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.
We talk to much. We talk in circles
Till we're all spinning 'round
Reaching for reach, in this marry go round
We seem respent
We call it progress
We seen this all before
When all said is done,
Leave cups on the floors
We set sail with no fixed star in sight
We drive by rail in candle light
We're building towers, with no foundation.
We're stacking stone on stone,
Whatever it takes
Mix our mortar with bones
True progress means, matching the world too
The vision in our heads
We always change,
When vision is dead
We set sail with no fixed star in sight.
We drive by rail and candle light.
Till we're all spinning 'round
Reaching for reach, in this marry go round
We seem respent
We call it progress
We seen this all before
When all said is done,
Leave cups on the floors
We set sail with no fixed star in sight
We drive by rail in candle light
We're building towers, with no foundation.
We're stacking stone on stone,
Whatever it takes
Mix our mortar with bones
True progress means, matching the world too
The vision in our heads
We always change,
When vision is dead
We set sail with no fixed star in sight.
We drive by rail and candle light.
Lyrics submitted by faithinthethief
Circles Lyrics as written by James Riley Breckenridge Eddie Breckenridge
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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People run around chasing after vanity. Always have, always will. Without foundation and purpose, without knowing and believing what you exist for, you're just running in circles.
baner9588, very nice.