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're breakin' out this time
Makin' out with the wind
And I'm so disconnected
I'm never gonna check back in
We're gonna start a new life
See how it goes
Before we're tired and too slow
We'll never get any other life
There's too far to go
So together we make this whole
Can you remember the moment
Did you forget that time?
We were switching a ride in the car coming by
On a Saturday night
You said there's nothing to wait for
There's nothing to know
Were never waking up if we never let it go
I said I wanna believe but I'm out of control
And I've got so far to go, whoa
It's coming out of the dark now
It's dripping off my skin
It's on the tip of my tongue as I drift through my body
Into the city within
And now the people are breathing
The air is alive
It's coming out of the street light
And now the battle is over
Whenever we decide that
There's nothing left to hide
This is all we've got tonight
This is all we've got tonight
We are young and still alive
Now the time is on our side
Right now, we'll make it right now
When every thought is electrical
Right now, we'll make it right now
The dream is coming
You're gonna see how it works
You're gonna see it connect
You're gonna see em surrender oh
Right now, we'll make it right now
Or nothing's gonna change
And maybe we already know the way
Forever every day
Do you know why the spirit's calling
For my end to see?
It reminds us we're alive, this moment,
Of who we are, what we could be
There's nothing to pray for
There's nothing to know
We're never waking up if we never let it go
The fever is coming
It's shaking the ground
The city's alive so tonight we break out
It's coming apart now it's not too far
We'll never know why we arrive where we are
We'll never know why we bring the seed in these times
But if you wanna get high kid, just open your eyes
This is all we've got tonight
This is all we got tonight
We are young and still alive
And now the time is on our side
This is all we got tonight
This is all we got tonight
We are young and still alive
And now the time is on our side
This is all we got tonight
This is all we got tonight
We are young and still alive
And now the time is on our side
Makin' out with the wind
And I'm so disconnected
I'm never gonna check back in
We're gonna start a new life
See how it goes
Before we're tired and too slow
We'll never get any other life
There's too far to go
So together we make this whole
Can you remember the moment
Did you forget that time?
We were switching a ride in the car coming by
On a Saturday night
You said there's nothing to wait for
There's nothing to know
Were never waking up if we never let it go
I said I wanna believe but I'm out of control
And I've got so far to go, whoa
It's coming out of the dark now
It's dripping off my skin
It's on the tip of my tongue as I drift through my body
Into the city within
And now the people are breathing
The air is alive
It's coming out of the street light
And now the battle is over
Whenever we decide that
There's nothing left to hide
This is all we've got tonight
This is all we've got tonight
We are young and still alive
Now the time is on our side
Right now, we'll make it right now
When every thought is electrical
Right now, we'll make it right now
The dream is coming
You're gonna see how it works
You're gonna see it connect
You're gonna see em surrender oh
Right now, we'll make it right now
Or nothing's gonna change
And maybe we already know the way
Forever every day
Do you know why the spirit's calling
For my end to see?
It reminds us we're alive, this moment,
Of who we are, what we could be
There's nothing to pray for
There's nothing to know
We're never waking up if we never let it go
The fever is coming
It's shaking the ground
The city's alive so tonight we break out
It's coming apart now it's not too far
We'll never know why we arrive where we are
We'll never know why we bring the seed in these times
But if you wanna get high kid, just open your eyes
This is all we've got tonight
This is all we got tonight
We are young and still alive
And now the time is on our side
This is all we got tonight
This is all we got tonight
We are young and still alive
And now the time is on our side
This is all we got tonight
This is all we got tonight
We are young and still alive
And now the time is on our side
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but if you wanna get high kid, just open your eyes
this is all we've got tonight this is all we got tonight
Getting high off of "free energy", or readily available energy from your surroundings