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 was a stranger, and you came to my side
And you said 'oh, you're alright now'
And you were so knowing,
And I felt so lost and confused
Oh, I need you there
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
Oh,
I barely knew you, but you talked 'til you laughed
'Til you cried out so loud 'someone save me'
Oh, black streaks of Maybelline run down your cheeks again, oh
I prayed for answers, you take the chance or refuse
Oh, I need you there
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
And oh, I need you there
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
Yeah, we belong
Yeah, we belong
Yeah, we belong
Yeah, we belong
Oh, I need you there
(Yeah, we belong)
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
Oh, I need you there
(Yeah, we belong)
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
Oh, I need you there
(Yeah, we belong)
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
Oh, I need you there
(Yeah, we belong)
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
And you said 'oh, you're alright now'
And you were so knowing,
And I felt so lost and confused
Oh, I need you there
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
Oh,
I barely knew you, but you talked 'til you laughed
'Til you cried out so loud 'someone save me'
Oh, black streaks of Maybelline run down your cheeks again, oh
I prayed for answers, you take the chance or refuse
Oh, I need you there
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
And oh, I need you there
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
Yeah, we belong
Yeah, we belong
Yeah, we belong
Yeah, we belong
Oh, I need you there
(Yeah, we belong)
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
Oh, I need you there
(Yeah, we belong)
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
Oh, I need you there
(Yeah, we belong)
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
Oh, I need you there
(Yeah, we belong)
When the nightmares and dreams have come true
Lyrics submitted by Bskiffington
Something for the Rest of Us Lyrics as written by John T Rzeznik
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