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.
Release me
No remnants were ever found of it
Feeling the hot bile
With every fake smile
Though no evidence was ever found it never went away completely
I try to appellate a holy sound of it
Another day gone
Another night's drawn
Dark forces pull me underground and never went away completely
How can I feel this empty
I will not recover this time
This loneliness is killing me
Will I ever know peace of mind again
I don't believe it
I can't achieve it
I think I know it's just another sign that never went away completely
Terror is coursing in me
Can you find a moment
Where I have to be
And feel you die
In asylum (I live a lie)
Don't you know I'm in love with you and I wasn't ready
For asylum (relive a lie)
To let go
Now it's dragging me into your grave
Your asylum (forget the lie)
Overcome and the feeling that I won't get to join you in time
But the loneliness is killing me, yeah!
Death's images are all around again
They're right behind me
They're gonna find me
Judge me for my mortal sin that have enveloped me completely
I know I'll never know a peaceful night again
Afraid they'll hear me
They don't fear me
Punishment for me of a moral crime the debt was never paid completely
Terror is coursing in me
Can you find a moment
Where I have to be
And feel you die
In asylum (I live a lie)
Don't you know I'm in love with you and I wasn't ready
For asylum (relive a lie)
To let go
Now it's dragging me into your grave
Your asylum (forget the lie)
Overcome and the feeling that I won't get to join you in time
But the loneliness is killing me
In the end there will be no suffering (more suffering)
In the end we will find out everything (not everything)
In the end you may question your belief (what belief?)
In the end you will realize someday
How you were deceived
This has gone on too long (too long)
No more demonic race
Destroyer come to light
Because the memory is killing me
In asylum (I live a lie)
I let go now it's dragging me into your grave
For asylum (we live a lie)
Overcome and the feeling that I won't get to join you time (without you)
This world is not fulfilling me
Don't make me live in asylum
I live alive
Don't want to live in asylum
I live a lie
Don't make me live in asylum
I am a lie
No remnants were ever found of it
Feeling the hot bile
With every fake smile
Though no evidence was ever found it never went away completely
I try to appellate a holy sound of it
Another day gone
Another night's drawn
Dark forces pull me underground and never went away completely
How can I feel this empty
I will not recover this time
This loneliness is killing me
Will I ever know peace of mind again
I don't believe it
I can't achieve it
I think I know it's just another sign that never went away completely
Terror is coursing in me
Can you find a moment
Where I have to be
And feel you die
In asylum (I live a lie)
Don't you know I'm in love with you and I wasn't ready
For asylum (relive a lie)
To let go
Now it's dragging me into your grave
Your asylum (forget the lie)
Overcome and the feeling that I won't get to join you in time
But the loneliness is killing me, yeah!
Death's images are all around again
They're right behind me
They're gonna find me
Judge me for my mortal sin that have enveloped me completely
I know I'll never know a peaceful night again
Afraid they'll hear me
They don't fear me
Punishment for me of a moral crime the debt was never paid completely
Terror is coursing in me
Can you find a moment
Where I have to be
And feel you die
In asylum (I live a lie)
Don't you know I'm in love with you and I wasn't ready
For asylum (relive a lie)
To let go
Now it's dragging me into your grave
Your asylum (forget the lie)
Overcome and the feeling that I won't get to join you in time
But the loneliness is killing me
In the end there will be no suffering (more suffering)
In the end we will find out everything (not everything)
In the end you may question your belief (what belief?)
In the end you will realize someday
How you were deceived
This has gone on too long (too long)
No more demonic race
Destroyer come to light
Because the memory is killing me
In asylum (I live a lie)
I let go now it's dragging me into your grave
For asylum (we live a lie)
Overcome and the feeling that I won't get to join you time (without you)
This world is not fulfilling me
Don't make me live in asylum
I live alive
Don't want to live in asylum
I live a lie
Don't make me live in asylum
I am a lie
Lyrics submitted by vane111391, edited by hollowwolf, taylorkeene
Asylum Lyrics as written by David Draiman Dan Donegan
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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It surprising to me that no one has found out the meaning yet. OBVIOUSLY this song is about David Draiman's immense hunger for dead babies.
"No remnants were ever found of it"
He really cleans his plate
"It never went away completely"
His hunger is never-ending it seems
"Another day gone"
He eats dead babies very often
"Dark forces pull me underground"
Since dead babies are hard to come by he's forced to go grave digging every night
"How can I feel this empty?"
His incredible hunger surprises himself too
"And feel you die"
Sometimes he has to kill them himself
"Death inside of me"
Self explanatory
"...now it's dragging me Into your grave Your asylum"
Self explanatory
"Punishment for the immoral crime"
Because technically it's illegal to eat dead babies
"In the end there will be no suffering"
He prefers them dead because dead babies can't feel a thing
Well it's a good thing I cleared that all up for you people. You can thank me later (I'm probably gonna get flamed for this :P)