out, take it down (take it out)
I gotta come around, I need it now more than I ever have
Oh god you gotta shake it out, shake it out
You gotta break it down, break it out (break it)
You've gotta come around, I feel it now more than I ever have
I felt the Lord begin
To peel off all my skin
And I felt the weight within
Reveal a bigger mess
That you can't fix
I swear, I swear I'll go
Lead me into my home
Don't stop, don't ever go
I swear you'll never know
You'll never know
Oh god you gotta shake it out, shake it out
You gotta break it down, break it out
God, I need another round, another round, another round
Another I could feel it now
I felt the Lord in my father's house
And I can see, I can see
Standing we were seventeen, make it clean
Are you the living ghost of what I need?
Are you gonna get the best of me?
We will see
'Cause I'm done being done with the funerals, at least for now
Are you tired of being alone? Are you tired of being alone?
Shake it out, shake it out
Tired of another and another
Wasn't really what I wanted, so we bled it out
Over the floor of my neighbor's house
And I could see, I could see
God, I've never seen a thing so complete
I am the living ghost of what you need
I am everything eternally, God, just speak
'Cause I'm done being done with the funerals, at least for now
Are you tired of being alone? Are you tired of being alone?
So speak to me
Oh god, you gotta shake it out, shake it out (shake it)
You gotta take it out, take it down (take it out)
I gotta come around, I need it now more than I ever have
Oh god you gotta shake it out, shake it out
You gotta break it down, break it out (break it)
You've gotta come around, I feel it now more than I ever have
I felt the Lord begin
To peel off all my skin
And I felt the weight within
Reveal a bigger mess
That you can't fix
I swear, I swear I'll go
Lead me into my home
Don't stop, don't ever go
I swear you'll never know
You'll never know
Oh god you gotta shake it out, shake it out
You gotta break it down, break it out
Lyrics submitted by playtek, edited by SoBrokenHearted, DarkReign
Shake It Out Lyrics as written by Andy Hull
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there lyrics are very wrong