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.
Born of laughter
Strangled by sin
No remorse
Mistreat the soul again
No features
The blur of things denies
No return
The cross to bear is my own
Just one sip and life returns
Razorfever
The pollution of your narrow perception
Read into the lines of men's work
Degeneration: let the truth be known
Numb the pain with the liquid of fire
Razorfever burns
Born a desperation's child
Amidst the last descent
Fierce as that of angel's wrath
To lay the soul to rest
Just one sip
Just one more
Just one
And so my world can be restored
Strangled by sin
No remorse
Mistreat the soul again
No features
The blur of things denies
No return
The cross to bear is my own
Just one sip and life returns
Razorfever
The pollution of your narrow perception
Read into the lines of men's work
Degeneration: let the truth be known
Numb the pain with the liquid of fire
Razorfever burns
Born a desperation's child
Amidst the last descent
Fierce as that of angel's wrath
To lay the soul to rest
Just one sip
Just one more
Just one
And so my world can be restored
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
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