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.
You had it all
Before you threw it away
The chance of a lifetime
Of golden opportunity
You took the time
Right out of my hands
And washed them clean
Of all the grains of sand
Forgetting all you know
To waste it on
All those things
That never meant a thing
To you and me
This has gone too far
I'm through with you
Leading me on
All of the time
And all of the world
Will never amount to
What we deserve
And it's not worth
Saying goodbye
You've done nothing
But waste my time
This season's caught up
It's riding your back
It's hard to live your life
With nothing to expect
Run far
Run far away
Where ever you go
They won't remember your name
I'm through with you
Leading me on
And every day
That I spent with you
Has been thrown away
We're through with you
Leading us on
All of the time
And all of the world
Will never amount to
What we deserve
And it's not worth
Saying goodbye
You've done nothing
But waste my time
We're through with you
(leading us on!)
We're through with you
(leading us on!)
All of the time
And all of the world
Will never amount to
What we deserve
And it's not worth
Saying goodbye
You've done nothing
But waste my
All of the time
(all of the time)
And all of the world
(all of the world)
Will never amount to
What we deserve
And it's not worth
It's not worth
Saying goodbye
You've done nothing
But waste my time
Before you threw it away
The chance of a lifetime
Of golden opportunity
You took the time
Right out of my hands
And washed them clean
Of all the grains of sand
Forgetting all you know
To waste it on
All those things
That never meant a thing
To you and me
This has gone too far
I'm through with you
Leading me on
All of the time
And all of the world
Will never amount to
What we deserve
And it's not worth
Saying goodbye
You've done nothing
But waste my time
This season's caught up
It's riding your back
It's hard to live your life
With nothing to expect
Run far
Run far away
Where ever you go
They won't remember your name
I'm through with you
Leading me on
And every day
That I spent with you
Has been thrown away
We're through with you
Leading us on
All of the time
And all of the world
Will never amount to
What we deserve
And it's not worth
Saying goodbye
You've done nothing
But waste my time
We're through with you
(leading us on!)
We're through with you
(leading us on!)
All of the time
And all of the world
Will never amount to
What we deserve
And it's not worth
Saying goodbye
You've done nothing
But waste my
All of the time
(all of the time)
And all of the world
(all of the world)
Will never amount to
What we deserve
And it's not worth
It's not worth
Saying goodbye
You've done nothing
But waste my time
Lyrics submitted by theghostoutside
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All of the time in all of the world* But why no comments? This band is sooooo good.