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.
you've got me stuck to where i'm sitting
looking at your eyes
then i know i'm so pathetic
i wouldn't move to save my life
they tell me that you're lonely
it's no surprise
when you walk around all day wearing those
lonely lonely lonely lonely eyes
well i try to tell you jokes
i'm afraid to cry
and if you need a little sunshine you can borrow some of mine
it's okay if you're unhappy i would say before i leave her
just take a look around there's no one here that's happy either
lonely girl you are my world
and i could be anything you need
and if for some reason you don't feel like talking
i can just sit and enjoy your company
your company
the days keep going by
and it doesn't get much better
she could be threatening to jump
and all of your friends would scream "let her"
they count on you to leave
cause it has always been that way
but on the one day they close early
that's the one you want to stay
lonely girl you are my world
and i could be anything you need
and if for some reason you don't feel like talking
i can just sit and enjoy your company
your company
lonely girl you are my world
and i could be anything you need
and if for some reason you don't feel like talking
i can just sit and enjoy your company
your company, your company
looking at your eyes
then i know i'm so pathetic
i wouldn't move to save my life
they tell me that you're lonely
it's no surprise
when you walk around all day wearing those
lonely lonely lonely lonely eyes
well i try to tell you jokes
i'm afraid to cry
and if you need a little sunshine you can borrow some of mine
it's okay if you're unhappy i would say before i leave her
just take a look around there's no one here that's happy either
lonely girl you are my world
and i could be anything you need
and if for some reason you don't feel like talking
i can just sit and enjoy your company
your company
the days keep going by
and it doesn't get much better
she could be threatening to jump
and all of your friends would scream "let her"
they count on you to leave
cause it has always been that way
but on the one day they close early
that's the one you want to stay
lonely girl you are my world
and i could be anything you need
and if for some reason you don't feel like talking
i can just sit and enjoy your company
your company
lonely girl you are my world
and i could be anything you need
and if for some reason you don't feel like talking
i can just sit and enjoy your company
your company, your company
Lyrics submitted by meghannbradyy
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@Jarold my guess is she doesn’t want or need any “help” from him. At all.