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.
Look at life the way it used to be
Easily no matter what you see
Though you'll never have the best of everything,
You have the best of me,
When light shines so bright
It blinds your sight
Remember who you are to me
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel though I know that you do
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel
People tend to talk a lot
Your stories may not come back true
Hope you don't forget your roots baby
What molded you into the way you came to be?
People tend to talk a lot
Your stories may not come back true
Hope you don't forget your roots baby
What molded you into the way you came to be
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel though I know that you do
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel.
Hope you won't forget your roots baby
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel thought I know that you do
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel
Easily no matter what you see
Though you'll never have the best of everything,
You have the best of me,
When light shines so bright
It blinds your sight
Remember who you are to me
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel though I know that you do
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel
People tend to talk a lot
Your stories may not come back true
Hope you don't forget your roots baby
What molded you into the way you came to be?
People tend to talk a lot
Your stories may not come back true
Hope you don't forget your roots baby
What molded you into the way you came to be
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel though I know that you do
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel.
Hope you won't forget your roots baby
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel thought I know that you do
Be sincere you can't hide what you feel
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Don't Hide What You Feel Lyrics as written by Magnus Gudmundsson Birgir Thorarinsson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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