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 used to make you cry,
But I haven't smiled since you left.
Can you undo 'Goodbye',
Its a word I wish I cud forget.
You told me you love me and to try to move on.
But its hard to get up when you fall,
So I wrote a song about love but its nothing at all.
Oh, oh
It was you who took the blame,
Even though we both knew who was wrong.
Yeah I'm calling out your name,
Every time I'm singing this song.
'Cause its over, yeah its over
You told me you love me but its time to move on.
Its hard to get up when you fall,
So I wrote a song about love but its nothing at all.
Oh, oh, oh
'Cause its over, yeah its over
You told me you love me and to try to move on.
Its hard to get up when you fall,
So I wrote a song about love
And its sad 'cause it won't be enough.
So I wrote a song about love but its nothing at all.
Oh
But I haven't smiled since you left.
Can you undo 'Goodbye',
Its a word I wish I cud forget.
You told me you love me and to try to move on.
But its hard to get up when you fall,
So I wrote a song about love but its nothing at all.
Oh, oh
It was you who took the blame,
Even though we both knew who was wrong.
Yeah I'm calling out your name,
Every time I'm singing this song.
'Cause its over, yeah its over
You told me you love me but its time to move on.
Its hard to get up when you fall,
So I wrote a song about love but its nothing at all.
Oh, oh, oh
'Cause its over, yeah its over
You told me you love me and to try to move on.
Its hard to get up when you fall,
So I wrote a song about love
And its sad 'cause it won't be enough.
So I wrote a song about love but its nothing at all.
Oh
Lyrics submitted by wohschic08
A Song About Love Lyrics as written by Lee Dewyze David Hodges
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i absoutly love this song. lee is an amazing singer.