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.
Whatever happened to Wonderland?
And where'd Alice go? Oh.
I took a night train with knife in hand,
And cut out to the next show
Back in her living hell.
I wish to dwell, I long to be,
In the blood and the guts
With the birds of prey and the stinging of bees and bullets maybe.
Leaving heaven behind for good this time, the angels can keep it.
I've got a demon in mind and she's standing behind my dark secret.
Draculina.
Whatever happened to Wonderland?
No one really knows, no.
But Draculina had her teeth sinking deep in me,
From the get to the go, back in her living hell.
I wish to dwell, I long to be,
In the blood and the guts
With the birds of pray and the stinging of bees and bullets maybe.
Leaving heaven behind for good this time, the angels can keep it.
I've got a demon in mind and she's standing behind my dark secret.
Oh Draculina.
Leaving heaven behind for good this time, the Angels can keep it.
I got a devil inside that has been exorcised now I'm bleeding for Draculina.
Draculina. Draculina.
Woah, oh oh oh
Draculina. Oh Draculina.
I'm leaving heaven behind for good this time, the angels can keep it.
I've got a demon in mind and she's standing behind my dark secret.
Draculina.
Leaving heaven behind for good this time, the Angels can keep it.
I got a devil inside that has been exorcised now I'm bleeding for Draculina.
Woah oh oh
Draculina. Draculina.
Woah oh oh
Draculina. Draculina.
And where'd Alice go? Oh.
I took a night train with knife in hand,
And cut out to the next show
Back in her living hell.
I wish to dwell, I long to be,
In the blood and the guts
With the birds of prey and the stinging of bees and bullets maybe.
Leaving heaven behind for good this time, the angels can keep it.
I've got a demon in mind and she's standing behind my dark secret.
Draculina.
Whatever happened to Wonderland?
No one really knows, no.
But Draculina had her teeth sinking deep in me,
From the get to the go, back in her living hell.
I wish to dwell, I long to be,
In the blood and the guts
With the birds of pray and the stinging of bees and bullets maybe.
Leaving heaven behind for good this time, the angels can keep it.
I've got a demon in mind and she's standing behind my dark secret.
Oh Draculina.
Leaving heaven behind for good this time, the Angels can keep it.
I got a devil inside that has been exorcised now I'm bleeding for Draculina.
Draculina. Draculina.
Woah, oh oh oh
Draculina. Oh Draculina.
I'm leaving heaven behind for good this time, the angels can keep it.
I've got a demon in mind and she's standing behind my dark secret.
Draculina.
Leaving heaven behind for good this time, the Angels can keep it.
I got a devil inside that has been exorcised now I'm bleeding for Draculina.
Woah oh oh
Draculina. Draculina.
Woah oh oh
Draculina. Draculina.
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"Leaving nothing behind for good,"
It's "Heaven" not, "Nothing,"