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.
Is anybody out there searching
Has anybody lost the way
Am I the only one who's hurting
Today
Must have got some bad directions
How'd we ever end up here
All this pain and desperation
And fear
If we ever make it home
They'll be peace like we've never known
Nobody's gonna walk alone
We'll be leaning on each other
Every wall that we've built up high
Is gonna fall right before our eyes
Love will surely conquer hate
If we ever make it home
There's darkness in the daylight
As the devil works his trade
He's the first one to the gravesite
With a smile on his face
There's a flicker in the distance
Where a single candle glows
And another walking with us
Who knows
If we ever make it home
They'll be peace like we've never known
Nobody's gonna to walk alone
We'll be leaning on each other
Loving one another
Every wall that we've built up high
Is gonna fall right before our eyes
Love will surely conquer hate
If we ever make it home
Oh if we ever make it home
Has anybody lost the way
Am I the only one who's hurting
Today
Must have got some bad directions
How'd we ever end up here
All this pain and desperation
And fear
If we ever make it home
They'll be peace like we've never known
Nobody's gonna walk alone
We'll be leaning on each other
Every wall that we've built up high
Is gonna fall right before our eyes
Love will surely conquer hate
If we ever make it home
There's darkness in the daylight
As the devil works his trade
He's the first one to the gravesite
With a smile on his face
There's a flicker in the distance
Where a single candle glows
And another walking with us
Who knows
If we ever make it home
They'll be peace like we've never known
Nobody's gonna to walk alone
We'll be leaning on each other
Loving one another
Every wall that we've built up high
Is gonna fall right before our eyes
Love will surely conquer hate
If we ever make it home
Oh if we ever make it home
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