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.
Turn my back to the door,
Feels so much better now
No need to try, anymore
Nothing left to lose
As the voice that's in the air saying, 'Don't look back to nowhere'
There's a force that's always there
And I'll never be, quite the same as I was before these,
Part of you, still remains
Oh, its out of focus
Your just somewhere that I've been
And I won't go back again
Your just somewhere that I've been
I'm breathing in, breathing out
Ain't that what it's all about?
Living life, crazy loud
Like I have the right to
No more words, in my mouth,
Nothing left to figure out,
But I don't think I'll ever break through,
The ghost of you
And I'll never be like I was, the day I met you
To naive? Yes, I was
Boy that's why I let you in
Wear your memory like a stain
Can't erase or numb the pain,
Here to stay with me forever
I'm breathing in, breathing out
Ain't that what it's all about?
Living life, crazing loud
Like I have the right to
No more words, in my mouth,
Nothing left to figure out,
But I don't think I'll ever break through,
The ghost of you
One of these days I'll wake up from this, bad dream I'm dreaming
One of these days I'll pray that I'll be over, over, over you
One of these days I'll realize that I'm to tired of feeling confused,
But for now there's a reason that your still here in my heart
I'm breathing in, breathing out
Ain't that what it's all about?
Living life, crazing loud
Like I have the right to
No more words, in my mouth,
Nothing left for me to doubt
But I don't think I'll ever break through,
The ghost of you
Breathing in, breathing out
Breathing in, breathing out
Like I have the right too
No more words, in my mouth
Nothing left to figure out
But I don't think I'll ever break through,
The ghost of you
Feels so much better now
No need to try, anymore
Nothing left to lose
As the voice that's in the air saying, 'Don't look back to nowhere'
There's a force that's always there
And I'll never be, quite the same as I was before these,
Part of you, still remains
Oh, its out of focus
Your just somewhere that I've been
And I won't go back again
Your just somewhere that I've been
I'm breathing in, breathing out
Ain't that what it's all about?
Living life, crazy loud
Like I have the right to
No more words, in my mouth,
Nothing left to figure out,
But I don't think I'll ever break through,
The ghost of you
And I'll never be like I was, the day I met you
To naive? Yes, I was
Boy that's why I let you in
Wear your memory like a stain
Can't erase or numb the pain,
Here to stay with me forever
I'm breathing in, breathing out
Ain't that what it's all about?
Living life, crazing loud
Like I have the right to
No more words, in my mouth,
Nothing left to figure out,
But I don't think I'll ever break through,
The ghost of you
One of these days I'll wake up from this, bad dream I'm dreaming
One of these days I'll pray that I'll be over, over, over you
One of these days I'll realize that I'm to tired of feeling confused,
But for now there's a reason that your still here in my heart
I'm breathing in, breathing out
Ain't that what it's all about?
Living life, crazing loud
Like I have the right to
No more words, in my mouth,
Nothing left for me to doubt
But I don't think I'll ever break through,
The ghost of you
Breathing in, breathing out
Breathing in, breathing out
Like I have the right too
No more words, in my mouth
Nothing left to figure out
But I don't think I'll ever break through,
The ghost of you
Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan
Ghost of You Lyrics as written by Jonas Jeberg Rasmus Seebach
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The first time I listened to this the first thing that came to mind was "OMG this is about her losing her BFF-ship with Demi Lovato." I read somewhere that Selena did an interview and said it's not necessarily about a romantic relationship, so that only adds to my argument. But anyway:
"And I'll never be like I was, the day I met you To naive? Yes, I was" Selena and Demi met when they were what, 6 or 7, on Barney. I'd say a 6 or 7 year old would most definitely be naive.
"One of these days I'll wake up from this, bad dream I'm dreaming She's saying it feels like a bad dream that she's just lost her for-a-decade BFF. One of these days I'll pray that I'll be over, over, over you She needs to pray to have any hope of getting over this whole thing. One of these days I'll realize that I'm to tired of feeling confused, She could most definitely be confused about what happened between her and Demi, about why they stopped being besties. Especially since when they were still BFFs Demi said in an interview that Selena is her rock, so Selena could be wondering "How could she just toss her rock out of her life like that?" But for now there's a reason that your still here in my heart" Well they'd been BFFs for like a decade. Can you imagine how many secrets they'd have shared, how many insecurities they'd told one another about? I think this line is saying that she knows all of these problems Demi is/was struggling with, and she (Selena) still worries about Demi in her heart. Like maybe the reason Demi's still in her heart is because God will have it that Selena will help Demi somehow in the future.
This song has made me cry before when I think of how long they were best friends and then they just lost it all. This is my interpretation of it.
But now they're friends again so it's all good! Yayyy! :'D