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.
Ooh-ooh
Early each morning he searched for her
'Til his feet become bloody and tired
Her hologram photo stayed near to him
Buried deep in the pits of his heart
The lock of grey hair that she gave to him
Stayed clutched in his fist through the night
Dead or alive, she still yearned for him
'Cause even in darkness there's light, oh and
One by one
It's your time lead them both back to one
The sun has come (sun has come)
May your light lead them both back to one
(May your light lead them both back to one)
Indivisible sum
Here's the book now the saga's begun
He wonders if she is the one (she wonders if he is the one)
(You're the one) you're the one
Cold in the cell, lost and shivering
Gunshots in hallways unknown
On the fifth floor, past the blue door
Sat a chained 57821
Sir Greendown told his dear Cindi
Fight like Achilles in Troy
"I will show you the ways that I love you
I saved you so you'd save the world
'Cause you're the
One by one (yes, I tell you, I said you're the one)
It's your time, lead us all back to one (lead us all back to one)
The sun has come
May your light lead us all back to one (I won't lose you now)
Indivisible sum
Here's the book now the saga's begun
I wonder if I am the one (I wonder if I am the one)
(You're the one) 'cause you're the
One by one (yes, I tell you, I said you're the one)
It's your time, lead us all back to one (lead us all back to one)
(You're the one, you're the one)
The sun has come (indivisible sum)
May your light lead them both back to me
(May your light lead them both back to one)
Indivisible sum (indivisible sum)
Here's the book now the saga's begun
I wonder if I am the one (I wonder if I am the one)
(You're the one) you're the one
Anthony Greendown (you're the one)
Your Cindi Mayweather (you're the one)
Will always be waiting for you your Cindi mayweather (you're the one)
(Yes, you're the one)
Just as sure as the sunlight
Keeps beaming on your eyes, she'll always be waiting for you
(You're the one)
Early each morning he searched for her
'Til his feet become bloody and tired
Her hologram photo stayed near to him
Buried deep in the pits of his heart
The lock of grey hair that she gave to him
Stayed clutched in his fist through the night
Dead or alive, she still yearned for him
'Cause even in darkness there's light, oh and
One by one
It's your time lead them both back to one
The sun has come (sun has come)
May your light lead them both back to one
(May your light lead them both back to one)
Indivisible sum
Here's the book now the saga's begun
He wonders if she is the one (she wonders if he is the one)
(You're the one) you're the one
Cold in the cell, lost and shivering
Gunshots in hallways unknown
On the fifth floor, past the blue door
Sat a chained 57821
Sir Greendown told his dear Cindi
Fight like Achilles in Troy
"I will show you the ways that I love you
I saved you so you'd save the world
'Cause you're the
One by one (yes, I tell you, I said you're the one)
It's your time, lead us all back to one (lead us all back to one)
The sun has come
May your light lead us all back to one (I won't lose you now)
Indivisible sum
Here's the book now the saga's begun
I wonder if I am the one (I wonder if I am the one)
(You're the one) 'cause you're the
One by one (yes, I tell you, I said you're the one)
It's your time, lead us all back to one (lead us all back to one)
(You're the one, you're the one)
The sun has come (indivisible sum)
May your light lead them both back to me
(May your light lead them both back to one)
Indivisible sum (indivisible sum)
Here's the book now the saga's begun
I wonder if I am the one (I wonder if I am the one)
(You're the one) you're the one
Anthony Greendown (you're the one)
Your Cindi Mayweather (you're the one)
Will always be waiting for you your Cindi mayweather (you're the one)
(Yes, you're the one)
Just as sure as the sunlight
Keeps beaming on your eyes, she'll always be waiting for you
(You're the one)
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