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.
Oh, I see you in your cobra nest
All dressed up in your Sunday best
In the opal morning light
See your gun there, shining bright
Shining bright
Now the storm is on its way
Coming here to break the day
Steaming rain
Oh, you go shoot me down
Take my halo, yoke and crown
Yoke and crown
'Cause I've been to the darkest place I know
You, my dear, shouldn't fear what lies below
It's just bones
Now you go softly soft
Picking out better bones than your own
Oh, I see you creep in the dark
Sticking pins into the rain
To wash away
I've been to the only place I know
It's just bones
So you, my dear, shouldn't fear what lies below
It's just bones
Just bones,
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
So how can love bear to see you, bear to see you go alone?
I can't bloom, this speeding heart's got the same bone as your own,
As your own
So you, my dear, shouldn't fear what lies below
It's just bones
And I've been to the darkest place you know
It's just bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
All dressed up in your Sunday best
In the opal morning light
See your gun there, shining bright
Shining bright
Now the storm is on its way
Coming here to break the day
Steaming rain
Oh, you go shoot me down
Take my halo, yoke and crown
Yoke and crown
'Cause I've been to the darkest place I know
You, my dear, shouldn't fear what lies below
It's just bones
Now you go softly soft
Picking out better bones than your own
Oh, I see you creep in the dark
Sticking pins into the rain
To wash away
I've been to the only place I know
It's just bones
So you, my dear, shouldn't fear what lies below
It's just bones
Just bones,
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
So how can love bear to see you, bear to see you go alone?
I can't bloom, this speeding heart's got the same bone as your own,
As your own
So you, my dear, shouldn't fear what lies below
It's just bones
And I've been to the darkest place you know
It's just bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
Bones
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Yep I hear that to