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.
I am so ashamed
I am so ashamed of all the trouble I have caused
I am so ashamed of all these unopened doors
I am so ashamed of what I have become
That oh, my heart is bursting again
Don't leave this mark
Your eyes are turning away
I am of the west
I am fair skinned I deserve a bullet in my chest
If I have no religion I've no reason to be scared
I am going to hell but I just don't care
That oh, my heart is bursting again
Don't leave this mark
Your eyes are turning away
That oh, my heart is bursting again
Don't leave this mark
Your eyes are turning away
I am so ashamed of all the trouble I have caused
I am so ashamed of all these unopened doors
I am so ashamed of what I have become
That oh, my heart is bursting again
Don't leave this mark
Your eyes are turning away
I am of the west
I am fair skinned I deserve a bullet in my chest
If I have no religion I've no reason to be scared
I am going to hell but I just don't care
That oh, my heart is bursting again
Don't leave this mark
Your eyes are turning away
That oh, my heart is bursting again
Don't leave this mark
Your eyes are turning away
Lyrics submitted by doneill1027
You Will Leave a Mark Lyrics as written by Lewis Alexander William Jones Alastair Owen Hussain
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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The way he sings "If I have no religion I've no reason to be scared" gives me goosebumps