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're driving so fast now
Sceneries blur
Lights all pass by like ghosts
How the enthralling
Speed keeps us close
If we stop all ceases to glow
Oh how the world is so slow
There are no words to say
On cruel motorway
No further delay
Just drive me away
There's no better way
We're chasing the traces
On passing faces
Aching to feel something real
The deepest sensation
Of losing temptations
Strips the life of false meanings
Maybe the next one, darling
There are no words to say
On cruel motorway
No further delay
When all flows away
No reason to stay
Just drive me away
There's no better way
And it all feels just the same
Until you throw yourself away
No further delay
When love flows away
No further delay
You drive me away
Sceneries blur
Lights all pass by like ghosts
How the enthralling
Speed keeps us close
If we stop all ceases to glow
Oh how the world is so slow
There are no words to say
On cruel motorway
No further delay
Just drive me away
There's no better way
We're chasing the traces
On passing faces
Aching to feel something real
The deepest sensation
Of losing temptations
Strips the life of false meanings
Maybe the next one, darling
There are no words to say
On cruel motorway
No further delay
When all flows away
No reason to stay
Just drive me away
There's no better way
And it all feels just the same
Until you throw yourself away
No further delay
When love flows away
No further delay
You drive me away
Lyrics submitted by Flintyfoxy
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