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.
Sangue scorre, sangue scorre int'e' vene degli ommn 'esta terra
Sangue scorre, sangue scorre int'e' vene degli ommn 'esta terra
Int'e' vene degli ommn e' scorre o sangue
Int'e' vene 'esta terra scorre o
Ammore ammore si' fujuto 'a int' 'a stu core
Staje annascunnuto addò te cerco io nun te trovo
Pe' mmezo 'e chi ce sparte e ce cummanna ancora
Tu si' fujuto comme auciello 'a int' 'a gaiola
Dduje juorne 'e guardia, me pesa stu fucile
Jurnata 'e viento int' 'o cielo d'aprile
Sbatte 'a bannera, sta pezza a tre culure
N'ata lacerta se 'nfizza dint' 'o muro
Colpe 'e cannune, è 'o sanghe d' 'e guagliune
'Nfonne sta terra 'a terra d' 'e pasture
Sta 'mmano 'o viento, vola luntano luntano assaje
'O core mio chi 'o ssape tu addò staje?
'Nfoca 'a stagione cu 'a povere e 'o rummore
Guagliune 'e piazza pazzeano 'o pallone
Io e te criature, stammo sempe aspartate
Ca si ce guarde 'o ssaje simmo diverse 'all'ate
Ce simmo amate n'ammore maje capito
Ce hanno spartuto, diceno ca simmo nemice
Pe' mmezo 'e nu nomme, 'e na pezza che sbatte
'E na preghiera a n'atu dio
'Nfaccia a sta terra s'ha da muri'
Ammore ammore si' fujuto 'a int' 'a stu core
Staje annascunnato addò te cerco io nun te trovo
Pe' mmezo 'e chi ce sparte e ce cumanna ancora
Tu si' fujuto comme auciello 'a int' ' a gaiola
Sangue scorre, sangue scorre int'e' vene degli ommn 'esta terra
Int'e' vene degli ommn e' scorre o sangue
Int'e' vene 'esta terra scorre o
Ammore ammore si' fujuto 'a int' 'a stu core
Staje annascunnuto addò te cerco io nun te trovo
Pe' mmezo 'e chi ce sparte e ce cummanna ancora
Tu si' fujuto comme auciello 'a int' 'a gaiola
Dduje juorne 'e guardia, me pesa stu fucile
Jurnata 'e viento int' 'o cielo d'aprile
Sbatte 'a bannera, sta pezza a tre culure
N'ata lacerta se 'nfizza dint' 'o muro
Colpe 'e cannune, è 'o sanghe d' 'e guagliune
'Nfonne sta terra 'a terra d' 'e pasture
Sta 'mmano 'o viento, vola luntano luntano assaje
'O core mio chi 'o ssape tu addò staje?
'Nfoca 'a stagione cu 'a povere e 'o rummore
Guagliune 'e piazza pazzeano 'o pallone
Io e te criature, stammo sempe aspartate
Ca si ce guarde 'o ssaje simmo diverse 'all'ate
Ce simmo amate n'ammore maje capito
Ce hanno spartuto, diceno ca simmo nemice
Pe' mmezo 'e nu nomme, 'e na pezza che sbatte
'E na preghiera a n'atu dio
'Nfaccia a sta terra s'ha da muri'
Ammore ammore si' fujuto 'a int' 'a stu core
Staje annascunnato addò te cerco io nun te trovo
Pe' mmezo 'e chi ce sparte e ce cumanna ancora
Tu si' fujuto comme auciello 'a int' ' a gaiola
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Ammore Nemico Lyrics as written by Stefano Facchielli Gennaro Della Volpe
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