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.
Long ago--We lay frozen deep in snow. It
was nice--suspended in the endless ice. Time
flew by--Worlds did weep and kingdoms
died. But still we slept--knowing that
destiny crept. The planets aligned--
No longer--No longer confined--The humans--
so blind--Your race is--of a futile kind.
As pure as the Arctic snow! Whoa!!
And now we stand--Helm on head and
sword in hand--Or righteous wrath--
cleave through your ranks a bloody
path--Your system--sucks!! Your cities
stink, your world is fucked. So come
to us--or you'll drown in a sea of pus!!
Drown in pus!!!
was nice--suspended in the endless ice. Time
flew by--Worlds did weep and kingdoms
died. But still we slept--knowing that
destiny crept. The planets aligned--
No longer--No longer confined--The humans--
so blind--Your race is--of a futile kind.
As pure as the Arctic snow! Whoa!!
And now we stand--Helm on head and
sword in hand--Or righteous wrath--
cleave through your ranks a bloody
path--Your system--sucks!! Your cities
stink, your world is fucked. So come
to us--or you'll drown in a sea of pus!!
Drown in pus!!!
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Püre as the Årctic Snôw Lyrics as written by Gwar Gwar
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This is so prophetic and as true now as ever! Clean up your act, people of Earth, or pay! GWAR is here to show you the errors of your ways!