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.
And I might not have the answer
And I might not have the cure
Can I feel anything?
Or am I lost in a numbness that never quits?
How long will this last, how many days will pass
While I am stuck in this
I'm stuck
So here we go again
There's no way out, and there's no way in
Are we lost, have we been abandoned?
Is there no waking up from this?
It's a long way to fall, but I will learn to fly
If that's the only thing that's keeping me alive
I'm not running away, oh no not today
No I won't die here
I am here to stay
And we're up, and we're up, and we're up again
And we're up, and we're up, and we're up again
I might not have the answer
And I might not have the cure
But it's not about the antidote
It's just about the source
And I might not have the cure
Can I feel anything?
Or am I lost in a numbness that never quits?
How long will this last, how many days will pass
While I am stuck in this
I'm stuck
So here we go again
There's no way out, and there's no way in
Are we lost, have we been abandoned?
Is there no waking up from this?
It's a long way to fall, but I will learn to fly
If that's the only thing that's keeping me alive
I'm not running away, oh no not today
No I won't die here
I am here to stay
And we're up, and we're up, and we're up again
And we're up, and we're up, and we're up again
I might not have the answer
And I might not have the cure
But it's not about the antidote
It's just about the source
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
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