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 know I saw my baby
One crazy night
Cold as ice, she came at me
With words that cut like a knife
But if she don't stop complaining
About my reckless ways
So bittersweet she cuts so deep
Sad and lonely night and day
No no no no baby
You got a burning love
Some way you get right to me
With your burning love
How can you tell a girl who hides inside
Just what it is you feel
We're gonna take and a little hurt
To make the tears you cry hard to believe
But she don't stop complaining
About my reckless ways
So bitter sweet she cuts so deep
Sad and lonely night and day
No no no no baby
You got a burning love
Some way you get right to me
With your burning love
One crazy night
Cold as ice, she came at me
With words that cut like a knife
But if she don't stop complaining
About my reckless ways
So bittersweet she cuts so deep
Sad and lonely night and day
No no no no baby
You got a burning love
Some way you get right to me
With your burning love
How can you tell a girl who hides inside
Just what it is you feel
We're gonna take and a little hurt
To make the tears you cry hard to believe
But she don't stop complaining
About my reckless ways
So bitter sweet she cuts so deep
Sad and lonely night and day
No no no no baby
You got a burning love
Some way you get right to me
With your burning love
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Burning Love Lyrics as written by Holly Knight Amanda Leigh Blue
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