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.
You hear my cry, lover of mine
No tear in the eye or fear in my mind
The forest is thick and you don't recognize
We parted our lips and we reached from inside
In a wide open field we know we can feel
Awake and unreal, off, off to nowhere
Off to nowhere
Off to nowhere
Need more people to be satisfied
No fear of a God and no prayer for the night
Come into our minds and you rush through our lives
We parted our lips and we reached from inside
In a wide open field we know we can feel
Awake and unreal, off, off to nowhere
Off to nowhere
The only thing you've got (off to nowhere)
You know you're better off without it
The only thing you've got (off to nowhere)
You know you're better off without it
The only thing you've got (off to nowhere)
You know you're better off without it
The only thing you've got (off to nowhere)
You know you're better off without it
Youngest fire, you decide
You decide what is right
Youngest fire, who decides?
We decide what is right
Near yet so far
Isn't it? (You know you're better off without it)
Near yet so far (The only thing you've got)
Isn't it? (You know you're better off without it)
Near yet so far (The only thing you've got)
Isn't it? (You know you're better off without it)
Near yet so far (The only thing you've got)
Isn't it? (You know you're better off without it)
Near yet so far (The only thing you've got)
Isn't it? (You know you're better off without it)
No tear in the eye or fear in my mind
The forest is thick and you don't recognize
We parted our lips and we reached from inside
In a wide open field we know we can feel
Awake and unreal, off, off to nowhere
Off to nowhere
Off to nowhere
Need more people to be satisfied
No fear of a God and no prayer for the night
Come into our minds and you rush through our lives
We parted our lips and we reached from inside
In a wide open field we know we can feel
Awake and unreal, off, off to nowhere
Off to nowhere
The only thing you've got (off to nowhere)
You know you're better off without it
The only thing you've got (off to nowhere)
You know you're better off without it
The only thing you've got (off to nowhere)
You know you're better off without it
The only thing you've got (off to nowhere)
You know you're better off without it
Youngest fire, you decide
You decide what is right
Youngest fire, who decides?
We decide what is right
Near yet so far
Isn't it? (You know you're better off without it)
Near yet so far (The only thing you've got)
Isn't it? (You know you're better off without it)
Near yet so far (The only thing you've got)
Isn't it? (You know you're better off without it)
Near yet so far (The only thing you've got)
Isn't it? (You know you're better off without it)
Near yet so far (The only thing you've got)
Isn't it? (You know you're better off without it)
Lyrics submitted by avantexgarde
Lover of Mine Lyrics as written by Victoria Garance Alixe Legrand Alex Kristian Scally
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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