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.
""Moonrise (Through Mirrors Of Death) by Nevermore Turn to the left turn to the right If you judge me for my faults My soul searches for flight Awake in my violent daydreams I am lucid and torn I sleep dreaming in the netherworld Obsessed and reborn I feel the moonrise Inside my head I feel the consequence Of everything you left unsaid And now you're dead... Is this soliloquy or psychosis Or self-hypnosis Burn to the right turn to the left If society won't accept you You scream into the grave Welcome to the underground Welcome to your grave Welcome to your beautiful mistake I feel the moonrise Inside my head I feel the consequence Of everything you left unsaid And now we're dead... [Solo] Turn away from the light Turn into the right If you judge me for my faults My soul searches for flight Welcome to the underground Welcome to your grave Welcome to your beautiful mistake I feel the moonrise Inside my head I feel the consequence Of everything you left unsaid And now we're dead...""
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Moonrise (Through Mirrors Of Death) Lyrics as written by Warrel George Baker Jeffrey Allen Loomis
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