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.
She doesn't think she can love
She felt the fire but the fire never burned hot enough
Her heart is covered in dust
And that ain't easy
They say true love doesn't judge
Her past is present, and it's whispering you're never enough
She doesn't know who to trust
And that ain't easy, when you're looking for love, no it ain't easy
And when she promenades into the dark
I let her run 'cause she never gets far
Until she turns around back into my arms
And we're dancing in the ballroom of our broken hearts
Oh we're dancing in the ballroom of our broken hearts
She was stuck in a rut
Had felt desire, but desire only gave her a rush
She was unlucky in lust
And that ain't easy
The walls are crumbling now
She's telling secrets that a healing heart could only allow
Just trying to figure it out
But that ain't easy, when you're young and in love, no it ain't easy
So she promenades into the dark
I let her run 'cause she never gets far
Until she turns around back into my arms
And we're dancing in the ballroom of our broken hearts
Oh we're dancing in the ballroom of our broken hearts
I wasn't looking for love
I felt the fire but the fire never burned hot enough
My heart was covered in rust
From the ups and downs, I've come around, I know we can love
But she promenades into the dark
Every time the going gets hard
But I call her back into my arms
To take a dance in the ballroom of our broken hearts
So we're dancing in the ballroom of our broken hearts
Take a chance in the ballroom of our broken
Hearts
She felt the fire but the fire never burned hot enough
Her heart is covered in dust
And that ain't easy
They say true love doesn't judge
Her past is present, and it's whispering you're never enough
She doesn't know who to trust
And that ain't easy, when you're looking for love, no it ain't easy
And when she promenades into the dark
I let her run 'cause she never gets far
Until she turns around back into my arms
And we're dancing in the ballroom of our broken hearts
Oh we're dancing in the ballroom of our broken hearts
She was stuck in a rut
Had felt desire, but desire only gave her a rush
She was unlucky in lust
And that ain't easy
The walls are crumbling now
She's telling secrets that a healing heart could only allow
Just trying to figure it out
But that ain't easy, when you're young and in love, no it ain't easy
So she promenades into the dark
I let her run 'cause she never gets far
Until she turns around back into my arms
And we're dancing in the ballroom of our broken hearts
Oh we're dancing in the ballroom of our broken hearts
I wasn't looking for love
I felt the fire but the fire never burned hot enough
My heart was covered in rust
From the ups and downs, I've come around, I know we can love
But she promenades into the dark
Every time the going gets hard
But I call her back into my arms
To take a dance in the ballroom of our broken hearts
So we're dancing in the ballroom of our broken hearts
Take a chance in the ballroom of our broken
Hearts
Lyrics submitted by thegallery
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