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.
Started thinking about the times
All the drinking, how we used to laugh
It's like a picture in my mind
Only different cause it moves too fast
All the winding roads we drive
Just to feel alive, deep inside
Never thought it would end this way
Never thought it would end
Never thought it would end
Are you lost in this town Dusty?
Does the rain just bring you down?
Do you talk to anyone Dusty,
Besides the concrete underground?
I think about you Dusty
I still think about you Dusty
Semi-famous but unknown
Always came first with the party crowd
Halfway finished novel lives
Just diminish in a scene too loud
All the winding roads we drive
Just to feel alive, deep inside
Never thought it would end this way
Never thought it would end
Never thought it would end
Are you lost in this town Dusty?
Does the rain just bring you down?
Do you talk to anyone Dusty,
Besides the concrete underground?
I think about you Dusty
I still think about you Dusty
I still think about you
I know everybody hurts
I know everybody's sometimes down
Everyone is not around
Everyone's not around
Ahh...
Ahh...
Are you lost in this town Dusty?
Do the days just knock you down?
Have you lost your dreams now Dusty,
Cause I'm dreamin' about you now!
Are you lost in this town Dusty?
Does the rain just bring you down?
Do you talk to anyone Dusty,
Besides the concrete underground?
I still think about you Dusty
And does the rain just bring you down?
Did it cost you this time Dusty?
It's not the same without you around
I still think about you Dusty
I still think about you Dusty
I still think about you Dusty
I still think about you Dusty
All the drinking, how we used to laugh
It's like a picture in my mind
Only different cause it moves too fast
All the winding roads we drive
Just to feel alive, deep inside
Never thought it would end this way
Never thought it would end
Never thought it would end
Are you lost in this town Dusty?
Does the rain just bring you down?
Do you talk to anyone Dusty,
Besides the concrete underground?
I think about you Dusty
I still think about you Dusty
Semi-famous but unknown
Always came first with the party crowd
Halfway finished novel lives
Just diminish in a scene too loud
All the winding roads we drive
Just to feel alive, deep inside
Never thought it would end this way
Never thought it would end
Never thought it would end
Are you lost in this town Dusty?
Does the rain just bring you down?
Do you talk to anyone Dusty,
Besides the concrete underground?
I think about you Dusty
I still think about you Dusty
I still think about you
I know everybody hurts
I know everybody's sometimes down
Everyone is not around
Everyone's not around
Ahh...
Ahh...
Are you lost in this town Dusty?
Do the days just knock you down?
Have you lost your dreams now Dusty,
Cause I'm dreamin' about you now!
Are you lost in this town Dusty?
Does the rain just bring you down?
Do you talk to anyone Dusty,
Besides the concrete underground?
I still think about you Dusty
And does the rain just bring you down?
Did it cost you this time Dusty?
It's not the same without you around
I still think about you Dusty
I still think about you Dusty
I still think about you Dusty
I still think about you Dusty
Lyrics submitted by DCmayz
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