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.
Ever since you found him and he lost you,
your life has never been the same
Been the same
The ease with which he said goodbye
has left a bitter taste of pain
Taste of pain
But feelings deceive and can sometimes be brief
Until they slip away, fade away
And nothing is left to take their place
but a memory of how things might be
[PRE-CHORUS] What can you do when someone decides they're over you?
Is there a way to forget the past and move on today?
His words haunt you still, and you don't feel like you'll be okay
You'll be okay
[CHORUS] Now you are alone and afraid
that better times won't be remade
That where you are will never change
That you and love are still estranged
You've never felt as far away as you do right now
You want a brand-new start
Brand-new start
You've been hiding in your room all day,
never letting time do its part
[PRE-CHORUS]
[CHORUS]
So you step with fear into everything you do
There's no sense at all in laying yourself bare
You can't see why you're not someone he'd pursue
Now you wish you could make yourself not care
No!
[PRE-CHORUS]
So you'll be alone and afraid
You don't want to be hurt again
You never want to feel this way
You're not the same as you were then
As you were then
your life has never been the same
Been the same
The ease with which he said goodbye
has left a bitter taste of pain
Taste of pain
But feelings deceive and can sometimes be brief
Until they slip away, fade away
And nothing is left to take their place
but a memory of how things might be
[PRE-CHORUS] What can you do when someone decides they're over you?
Is there a way to forget the past and move on today?
His words haunt you still, and you don't feel like you'll be okay
You'll be okay
[CHORUS] Now you are alone and afraid
that better times won't be remade
That where you are will never change
That you and love are still estranged
You've never felt as far away as you do right now
You want a brand-new start
Brand-new start
You've been hiding in your room all day,
never letting time do its part
[PRE-CHORUS]
[CHORUS]
So you step with fear into everything you do
There's no sense at all in laying yourself bare
You can't see why you're not someone he'd pursue
Now you wish you could make yourself not care
No!
[PRE-CHORUS]
So you'll be alone and afraid
You don't want to be hurt again
You never want to feel this way
You're not the same as you were then
As you were then
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
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