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'm on my own
my heart feels old
still I give myself away
every second, every day
you said you'd wait for me
bring the warm sea
make this union last
the sky opens up
you tell me where to go
this is the fire
you keep on burning
words of gold
makes me a fool for love
but don't make me linger
if you don't want me here at all
you are like driftwood
you go where the streams will flow
where you'll be amused
where you can be king, then go
the sky opens up
you tell me where to go
this is the fire
you keep on burning
words of gold
makes me a fool for love
but don't make me linger
if you don't want me here at all
my heart feels old
still I give myself away
every second, every day
you said you'd wait for me
bring the warm sea
make this union last
the sky opens up
you tell me where to go
this is the fire
you keep on burning
words of gold
makes me a fool for love
but don't make me linger
if you don't want me here at all
you are like driftwood
you go where the streams will flow
where you'll be amused
where you can be king, then go
the sky opens up
you tell me where to go
this is the fire
you keep on burning
words of gold
makes me a fool for love
but don't make me linger
if you don't want me here at all
Lyrics submitted by Floating_Candles
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