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.
(Now
You
Go)
We're swimming in the blue, my misfortune
Will light bring lighter blue?
My eyes are soaked all way through
We're sinking friendships
We drown more and more
I'm singing a sad tune
Is this song to you? (oh oh oh)
Is this song to you? (oh oh oh)
Wishes overdue are well saved in locks
Wishes overdue
No one knows you, till it's over
You know no one true, till it's over
Is this song to you?
Is this song to you?
My lips are pale blue
My shivering half-moon
My lost night's slowest tune
Is the end of the end of the end
We're sinking friendships
We drown more and more
I'm singing a sad tune
Is this song to you? (oh oh oh)
Is this song to you? (oh oh oh)
Wishes overdue are well saved in locks
Wishes overdue
No one knows you, till it's over
You know no one true, till it's over
No one knows you, till it's over
You know no one true, till it's over
Is this song to you?
Is this song to you?
(You
Go
Now)
You
Go)
We're swimming in the blue, my misfortune
Will light bring lighter blue?
My eyes are soaked all way through
We're sinking friendships
We drown more and more
I'm singing a sad tune
Is this song to you? (oh oh oh)
Is this song to you? (oh oh oh)
Wishes overdue are well saved in locks
Wishes overdue
No one knows you, till it's over
You know no one true, till it's over
Is this song to you?
Is this song to you?
My lips are pale blue
My shivering half-moon
My lost night's slowest tune
Is the end of the end of the end
We're sinking friendships
We drown more and more
I'm singing a sad tune
Is this song to you? (oh oh oh)
Is this song to you? (oh oh oh)
Wishes overdue are well saved in locks
Wishes overdue
No one knows you, till it's over
You know no one true, till it's over
No one knows you, till it's over
You know no one true, till it's over
Is this song to you?
Is this song to you?
(You
Go
Now)
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that's exactly it. To go into more detail, in the interview he did with Attitude he explains that he would get drunk with his best friends and they'd end up having sex. However, his friends were all straight so they'd never talk about it after and that's really sad!
so applying that to this song, I guess he never appreciated or really knew his friends as much until they were gone :( or vice versa actually!
oh poor jonsi, at least he has alex now :)