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.
Laying here in your arms and you hold me tight, tight
Tryin' not to watch the clock
Tick, tickin' as the time goes by (by)
And I know that you best be on your way
But I'm wishin' I could make you stay
Stay with me for a while
Though
You're near
Still
I wanna make it clear
Love
I will always be around
You're leaving
I'm waiting
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
I feel it
Already
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
Kinda hard for me to let you know
Still don't let my feelings show
How much I will miss in you
All the little things that make me weak
Your eyes and the way you speak
Without you baby I'm not me (I'm not me)
Though
You're near
Still
I wanna make it clear
Love
I will always be around
You're leaving
I'm waiting
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
I feel it
Already
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
You're leaving
I'm waiting
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
I feel it
Already
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
You're leaving
I'm waiting
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
I feel it
Already
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
You're leaving
I'm waiting
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
Tryin' not to watch the clock
Tick, tickin' as the time goes by (by)
And I know that you best be on your way
But I'm wishin' I could make you stay
Stay with me for a while
Though
You're near
Still
I wanna make it clear
Love
I will always be around
You're leaving
I'm waiting
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
I feel it
Already
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
Kinda hard for me to let you know
Still don't let my feelings show
How much I will miss in you
All the little things that make me weak
Your eyes and the way you speak
Without you baby I'm not me (I'm not me)
Though
You're near
Still
I wanna make it clear
Love
I will always be around
You're leaving
I'm waiting
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
I feel it
Already
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
You're leaving
I'm waiting
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
I feel it
Already
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
You're leaving
I'm waiting
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
I feel it
Already
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
You're leaving
I'm waiting
Forgive me
I'm always missing you
Before the goodbye
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Before The Goodbye Lyrics as written by Brian Wayne Transeau Brian Anthony Kierulf
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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