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.
Pure hearts and stumble
In my hands they crumble
And fragile and stripped to the core
I can't hurt you anymore
Loved by numbers
You loosing life's wonder
And touch like strangers detached
I can't feel you anymore
The sunshine, trapped in our hearts
It could rise again, but I'm lost
And crushed
I'm cold and confused with no guiding light left inside
You were my guiding light, mhm yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
When comfort and warmth can't be found, I still reach for you
But I'm lost and crushed
I'm cold and confused with no guiding light left inside
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
When there's no guiding light left inside
When there's no guiding light in our lives
In my hands they crumble
And fragile and stripped to the core
I can't hurt you anymore
Loved by numbers
You loosing life's wonder
And touch like strangers detached
I can't feel you anymore
The sunshine, trapped in our hearts
It could rise again, but I'm lost
And crushed
I'm cold and confused with no guiding light left inside
You were my guiding light, mhm yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
When comfort and warmth can't be found, I still reach for you
But I'm lost and crushed
I'm cold and confused with no guiding light left inside
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
When there's no guiding light left inside
When there's no guiding light in our lives
Lyrics submitted by blinxbcr, edited by injekted, firewind2009
Guiding Light Lyrics as written by Matt Bellamy
Lyrics © Cloud9, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Great song. This song is to "the resistance" as Invincible was to "black holes".
That's really funny that you made that comparison - Invincible was the only song on BHAR that I couldn't get into, and Guiding Light is the only one on TR that I don't care for!