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.
There's another kind of water, another food to eat
Another world around us no human eye can see
Another arm to lean on, another friend to greet
Another road to travel with a different set of feet
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
Let me live in that other land I've never seen
With the skies ever blue and the fields ever green
Where when I'm done plowing and planting the seed
The crop never fails, I have all that I need
'Cause here I'm a stranger, no doubt about that
A long way from my home just trying to get back
Like a fish out of water I struggle and gasp
I reach out to you, Lord, and all that I ask is
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
Your love is a river and life is a tree
That grows on the bank with its roots running deep
And high in the branches here I'm just a leaf
I need you to catch me, Lord, when I fall free
When the burden of living has taken its toll
When I've shouldered as much as my shoulders'll hold
When I've come to the end of what I thought was enough rope
Won't you be there to meet me, Lord, show me that road
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
There's another kind of water, another food to eat
Another world around us no human eye can see
Another arm to lean on, another friend to greet
Another road to travel with a different set of feet
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
Another world around us no human eye can see
Another arm to lean on, another friend to greet
Another road to travel with a different set of feet
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
Let me live in that other land I've never seen
With the skies ever blue and the fields ever green
Where when I'm done plowing and planting the seed
The crop never fails, I have all that I need
'Cause here I'm a stranger, no doubt about that
A long way from my home just trying to get back
Like a fish out of water I struggle and gasp
I reach out to you, Lord, and all that I ask is
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
Your love is a river and life is a tree
That grows on the bank with its roots running deep
And high in the branches here I'm just a leaf
I need you to catch me, Lord, when I fall free
When the burden of living has taken its toll
When I've shouldered as much as my shoulders'll hold
When I've come to the end of what I thought was enough rope
Won't you be there to meet me, Lord, show me that road
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
There's another kind of water, another food to eat
Another world around us no human eye can see
Another arm to lean on, another friend to greet
Another road to travel with a different set of feet
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
Show me, show me, show me that road
I want to walk with you, Lord, forever more
Lyrics submitted by bananahero
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