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.
You felt the coldness in my eyes
And it's something I'm not revealing
Though you got used to my disguise
You can't shake this awful feeling
It's the me that I let you know
'Cause I'll never show I have my reasons
I hate to say that I told you so
But I told you so, yeah
There's blood on my hands
Like the blood in you
Some things can't be treated
So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you
Straight from your eyes it's burying me
Beautifully so disfigured
This other side that you can't see
Just praying you won't remember
Feel the pain that I never show
And I hope you know, it's never healing
I hate to say that I told you so
But I told you so, yeah
There's blood on my hands
Like the blood in you
Some things can't be treated
So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you
Straight from your eyes it's burying me
Beautifully so disfigured
This other side that you can't see
Just praying you won't remember
There's blood, there's blood
There's blood, blood, blood
There's blood on my hands
Like the blood in you
Some things can't be treated
So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you
There's blood on my hands
(There's blood)
Like the blood in you
(There's blood)
Some things can't be treated
(There's blood)
So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you
There's blood
And it's something I'm not revealing
Though you got used to my disguise
You can't shake this awful feeling
It's the me that I let you know
'Cause I'll never show I have my reasons
I hate to say that I told you so
But I told you so, yeah
There's blood on my hands
Like the blood in you
Some things can't be treated
So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you
Straight from your eyes it's burying me
Beautifully so disfigured
This other side that you can't see
Just praying you won't remember
Feel the pain that I never show
And I hope you know, it's never healing
I hate to say that I told you so
But I told you so, yeah
There's blood on my hands
Like the blood in you
Some things can't be treated
So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you
Straight from your eyes it's burying me
Beautifully so disfigured
This other side that you can't see
Just praying you won't remember
There's blood, there's blood
There's blood, blood, blood
There's blood on my hands
Like the blood in you
Some things can't be treated
So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you
There's blood on my hands
(There's blood)
Like the blood in you
(There's blood)
Some things can't be treated
(There's blood)
So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you
There's blood
Lyrics submitted by afitch1206
Blood On My Hands Lyrics as written by James Newton Howard Hans Florian Zimmer
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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These are the lyrics I have:
You felt the coldness in my eyes And something I'm not revealing Though you got used to my disguise You can't shake this awful feeling
It's the me that I let you know And I'll never show, I have my reasons I hate to say that I told you so, but I told you so
There's blood on my hands like the blood in you Somethings can't be treated So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you
Straight from your eyes it's barely me Beautifully so disfigured This other side that you can't see Just praying you won't remember
Feel the pain that I never show And I hope you know it's never healing I hate to say that I told you so, but I told you so
There's blood on my hands like the blood in you Somethings can't be treated So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you
Straight from your eyes it's barely me Beautifully so disfigured (There's blood) This other side that you can't see Just praying you won't remember (There's blood)
There's blood There's blood Blood, blood
There's blood on my hands like the blood in you Somethings can't be treated So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you
There's blood on my hands like the blood in you (There's blood) Somethings can't be treated (There's blood) So don't make me, don't make me be myself around you (There's blood)
There's blood
The lyrics on the new shirt and the PDF you get when you order the new shirt match it...And I hear this at the very end: Is it really that hard for you to leave?
I heard "Is it really that hard for you to bleed"
I started hearing that like a week later, hah. Sounds right.
i hear: is it really that hard for you to believe?<br /> <br /> so like when he's telling her about the blood on his hands, is it really that hard for her to believe it sorta thing. dk though
or maybe: is it really that hard for you to live? sounds like a girl's voice to me though