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.
Damn I'm freezing, but I'm not leaving
I could stay here all night
It took me hours to find these flowers
It took me years to think of you
And when the good starts to turn
Arrest this heart of mine
The car's not working so I've been walking around
And I've been drinking beer all night
Rehearsing my lines, hello, goodbye
And all these years between the two
And when the good starts to turn
Arrest this heart of mine
There's something smoking in the afternoon
It's not a fire but the siren's ringing true
Should I return and start again?
Let's start again
And when the good starts to turn
Arrest this heart of mine
I could stay here all night
It took me hours to find these flowers
It took me years to think of you
And when the good starts to turn
Arrest this heart of mine
The car's not working so I've been walking around
And I've been drinking beer all night
Rehearsing my lines, hello, goodbye
And all these years between the two
And when the good starts to turn
Arrest this heart of mine
There's something smoking in the afternoon
It's not a fire but the siren's ringing true
Should I return and start again?
Let's start again
And when the good starts to turn
Arrest this heart of mine
Lyrics submitted by jwomack01
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