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.
Everything I own,
Everything I give,
Nothing to say,
Oh I didn't mean it
Why'd I wanna say it again?
I didn't say it again
It's always the way
That I assume everything,
Now I wear a different hat
Every morning as I get up
And say it to myself
Who will you beat on today?
Do you feel like
Do you feel like waiting on
Is it right or is it wrong?
I'm falling these days
My personal thunder
It's tripping me down
Locked in a cage
But I won't surrender
It's been at least an hour
And I'm out already
Pacing the room
Turn on my heels
Won't look in the mirror anymore
Look at my face anymore
Smelling the fresh air
And it's blow, blowing in my face
On the street my hair is free
It's the first time that I can truly breath
The first time that I can truly breath
I'm falling these days
My personal thunder
It's tripping me down
Locked in a cage
But I won't surrender
I'm falling these days
My personal thunder
It's tripping me down
Locked in a cage
But I won't surrender
And I don't think that I can find any answers
To these questions
In my way
I would choose a face that works for me
All of the time
All of the time
Time now down
I'm falling these days
My personal thunder
It's tripping me down
Locked in a cage
But I won't surrender
I'm falling these days
My personal thunder
It's tripping me down
Locked in a cage
But I won't surrender
I won't surrender
I won't surrender
I won't surrender
Everything I give,
Nothing to say,
Oh I didn't mean it
Why'd I wanna say it again?
I didn't say it again
It's always the way
That I assume everything,
Now I wear a different hat
Every morning as I get up
And say it to myself
Who will you beat on today?
Do you feel like
Do you feel like waiting on
Is it right or is it wrong?
I'm falling these days
My personal thunder
It's tripping me down
Locked in a cage
But I won't surrender
It's been at least an hour
And I'm out already
Pacing the room
Turn on my heels
Won't look in the mirror anymore
Look at my face anymore
Smelling the fresh air
And it's blow, blowing in my face
On the street my hair is free
It's the first time that I can truly breath
The first time that I can truly breath
I'm falling these days
My personal thunder
It's tripping me down
Locked in a cage
But I won't surrender
I'm falling these days
My personal thunder
It's tripping me down
Locked in a cage
But I won't surrender
And I don't think that I can find any answers
To these questions
In my way
I would choose a face that works for me
All of the time
All of the time
Time now down
I'm falling these days
My personal thunder
It's tripping me down
Locked in a cage
But I won't surrender
I'm falling these days
My personal thunder
It's tripping me down
Locked in a cage
But I won't surrender
I won't surrender
I won't surrender
I won't surrender
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Please remove and replace with actual lyrics... imamember is correct. These are lyrics to Personal Thunder!