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.
Never took a punch
In the ribcage sonny
Never met a soul
Who had no shrine
Keep this all in your mind
And get it inside my window
What do we become
Trying to kill each other?
You're faking it son
Gonna get you tonight
I suck another breath
To the hearts of the Revolution
Cause you still ain't right
Where did all the love go?
I don't know, I don't know
I bet you can't see it
Where did all the love go?
I don't know, I don't know
I bet you can't see it
Can't see the signs
Of a real change a commin'
Take another sip
From your hobo's wine
Get yourself a million miles
From this concrete jungle
This is a time
Full of fear full of anger
A hero's exchange for a telephone line
Whatever happened to the
Youth of this generation?
Cause you still ain't right
Where did all the love go?
I don't know, I don't know
I bet you can't see it
Where did all the love go?
Now I don't know why
Oh why
The rivers of the pavement
Are flowing now with blood
The children of the future
Are drowning in the flood
Where did all the love go?
Now I don't know why
I don't know why
In this social chaos
There's violence in the air
Gotta keep your wits about you
Be careful not to stare
Oh oh oh oh
Where did all the love go?
I don't know, I don't know
(I bet you can't see it)
Where did all the love go?
Now I don't know why
Oh why
I bet you can't see it
In the ribcage sonny
Never met a soul
Who had no shrine
Keep this all in your mind
And get it inside my window
What do we become
Trying to kill each other?
You're faking it son
Gonna get you tonight
I suck another breath
To the hearts of the Revolution
Cause you still ain't right
Where did all the love go?
I don't know, I don't know
I bet you can't see it
Where did all the love go?
I don't know, I don't know
I bet you can't see it
Can't see the signs
Of a real change a commin'
Take another sip
From your hobo's wine
Get yourself a million miles
From this concrete jungle
This is a time
Full of fear full of anger
A hero's exchange for a telephone line
Whatever happened to the
Youth of this generation?
Cause you still ain't right
Where did all the love go?
I don't know, I don't know
I bet you can't see it
Where did all the love go?
Now I don't know why
Oh why
The rivers of the pavement
Are flowing now with blood
The children of the future
Are drowning in the flood
Where did all the love go?
Now I don't know why
I don't know why
In this social chaos
There's violence in the air
Gotta keep your wits about you
Be careful not to stare
Oh oh oh oh
Where did all the love go?
I don't know, I don't know
(I bet you can't see it)
Where did all the love go?
Now I don't know why
Oh why
I bet you can't see it
Lyrics submitted by icantstandtosleepalone
Where Did All the Love Go? Lyrics as written by Sergio Pizzorno
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Yay first comment. I think this is about how our society has become a bunch of soul-less, heartless, heard of sheep full of fear.