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.
I'm putting my heart in your hands
What better way to show my faith in you
Giving you a lock and the key
In other words, babe, giving all of me
Cuz I've searched this world around and round
For someone like you
And I thank my stars I've finally found
A woman like you
One heart, one love
I'm giving my all for you
One heart, one love
For the rest of my days
I promise that i'll be true
You showed your trust in my heart
You opened up and gave your love to me
And I'll be yours for all time
24/7, both day and night
I've searched this world from mountain high
to river deep
Now that your here
I'm yours for life
I'm yours to keep, I'm in too deep
One heart, one love
I'm giving my all for you, sweet baby
One heart, one love
For the rest of my days
I promise that i'll be true
One love for the rest of my life
That's all I want, that's all I need
One heart that beats for all time
For you, for you
I don't need money, fortune, or fame
But I need, my love, is for you to share my name
One heart, one love
I'm giving my all for you, baby
One heart, one love
For the rest of my days
I promise that i'll be true
What better way to show my faith in you
Giving you a lock and the key
In other words, babe, giving all of me
Cuz I've searched this world around and round
For someone like you
And I thank my stars I've finally found
A woman like you
One heart, one love
I'm giving my all for you
One heart, one love
For the rest of my days
I promise that i'll be true
You showed your trust in my heart
You opened up and gave your love to me
And I'll be yours for all time
24/7, both day and night
I've searched this world from mountain high
to river deep
Now that your here
I'm yours for life
I'm yours to keep, I'm in too deep
One heart, one love
I'm giving my all for you, sweet baby
One heart, one love
For the rest of my days
I promise that i'll be true
One love for the rest of my life
That's all I want, that's all I need
One heart that beats for all time
For you, for you
I don't need money, fortune, or fame
But I need, my love, is for you to share my name
One heart, one love
I'm giving my all for you, baby
One heart, one love
For the rest of my days
I promise that i'll be true
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One Heart, One Love Lyrics as written by Gary Victor Brown Barry James Eastmond
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