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.
Really brings me down, I don't know how
That you can say you're not my kind
Couldn't find a cloud for miles around
Why do you change your storyline?
It all goes gray again
Sometimes I don't know when
To come out of the storm
It feels like forty days
And forty nights I've been
Beating on your door
Hey
I'm falling like rain
Oh I, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm coming down around ya
I will always think about you
My sentimental ways don't seem to phase you
I don't ever wanna force your hand
If you met me one time, just half the way
I could meet you where you are, just meet me where I am
'Cause every now and then
You've gotta drive right in
Deeper than deep
You take a chance and then
You give the wheel a spin
Anyone can see
Hey
I'm falling like rain
Oh I, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm coming down around ya
I will always think about you
Falling like rain
It feels like forty days
And forty nights I've been
Beating on your door
Hey
I'm falling like rain
Oh I, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm coming down around ya
I will always think about you
I do, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm only getting louder
I will always think about you
I do, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm coming down around ya
I will always think about you
I do, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm only getting louder
I will always think about you
That you can say you're not my kind
Couldn't find a cloud for miles around
Why do you change your storyline?
It all goes gray again
Sometimes I don't know when
To come out of the storm
It feels like forty days
And forty nights I've been
Beating on your door
Hey
I'm falling like rain
Oh I, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm coming down around ya
I will always think about you
My sentimental ways don't seem to phase you
I don't ever wanna force your hand
If you met me one time, just half the way
I could meet you where you are, just meet me where I am
'Cause every now and then
You've gotta drive right in
Deeper than deep
You take a chance and then
You give the wheel a spin
Anyone can see
Hey
I'm falling like rain
Oh I, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm coming down around ya
I will always think about you
Falling like rain
It feels like forty days
And forty nights I've been
Beating on your door
Hey
I'm falling like rain
Oh I, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm coming down around ya
I will always think about you
I do, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm only getting louder
I will always think about you
I do, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm coming down around ya
I will always think about you
I do, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I'm only getting louder
I will always think about you
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Falling Like Rain Lyrics as written by Sandy Stewart David Munday
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