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.
Wait
Watched you throw out your bouquet
Now I think about you everyday
I'm alone now in my bed
And there's a lake
And at the bottom you'll find all our friends
They don't swim cause they're all dead
We never are what we intend, or invent
'Cause I make little lies and then I pull them apart
Think something dark's living down in my heart
And if I wanted to die before I got old
I should've started some years ago digging that hole
Well I carry this box to the proper place
And when I lower it down
I let you fade away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
Well I'd serve you drugs on a silver platter
If I thought it would help you get away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
A deer that a hunter shot in the heart
Some dogs that got hit by cars
All came to spill their guts
And we spoke
About the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
And which songs we had loved the most
And then we all turned to dirt
And dust
Some men die under the mountain just looking for gold
Some die looking for a hand to hold
Well I carry this box to its proper place
And when I lower it down
I let you fade away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
Well I'd serve you drugs on a silver platter
If I thought it would help you get away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
I'm slowly bringing you down from the Heavenly gates
Now I'm drowning in the flood I made
Well explain myself to me on the other side
I'll watch from Heaven when I die
Well I'll carry this box to the proper place
And when I lower it down
I let you fade away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
I'd serve you drugs on a silver plate
If I thought it would help you get away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
Watched you throw out your bouquet
Now I think about you everyday
I'm alone now in my bed
And there's a lake
And at the bottom you'll find all our friends
They don't swim cause they're all dead
We never are what we intend, or invent
'Cause I make little lies and then I pull them apart
Think something dark's living down in my heart
And if I wanted to die before I got old
I should've started some years ago digging that hole
Well I carry this box to the proper place
And when I lower it down
I let you fade away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
Well I'd serve you drugs on a silver platter
If I thought it would help you get away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
A deer that a hunter shot in the heart
Some dogs that got hit by cars
All came to spill their guts
And we spoke
About the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
And which songs we had loved the most
And then we all turned to dirt
And dust
Some men die under the mountain just looking for gold
Some die looking for a hand to hold
Well I carry this box to its proper place
And when I lower it down
I let you fade away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
Well I'd serve you drugs on a silver platter
If I thought it would help you get away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
I'm slowly bringing you down from the Heavenly gates
Now I'm drowning in the flood I made
Well explain myself to me on the other side
I'll watch from Heaven when I die
Well I'll carry this box to the proper place
And when I lower it down
I let you fade away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
I'd serve you drugs on a silver plate
If I thought it would help you get away
I hope that you would do this for me (I hope that you would do this for me)
Lyrics submitted by thesweetcatastrophe, edited by Mellow_Harsher, Bawson, robbeh118
At The Bottom Lyrics as written by Vincent Accardi Jesse Lacey
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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no offense to vin, but i greatly prefer jesse's songs. jesse is a far better lyricist than vin.