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.
Nothing is a color
I cross the desert
Nothing is alive
What does the black top know that I have not cracked with my mind
Nothing is a color
Gray as the pill
Nobody cries
Why do the screek lamp shine on still
Nothing is alive
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
Nothing is a color
I cross the desert
Nothing is alive
What does the black top know that I have not cracked with my mind
Nothing is a color
Gray as the pill
Deep in the eye
Why do the screek lamp shine on still
When nothing is alive
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
Why does my heartbeat feel like a speaker?
Feeding back
Repeater, repeater
Why does my heartbeat feel like a speaker?
Feeding back
Repeater, repeater
Why does my heartbeat feel like a speaker?
Feeding back
Repeater, repeater
Why does my heartbeat feel like a speaker?
Feeding back
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
I cross the desert
Nothing is alive
What does the black top know that I have not cracked with my mind
Nothing is a color
Gray as the pill
Nobody cries
Why do the screek lamp shine on still
Nothing is alive
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
Nothing is a color
I cross the desert
Nothing is alive
What does the black top know that I have not cracked with my mind
Nothing is a color
Gray as the pill
Deep in the eye
Why do the screek lamp shine on still
When nothing is alive
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
Why does my heartbeat feel like a speaker?
Feeding back
Repeater, repeater
Why does my heartbeat feel like a speaker?
Feeding back
Repeater, repeater
Why does my heartbeat feel like a speaker?
Feeding back
Repeater, repeater
Why does my heartbeat feel like a speaker?
Feeding back
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
I feel love every million miles
I feel love
Every once in a while
Lyrics submitted by deadweather
I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) Lyrics as written by Dean Anthony Fertita Alison Mosshart
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I love this song so much. I really wish I could say I own a triple decker and got to listen to this on my own turntable, but I didn't. It's quickly become a favorite and heavy in my music rotation.
Maybe Jack will decide to be nice and mass release it to the rest of us. Sigh. Or maybe I just need to start playing the lottery so I can pay someone an outrageous price for a TD.