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.
How long
How long have you been away
Oh, how long
I can't find the words to say
I've kept your picture on my shelf
Only there to remind myself
I have always cared for you
Do you still love me
Oh, my flame
Some things will never change
I still hold your vision in my mind
Say you still love me
Oh my love
Will I ever make you see
Oh, that somehow
You are still a part of me
Maybe we can compromise
' Cause our love just can't be disguised
I have always cared for you
Do you still love me
How long have you been away
Oh, how long
I can't find the words to say
I've kept your picture on my shelf
Only there to remind myself
I have always cared for you
Do you still love me
Oh, my flame
Some things will never change
I still hold your vision in my mind
Say you still love me
Oh my love
Will I ever make you see
Oh, that somehow
You are still a part of me
Maybe we can compromise
' Cause our love just can't be disguised
I have always cared for you
Do you still love me
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My Flame Lyrics as written by Henry Marx Bobby Caldwell
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